Pale Flycatcher / Agricola pallidus
Pale Flycatcher
SCI Name:
Protonym: Musicapa pallida Naumannia 1 Heft4 p.28
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Agricola
Taxonomy Code: palfly2
Type Locality: Abyssinia and Kordofan, Sudan; restricted to Kordofan by Rothschild, 1913, Bull. Brit. Ornith. Club, 33, p. 65.
Author: von Müller, JW
Publish Year: 1851
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
AGRICOLA
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ Chat Flycatcher A. infuscatus) L. agricola farmer, tiller of the fields < ager, agri field; -cola dweller < colere to dwell in; "Agricola, sagement créé par le voyageur-naturaliste Jules Verreaux, pour Saxicola infuscata, et une seconde espèce de moitié plus petite, lui ressemblant par la couleur (Sax. baroica, Sm.)" (Bonaparte 1854); "Agricola Bonaparte, 1854, Comptes Rendus Acad. Sci. Paris, XXXVIII, p. 6. Type, by subsequent designation (G. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds Brit. Mus., p. 143 (Appendix)), Saxicola infuscata A. Smith, 1839." (JAJ 2020).
Synon. Haganopsornis.
agricola
L. agricola farmer, tiller of the fields, countryman, peasant < ager, agri field; -cola dweller < colere to dwell in.
pallidum / pallidus
L. pallidus pallid, pale, wan, sallow < pallere to be pale.
● ex “Pale Thrush” of Latham 1783 (Turdus).
SUBSPECIES
Pale Flycatcher (Pale)
SCI Name: Agricola pallidus [pallidus Group]
AGRICOLA
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ Chat Flycatcher A. infuscatus) L. agricola farmer, tiller of the fields < ager, agri field; -cola dweller < colere to dwell in; "Agricola, sagement créé par le voyageur-naturaliste Jules Verreaux, pour Saxicola infuscata, et une seconde espèce de moitié plus petite, lui ressemblant par la couleur (Sax. baroica, Sm.)" (Bonaparte 1854); "Agricola Bonaparte, 1854, Comptes Rendus Acad. Sci. Paris, XXXVIII, p. 6. Type, by subsequent designation (G. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds Brit. Mus., p. 143 (Appendix)), Saxicola infuscata A. Smith, 1839." (JAJ 2020).
Synon. Haganopsornis.
Pale Flycatcher (Wajir)
SCI Name: Agricola pallidus bafirawari
bafirawari
Bafirawar (fl. 1924) Kenyan collector for Sir Frederick Jackson (subsp. Agricola pallidus).
Pale Flycatcher (East Coast)
SCI Name: Agricola pallidus subalaris/erlangeri
AGRICOLA
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ Chat Flycatcher A. infuscatus) L. agricola farmer, tiller of the fields < ager, agri field; -cola dweller < colere to dwell in; "Agricola, sagement créé par le voyageur-naturaliste Jules Verreaux, pour Saxicola infuscata, et une seconde espèce de moitié plus petite, lui ressemblant par la couleur (Sax. baroica, Sm.)" (Bonaparte 1854); "Agricola Bonaparte, 1854, Comptes Rendus Acad. Sci. Paris, XXXVIII, p. 6. Type, by subsequent designation (G. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds Brit. Mus., p. 143 (Appendix)), Saxicola infuscata A. Smith, 1839." (JAJ 2020).
Synon. Haganopsornis.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)