Short-crested Monarch

SCI Name:  Hypothymis helenae
Protonym:  Cyanomyas Helenae ListBirdsMamms.SteereExped. p.16
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Monarchidae / Hypothymis
Taxonomy Code:  shcmon1
Type Locality:  Samar.
Author:  Steere
Publish Year:  1890
IUCN Status:  Near Threatened

DEFINITIONS

HYPOTHYMIS
(Monarchidae; Ϯ Black-naped Monarch H. azurea) Gr. ὑποθυμις hupothumis  unidentified bird mentioned by Aristophanes; "X. Fam. Muscicapiadae Vigors. Muscicapa Lin.   ...   Hypothymis: Musc. caerulea Vaill. Afr. pl. 153." (Boie 1826); "Hypothymis Boie, 1826, Isis von Oken, col. 973. Type, by monotypy, Muscicapa caerulea Gmelin = Muscicapa azurea Boddaert." (Watson in Peters 1986, XI, 472).
Var. Hypothimis, Hypothimus.
Synon. Camiguinia, Cyanomyias, Haplornis, Muscylva.
● (syn. Ptiliogonys Ϯ Grey Silky-flycatcher P. cinereus) "Gen. PTILOGONYS Sws. 1824. Federknie.  (Ptiliogonys et Ptiliogonatus Sws.  Hypothymis Licht nec Boie.  Lepturus Less 1838.)  334.  1. P. cinereus Sws.  ...  Hypothymis chrysorrhoëa Licht. Temm. Pl. col. 452 mas.  Hypothymis mexicana Licht. in Mus. Berol." (Cabanis 1853).

helenae
• Renée Marie Jeanne Hélène Lavauden (1912-1989) daughter of French naturalist and forester Louis Lavauden (subsp. Galerida cristata).
• Helen McMahon Cutting (1894-1961) wife of US explorer C. Suydam Cutting (subsp. Harpactes erythrocephalus).
• Gr. myth. Helen of Troy, “the face that launched a thousand ships, and burnt the topless towers of Ilium,” wife to Menelaüs and the most beautiful woman of her age (Hypothymis).
• Helen or Ellen Kelsall née Owens (1873-1930) wife of Colonel H. J. Kelsall, collector in tropical Africa 1910-1913 (subsp. Laniarius barbarus).
• Helen Luise Elisabeth Herzogin zu Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Princesse d’Orléans (1814-1858) wife of patron of natural history Ferdinand Philippe Duc d’Orléans (Lophornis).
• Elena de Faz Booth y Tinto (d. 1850) wife of Cuban plantation owner Carlos Booth y Tinto, who befriended Gundlach (Mellisuga).
• Helen Mackenzie McConnell née Alexander (1871-1954) wife of English collector F. V. McConnell (subsp. Neopipo cinnamomea).
• Helena Forde née Scott (1832-1910) Australian entomologist, oologist and artist (subsp. Parotia lawesii).
• Helena Mary Ann Oates née Blythe (1865-1903) wife of English naturalist Eugene W. Oates (Björn Bergenholtz in litt.) (syn. Polyplectron bicalcaratum).
• Helen Livingston Greenway née Scott (1903-1985) first wife of US ornithologist James C. Greenway, Jr. (Paul Scofield in litt.) (subsp. Stachyris strialata).

SUBSPECIES

Short-crested Monarch (personata)
SCI Name: Hypothymis helenae personata
personata / personatus
L. personatus  masked  < persona  mask.
● ex “Perroquet Geoffroy” of Levaillant 1805 (syn. Geoffroyus geoffroyi).
● ex “Chouette à Masque Noir” of Levaillant 1799, pl. 44 (syn. Pulsatrix perspicillata).

Short-crested Monarch (helenae)
SCI Name: Hypothymis helenae helenae
helenae
• Renée Marie Jeanne Hélène Lavauden (1912-1989) daughter of French naturalist and forester Louis Lavauden (subsp. Galerida cristata).
• Helen McMahon Cutting (1894-1961) wife of US explorer C. Suydam Cutting (subsp. Harpactes erythrocephalus).
• Gr. myth. Helen of Troy, “the face that launched a thousand ships, and burnt the topless towers of Ilium,” wife to Menelaüs and the most beautiful woman of her age (Hypothymis).
• Helen or Ellen Kelsall née Owens (1873-1930) wife of Colonel H. J. Kelsall, collector in tropical Africa 1910-1913 (subsp. Laniarius barbarus).
• Helen Luise Elisabeth Herzogin zu Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Princesse d’Orléans (1814-1858) wife of patron of natural history Ferdinand Philippe Duc d’Orléans (Lophornis).
• Elena de Faz Booth y Tinto (d. 1850) wife of Cuban plantation owner Carlos Booth y Tinto, who befriended Gundlach (Mellisuga).
• Helen Mackenzie McConnell née Alexander (1871-1954) wife of English collector F. V. McConnell (subsp. Neopipo cinnamomea).
• Helena Forde née Scott (1832-1910) Australian entomologist, oologist and artist (subsp. Parotia lawesii).
• Helena Mary Ann Oates née Blythe (1865-1903) wife of English naturalist Eugene W. Oates (Björn Bergenholtz in litt.) (syn. Polyplectron bicalcaratum).
• Helen Livingston Greenway née Scott (1903-1985) first wife of US ornithologist James C. Greenway, Jr. (Paul Scofield in litt.) (subsp. Stachyris strialata).

Short-crested Monarch (agusanae)
SCI Name: Hypothymis helenae agusanae
agusanae
Agusan Province, Mindanao, Philippines.