Small Niltava

SCI Name:  Niltava macgrigoriae
Protonym:  Phoenicura MacGrigoriae Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1835) (1835), Pt3 no.34 p.152
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Niltava
Taxonomy Code:  smanil1
Type Locality:  'apud Montes Himalayenses''; restricted to western Himalayas by Rand and Fleming, 1957, Fieldiana, Zool., 41, p. 178.
Author:  Burton, E
Publish Year:  1836
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

NILTAVA
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ Rufous-bellied Niltava N. sundara) Nepalese name Niltau for the Rufous-bellied Niltava; "Genus Niltava nobis.  Niltau of Nepal.   ...   Habits, forest-haunting, arboreal and terrestrial, but chiefly the former, exploring foliage.  Food, various sorts of soft and hard, perfect and imperfect, insects.  Bugs, fire-flies, tiny coleoptera, caterpillars, ants, pulpy berries, and hard seeds, the latter chiefly in winter.  Solitary.  Never seize on wing.  Habitat central region of the hills.   1st species and type. Niltava Sundara nobis." (Hodgson 1837) (OD per Björn Bergenholtz).
Var. Miltava.
Synon. Bainopus, Chaitaris, Microbainopus.

macgrigoriae
Jane Grant McGrigor (d. 1902) daughter of Maj.-Gen. Sir James McGrigor, Bt. (1771-1858) Director Gen. of Army Medical Department 1815-1851 (Niltava).

SUBSPECIES

Small Niltava (macgrigoriae)
SCI Name: Niltava macgrigoriae macgrigoriae
macgrigoriae
Jane Grant McGrigor (d. 1902) daughter of Maj.-Gen. Sir James McGrigor, Bt. (1771-1858) Director Gen. of Army Medical Department 1815-1851 (Niltava).

Small Niltava (signata)
SCI Name: Niltava macgrigoriae signata
signata / signatum / signatus
L. signatus  distinct, marked, well marked  < signare  to mark or inscribe  < signum  sign.
● ex “Petit Perroquet vert” of Levaillant 1801-1805 (syn. Amazona agilis).
● ex “Perruche à tête rouge” of Sonnerat 1776 (syn. Psittacula cyanocephala).