Southern Black-Flycatcher

SCI Name:  Melaenornis pammelaina
Protonym:  Sylvia pammelaina Voy.Abyssin.[Salt] App. p.lix
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Melaenornis
Taxonomy Code:  sobfly1
Type Locality:  no locality; probably from Mozambique, fide W. L. Sclater, 1930, Syst. Avium Aethiopicarum, p. 410; restricted to Mozambique town by Lawson, 1964, Durban Mus. Novit., 7, p. 142.
Author:  Stanley
Publish Year:  1814
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

MELAENORNIS
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ Northern Black Flycatcher M. edolioides) Gr. μελας melas, μελαινα melaina  black; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos  bird; "MELAENORNIS, n.  Melasoma ^a, Swains.  M. Edolioïdes, (Swains.) n.  Nat. Libr. B. of W. Afr., pl. 29.   ...   ^a Used in Entomology." (G. Gray 1840); "Melaenornis G. R. Gray, 1840, List Gen. Birds, p. 35. New name for Melasoma Swainson, 1837, preoccupied by Melasoma Dillwyn, 1831." (Traylor in Peters 1986, XI, 296).   
Var. Melaehornis, Meloenornis.   
Synon. Dioptrornis, Empidornis, Melanopepla, Melasoma, Namibornis, Sigelus, Siopornis.

pammelaena / pammelaina
Gr. παμμελας pammelas, παμμελαινα pammelaina  all black  < πας pas, παν pan  all, entire; μελας melas, μελαινα melaina  black.

SUBSPECIES

Southern Black-Flycatcher (ater)
SCI Name: Melaenornis pammelaina ater
ater
L. ater black, dark, dull, matt black (cf. niger shining black, glossy black).
● ex “Martinet à Croupion Blanc” of Levaillant 1807 (?syn. Apus caffer).
● ex “Black Hawk” of A. Wilson 1812 (syn. Buteo lagopus sanctijohannis).
● ex “Aigle noir huppé d’Amérique” of de Buffon (Sonnini ed.) 1800-1802 (syn. Buteogallus urubitinga).
● ex “Crested black Cuckow” of Latham 1782 (syn. Clamator jacobinus serratus).
● ex “Iribin noir” of Vieillot 1816 (Daptrius).
● ex “Falco columbarius Nebbi“ of Ray 1713, “Schwarzbrauner Habicht” of Frisch 1733, “Black Hawk or Falcon” of Edwards 1743, “Falco niger” of Brisson 1760, “Faucon passager” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 469, and “Black Falcon” of Latham 1781 (syn. Falco peregrinus).
● ex “Merle à gorge noire de Saint-Domingue” (= ☼) of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 559, and de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Black-throated Thrush” of Latham 1783 (syn. Icterus dominicensis).
● ex “Black Gled” of Sibbald 1684, “Braunermaldgeyer” of Kramer 1756, “Milvus niger” of Brisson 1760, “Milan noir” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 472, and “Black Kite “ of Latham 1787 (syn. Milvus migrans).
● ex “Troupiale de la Caroline” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 606, fig. 1, “Petit Troupiale noir” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Black Oriole” of Latham 1782 (Molothrus).
● ex “Parus ater” of Gessner 1555, Aldrovandus 1599, and Willughby 1676, “Colemouse” of Ray 1713, and “Parus capite nigro, dorso cinereo, occipite pectoreque albo” of Linnaeus 1746 (Periparus).
● ex “Héoro-taire noir” of Audebert & Vieillot 1802 (syn. Phylidonyris niger).
● ex “Dusky Flycatcher” of Pennant 1785 (syn. Sayornis phoebe).
● ex “Tangara à cravate noire de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 714, fig. 2, and “Camail” or “Cravate” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Schistochlamys melanopis).
● ex “Ararauna” or “Machao” of de Laet 1633, “Ara noir” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Black Maccaw” of Latham 1781 (unident.).

Southern Black-Flycatcher (pammelaina)
SCI Name: Melaenornis pammelaina pammelaina
pammelaena / pammelaina
Gr. παμμελας pammelas, παμμελαινα pammelaina  all black  < πας pas, παν pan  all, entire; μελας melas, μελαινα melaina  black.

Southern Black-Flycatcher (diabolicus)
SCI Name: Melaenornis pammelaina diabolicus
diabolica / diabolicus
L. diabolicus  diabolical, devilish  < Gr. διαβολικος diabolikos  diabolical  < διαβολος diabolos  devil.
● The indigenes of Sulawesi believe the call of the Satanic Eared Nightjar, described from the foot of the Kalabat volcano, to be the sound of the bird taking out someone’s eyes! (Eurostopodus).
● ex “Petrel Diable” or “Diablotin” of Labat 1722 (syn. Pterodroma hasitata).

Southern Black-Flycatcher (tropicalis)
SCI Name: Melaenornis pammelaina tropicalis
tropicalis
Mod. L. tropicalis  tropical  < Late L. tropicus  tropical  < L. tropicus  of turning  < Gr. τροπικος tropikos  of the solstice  < τροπη tropē  turning  < τρεπω trepō  to change.

Southern Black-Flycatcher (poliogyna)
SCI Name: Melaenornis pammelaina poliogyna
poliogyna / poliogynus
Gr. πολιος polios  grey; γυνη gunē, γυναικος gunaikos  woman, wife.