Taiwan Whistling-Thrush

SCI Name:  Myophonus insularis
Protonym:  Myiophoneus insularis Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt3 p.280
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Myophonus
Taxonomy Code:  fowthr1
Type Locality:  Formosa.
Author:  Gould
Publish Year:  1863
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

MYOPHONUS
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ Blue Whistling Thrush M. caeruleus flavirostris) Gr. μυις muia, μυιας muias  fly; φονευς phoneus  slayer  < φονος phonos  murder  < θεινω theinō  to strike (cf. μυοφονος muophonos  mouse-killer  < μυς mus, μυος muos  mouse); "MYOPHONE LUISANT. MYOPHONUS METALLICUS. TEMM.   ...   Le Myophone qui fait le sujet de cet article se distingue par un bec très-gros, fort et dur; quelques soies roides garnissent l'ouverture de ce bec, et de petites plumes tournées en avant couvrent la grande membrane qui tapisse les fosses nasales; les tarses sont très-longs; la queue est carrée et les ailes couvrent un tiers seulement de sa longueur" (Temminck 1822); "Les Myiophones sont confinés dans les régions chaudes de l'ancien continent, dont ils habitent les plus hautes montagnes de 4,000 à 7,000 pieds d'élévation au-dessus du niveau de la mer, où ils vivent solitaires parmi les rochers couverts de ronces qui produisent des baies, et dans les endroits les plus touffus des forêts en montagnes, où on les voit se repaître aussi d'insectes et de vers" (Temminck 1832); “Temminck [Pl. Col., livr. 29, pl. 170] in his generic description, spells the new genus Myiophoneus, and on the following page accompanying plate 170 spells it “Myophonus.”” (Ripley in Peters 1964, X,140); “If stability in ornithological nomenclature be considered desirable, why are we asked to use a so-called emendation (in fact a wholly new generic name!) that first appeared in print some ten years after the simple, easily spelled and easily pronounced Myophonus Temminck of 1822?” (Deignan 1965); “In Peters Check-list of Birds of the World, X, Ripley (1964) adopted the spelling Myiophoneus as the generic name for the whistling thrushes   ...  What this hides is that the text associated with livraison 29 appeared in two parts, both marked with that livraison number, yet separated by some ten years, the first part in 1822 and the second no earlier than 1832” (Dickinson 2001).
Var. Mycophoneus, Myiophoneus, Myiophonus, Myophoneus, Miophonus, Myophorus.
Synon. Arrenga.

insularis
L. insularis  of an island  < insula, insulae  island.
● Ceylon (= Sri Lanka) (syn. Accipiter badius, subsp. Chloropsis aurifrons, subsp. Dicrurus caerulescens, subsp. Prinia inornata).
● New Caledonia (syn. Accipiter fasciatus vigilax).
● Phu-Quoc I., Cochin China (=Vietnam) (subsp. Aethopyga siparaja).
● Andaman Is., Bay of Bengal (subsp. Amaurornis phoenicurus).
● Bahrain, Arabian Gulf (subsp. Ammomanes deserti)
● Erroneous TL. Madagascar (= Zanzibar) (subsp. Andropadus importunus).
● Santa Cruz I., Channel Is., California, USA (subsp. Aphelocoma californica, subsp. Eremophila alpestris).
● Rennell I., Solomon Is. (Aplonis).
● Jobi I. (= Japen = Yapen), New Guinea (Arses, subsp. Pachycephalopsis hattamensis).
● Sardinia (Bubo).
● Fernando Póo (= Bioko), Gulf of Guinea (syn. Campethera tullbergi, syn. Cinnyris chloropygius).
● Isla Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico (syn. Cathartes aura, subsp. Cyclarhis gujanensis).
● Aldabra, Indian Ocean (subsp. Centropus toulou).
● Sardinia (syn. Coccothraustes coccothraustes).
● Grand Cayman, Caribbean Sea (subsp. Columbina passerina).
● New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea (Corvus).
● Formosa/Taiwan (subsp. Dendrocopos leucotos, Myophonus, syn. Garrulus bispecularis).
● Borneo (syn. Dicrurus paradiseus).
● Nicobar Is., Bay of Bengal (syn. Ducula aenea nicobarica).
● Corsica (syn. Emberiza calandra, syn. Saxicola rubicola).
● Socotra (subsp. Emberiza tahapisi, Passer).
● Weda Is., Halmahera, Indonesia (syn. Eos squamata).
● Tres Marías Is., Nayarit, Mexico (Forpus, subsp. Myadestes occidentalis, subsp. Nyctidromus albicollis, subsp. Pachyramphus aglaiae, subsp. Setophaga pitiayumi, syn. Zenaida asiatica).
● Lord Howe I., Tasman Sea (syn. Fregetta grallaria, ‡Gerygone).
● Rottnest I., Western Australia (syn. Gavicalis virescens).
● Meco I., Quintana Roo, Mexico (subsp. Habia fuscicauda).
● Ship I., off Gulfport, Mississippi, USA (syn. Hirundo rustica erythrogaster).
● Tobago (Hylophilus, subsp. Platyrinchus mystaceus, subsp. Psarocolius decumanus).
● Isla Guadalupe, Baja California, Mexico (Junco).
● Isla Margarita, Venezuela (syn. Leptotila verreauxi,  subsp. Quiscalus lugubris).
● New Providence, Bahamas (sym. Leuconotopicus villosus maynardi).
● King I., Bass Strait, Australia (syn. Melithreptus brevirostris).
● Kangean Is., Java Sea, Indonesia (subsp. Oriolus chinensis).
● Fergusson I., D'Entrecasteaux Is., Papua New Guinea (Otidiphaps).
● Mahé I., Seychelles (Otus).
● Kodiak I., Alaska, USA (subsp. Passerella unalaschcensis).
● Honshu, Japan (subsp. Periparus ater).
● Stewart I., New Zealand (syn. Poodytes punctatus).
● Henderson I., Pitcairn Group, Pacific Ocean (Ptilinopus).
● Naochow I., Kwangtung, China (syn. Pycnonotus aurigaster resurrectus).
● Banggai I., North Borneo (syn. Pycnonotus plumosus hachisukae).
● Madagascar (Sarothrura, subsp. Thalassornis leuconotus).
● Forsyth I., Bass Strait, Australia (syn. Sericornis frontalis).
● Grand Bahama I., Bahamas (Sitta).
● Trinidad (syn. Sporophila intermedia).
● Nias I., Sumatra (subsp. Terpsiphone affinis).
● Terangan I., Aru Is., Indonesia (syn. Todiramphus macleayii).
● Isla Socorro, Colima, Mexico (syn. Troglodytes sissonii).
● Erroneous TL. São Vicente, Cape Verde Is. (= St. Vincent, West Indies) (subsp. Tyto glaucops).
● Vancouver I., British Columbia, Canada (syn. Vireo huttoni).
● Stephens I., Cook Strait, New Zealand (‡syn. Xenicus lyalli).
● Curaçao, Dutch Antilles (subsp. Zonotrichia capensis).
● Tanegashima, south of Kyushu, Japan (subsp. Zosterops japonicus).