Tan-capped Catbird

SCI Name:  Ailuroedus geislerorum
Protonym:  Aeluroedus geislerorum Abh.Ber.Mus.Dresden 3 no.4 p.12
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Ptilonorhynchidae / Ailuroedus
Taxonomy Code:  taccat1
Type Locality:  Astrolabe Bay (restricted by Rothschild and Hartert, 1929, Novit. Zool., 35, p. 59) and northern coast of Huon Gulf (Lolebu and Bussum).
Author:  Meyer, AB
Publish Year:  1891
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

AILUROEDUS
(Ptilonorhynchidae; Ϯ Green Catbird A. crassirostris) Gr. αιλουρος ailouros  cat; αοιδος aoidos or ωδος ōdos  singer  < αειδω aeidō  to sing;  "Cat-Bird of the Colonists of New South Wales  ...  In comparing it to the nightly concerts of the domestic cat, I conceive that I am conveying to my readers a more perfect idea of the note of this species than could be given by pages of description. This concert, is performed either by a pair or several individuals, and nothing more is required than for the hearer to shut his eyes to the surrounding foliage to fancy himself surrounded by London grimalkins of house-top celebrity." (Gould 1865); "Gen. PTILORHYNCHUS Kuhl 1820.*)  Atlasvogel   ...   *) Von Ptilorhynchus wird generisch zu trennen sein, nicht nur durch die, gerade zu dem Gattungsnamen widersprechende, fehlende Befiederung der Nasenlöcher, sondern auch durch mannigfache Abweichungen, z. B. in den Färbungsgesetzen und sicher in der Lebensweise:  Gen.  Ailuroedus nov. gen.  Katzenpirol. —  (Von αιλουρος, Katze und ωδος, Sänger.)   A. Smithi. — Ptilonorhynchus Smithii Vig. Horsf. Gould." (Cabanis 1853); "Ailuroedus Cabanis, 1851 [= 1853], Mus. Hein., 1, p. 213, note. Type, by monotypy, Ptilonorhynchus Smithii Vigors and Horsfield = Lanius crassirostris Paykull." (Mayr in Peters 1962, XV, p. 172).
Var. Aeluraedus, Aeluroedus.
Synon. Buccokitta, Chlorokitta, Kitta.

geislerorum
Bruno Geisler (1857-1945) and his brother Hubert Franz Geisler (1864-1936) German explorers, collectors in Ceylon, Java and New Guinea (Paul Scofield in litt.) (subsp. Ailuroedus buccoides, Ptilorrhoa).

SUBSPECIES

Tan-capped Catbird (geislerorum)
SCI Name: Ailuroedus geislerorum geislerorum
geislerorum
Bruno Geisler (1857-1945) and his brother Hubert Franz Geisler (1864-1936) German explorers, collectors in Ceylon, Java and New Guinea (Paul Scofield in litt.) (subsp. Ailuroedus buccoides, Ptilorrhoa).

Tan-capped Catbird (molestus)
SCI Name: Ailuroedus geislerorum molestus
molestus
L. molestus  irksome  < moles, molis  trouble.
● "The other form from north of the Huongulf and south to Collingwood and Hydrographer Mts. has the crown lighter than in geislerorum, more reddish, say, a somewhat tawny clay colour, instead of the darker, somewhat liver-brown crown of geislerorum.  Other constant characters do not seem to exist.  We name this south-eastern subspecies:  Ailuroedus buccoides molestus, subsp. nov." (Rothschild & Hartert 1929) (syn. Ailuroedus buccoides geislerorum).