Temotu Whistler

SCI Name:  Pachycephala vanikorensis
Protonym:  P.(achycephala) vanikorensis Bull.Sci.Soc.Philom. 6ème Série, Tome ? (1875-1876 ?), N° ? p. 95 (in text)
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Pachycephalidae / Pachycephala
Taxonomy Code:  temwhi1
Type Locality:  Vanikoro Island.
Author:  Oustalet
Publish Year:  1875
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

PACHYCEPHALA
(Pachycephalidae; Ϯ Golden Whistler P. pectoralis) Gr. παχυς pakhus  large, thick; κεφαλη kephalē  head; from the appearance of their large rounded heads the Indomalayan and Australasian whistlers were formerly known as 'thickheads'; "The interval betweeen the present groups and those of the Pari, where we entered on the family [Pipridæ], appears to be filled up by a race of birds peculiar to New Holland, and hitherto uncharacterized, of which the Muscicapa pectoralis, Lath. is the type*. These, uniting many external characters, at least, both of the Berry-Eaters and Flycatchers, exhibit also in general appearance a considerable resemblance to the Pari, and will be found, I conjecture, to be the connecting bond between all these groups.  ...  * Mr. Swainson has lately formed this group into a genus by the name of Pachycephala.  Nov. 1824." (Vigors 1825); "Genus. PACHYCEPHALA*. Swains. MSS.  ... Caput tumidiusculum.  ...  In their general appearance some of the species exhibit a resemblance to the birds of the genus Procnias, Ill., while by the puffed-out appearance of the feathers about the head, we trace an approximation to some of the Linnean Pari.  ...  * παχυς crassus, and κεφαλη caput" (Vigors & Horsfield 1827). 
Var. Pachycephalus. 
Synon. Alisterornis, Gilbertornis, Hylocharis, Hyloterpe, Lewinornis, Malacolestes, Mattingleya, Musciterpe, Muscitrea, Mutevodia, Pachycilodryas, Psaltricephus, Pucherania, Timixos.

vanikorensis
Vanikoro I., Santa Cruz Is.

SUBSPECIES

Temotu Whistler (ornata)
SCI Name: Pachycephala vanikorensis ornata
ornata
L. ornatus  ornate, adorned, decorated, splendid, embellished  < ornare  to adorn.

Temotu Whistler (utupuae)
SCI Name: Pachycephala vanikorensis utupuae
utupuae
Utupua I., Santa Cruz Is.

Temotu Whistler (vanikorensis)
SCI Name: Pachycephala vanikorensis vanikorensis
vanikorensis
Vanikoro I., Santa Cruz Is.