Verditer Flycatcher / Eumyias thalassinus
Verditer Flycatcher
SCI Name:
Protonym: Muscicapa thalassina Nat.Libr. 21(Flycatchers) p.252
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Eumyias
Taxonomy Code: verfly4
Type Locality: India.
Author: Swainson
Publish Year: 1838
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
EUMYIAS
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ Indigo Warbling Flycatcher E. indigo) Gr. ευ eu fine, beauty; Mod. L. myias flycatcher < Gr. μυια muia, μυιας muias fly; πιαζω piazō to seize; "Gen. EUMYIAS nov. gen *) Schmuck-Fliegenfänger. 328. 1. E. indigo Nob. — Muscicapa indigo Horsf. Trans. Lin. Soc. Vol. XIII. pag. 146. id. Zool. Researches in Java cum. tab. — Hypothymis indigo Boie. — Stoparola indigo Blyth. Cat. Calc. Mus. p. 174. — Hypothymis coerulea Bonap. Consp. p. 320. No. 1. (nec Lin. Boie.) Muscicapa coelestina Licht. in Mus. Berol. ... *) Von ευ u. μυια, Fliege, analog wie σπιζιας von σπιζα. Unterscheidet sich von der nahe verwandten Gattung Dimorpha Hodgs., mit welcher sie die Bildung und Färbung der Schwanzfedern gemein hat, durch den breitern Schnabel, durch kürzere Flügel, weniger entwickelte Zehen und die vorherrschend blaue Färbung des Gefiders [sic]." (Cabanis 1853); "Eumyias Cabanis, Mus. Hein. vol. i. p. 53, 1851. Type (by monotypy): Muscicapa indigo Horsfield." (Mathews, 1930, Syst. Av. Austral., II, p. 528).
Synon. Glaucomyias, Stoporala.
thalassina / thalassinus
L. thalassinus sea-coloured, sea-green < Gr. θαλασσινος thalassinos sea-purple, purple dye < θαλασσα thalassa, θαλασσης thalassēs sea.
SUBSPECIES
Verditer Flycatcher (thalassinus)
SCI Name: Eumyias thalassinus thalassinus
thalassina / thalassinus
L. thalassinus sea-coloured, sea-green < Gr. θαλασσινος thalassinos sea-purple, purple dye < θαλασσα thalassa, θαλασσης thalassēs sea.
Verditer Flycatcher (thalassoides)
SCI Name: Eumyias thalassinus thalassoides
thalassoides
Specific name Muscicapa thalassina Bonaparte, 1850 (not Muscicapa thalassina Swainson, 1838); Gr. -οιδης -oidēs resembling; "Glaucomyias ... 2. G. thalassina. — Muscicapa thalassina Sws. keineswegs identisch mit melanops Vig. — 3. G. thalassoides. — Muscicapa thalassina Bonap. (nec Sws!) Consp. pag. 320 No. 5, von Sumatra." (Cabanis 1850) (subsp. Eumyias thalassinus).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)