Verreaux’s Batis / Batis minima
Verreaux's Batis
SCI Name:
Protonym: Platystira minima Rev.Mag.Zool.(2), 7 p.219
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Platysteiridae / Batis
Taxonomy Code: verbat1
Type Locality: Gabon.
Author: Verreaux, J & Verreaux, E
Publish Year: 1855
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
BATIS
(Platysteiridae; Ϯ Cape Batis B. capensis) Gr. βατις batis, βατιδος batidos grub- or worm-eating bird mentioned by Aristotle, not further identified, but later associated with a variety of buntings, warblers and chats, including the Western Stonechat (e.g. Turner 1544); "Fam. Muscicapidae. Vigors. Sippe Batis. Char. essentialis. 1) Gefieder weiß und schwarz bey ♂, bey ♀ rostfarben und weiß. 2) Länge 5—8 Zoll. 3) Die obere Kinnlade an der Spitze über die untere gekrümmt. 4) 3te Schwungfeder die längste. 5) Die fast ganz von Federn bedeckten Nasenlöcher auf der obern Fläche des Schnabels. Arten. Africa: 1) Muscicapa strepitans Lichtenstein, Museum Berlin. 2) — melanoleuca Licht. Vaill. pl. 161. 3) — molitor Vaill. pl. 160. 4) Muscicapa fimbriata Licht. Mus. Berl. 5) — succincta Licht. — — Asien: 1) Muscicapa hirundinacea Fem. Mehrere dieser Vögel, von denen das Berliner Museum eine schöne Reihenfolge besitzt, wurden schon von Vaillant, jenem ausgezeichneten, so oft ohne ihn zu nennen benutzten, Naturforscher als einander sehr nahe stehend bezeichnet" (Boie 1833). Boie appears to have thought that the calls of the various flycatchers described by Levaillant and Lichtenstein recalled those of the Stonechat (cf. Gr. βατος batos bramble) (see molitor and rubetra); "Batis Boie, 1833, Isis von Oken, col. 880. Type, by subsequent designation (Sharpe, 1879, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 4, p. 133), [Muscicapa strepitans Lichtenstein =] Muscicapa capensis Linnaeus." (Traylor in Peters, 1986, XI, p. 378).
Synon. Pachyprora.
minima / minimum / minimus
L. minimus smallest, least < super. parvus small.
● ex “Cabaret” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 485, fig. 2 (syn. Acanthis cabaret).
● ex “Petit Sénégali rouge” of Vieillot 1805 (syn. Lagonosticta senegala).
● ex “Petite Becassine” of Brisson 1760 (Lymnocryptes).
● "60. TROCHILUS. ... minimus. 18. T. rectricibus lateralibus margine exteriore albis, corpore fusco nitente, subtus albido. Avis mellivora minima. Edw. av. 105. t. 105. s. infima. Habitat in America. Avis minima inter omnes notas." (Linnaeus 1758) (Mellisuga).
● ex “Long-legged Warbler” of Latham 1783 (syn. Xenicus longipes).
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)