Western Bowerbird

SCI Name:  Chlamydera guttata
Protonym:  Chlamydera guttata Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt2 p.162
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Ptilonorhynchidae / Chlamydera
Taxonomy Code:  wesbow1
Type Locality:  'North- West Australia'', probably upper Fortescue River.
Author:  Gould
Publish Year:  1862
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CHLAMYDERA
(Ptilonorhynchidae; † Spotted Bowerbird C. maculata) Gr. χλαμυς khlamus, χλαμυδος khlamudos  short cloak; δερα dera  neck (see Calodera); "CALODERA MACULATA, Gould.  Spotted Calodera.   ...   the two species, which are all that are at present known, will stand as Calodera nuchalis, (Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis, Jard. & Selb.) and Calodera maculata   ...   REMARK.  Since I characterized this species in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society, I have been informed that the term Calodera has already been applied to a genus in Entomology: if therefore it should be deemed objectionable in the present case, I would beg to substitute that of Chlamydera." (Gould 1837) (OD per Laurent Raty); "Chlamydera Gould, 1837, Birds Austr. Adj. Islands, Pt. i, pl. 3, (note).  New name for Calodera Gould, 1837, preoccupied by Calodera Mannerheim, 1830 (Coleoptera)." (JAJ 2020).
Var. Chlamidera, Chlamydodera.
Synon. Alphachlamydera, Calodera, Pseudochlamydera, Rogersornis.

guttata
L. guttatus  spotted, speckled  < gutta  drop, spot.
● ex “Héoro-taire moucheté” of Audebert & Vieillot 1802 (unident., ?Zosteropidae, ?Meliphagidae).

SUBSPECIES

Western Bowerbird (guttata)
SCI Name: Chlamydera guttata guttata
guttata
L. guttatus  spotted, speckled  < gutta  drop, spot.
● ex “Héoro-taire moucheté” of Audebert & Vieillot 1802 (unident., ?Zosteropidae, ?Meliphagidae).

Western Bowerbird (carteri)
SCI Name: Chlamydera guttata carteri
carteri
Thomas Carter (1863-1931) English ornithologist, collector, pastoralist, explorer in Australia 1886-1921 (subsp. Amytornis textilis, syn. Aquila audax, syn. Calamanthus montanellus, syn. Calidris alba, syn. Chalcites lucidus plagosus, subsp. Chlamydera guttata, syn. Colluricincla harmonica rufiventris, syn. Egretta sacra, subsp. Hirundo neoxena, subsp. Neophema elegans, Poodytes, subsp. Ptilotula penicillata, syn. Purpureicephalus spurius, syn. Rhipidura leucophrys, Thalassarche).