White-bellied Sholakili

SCI Name:  Sholicola albiventris
Protonym:  Callene albiventris Proc.Zool.Soc.London Part III, Meeting of November 14, 1867 p. 833, pl. XXXIX
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Sholicola
Taxonomy Code:  whbsho3
Type Locality:  Palni Hills.
Author:  Blanford
Publish Year:  1868
IUCN Status:  Vulnerable

DEFINITIONS

Sholicola
(syn. Myiomela Ϯ Nilgiri Blue Robin M. major) "Sholicola genus novum  ... Type species: Phoenicura major Jerdon, 1841  ... Etymology: Sholicola, of masculine gender, is a combination of Shola (the local name [Tamil solai  thicket, grove] for montane forests in the Western Ghats) and the suffix -cola (from the Latin verb "colere"), meaning "dweller"" (Robin et al. 2017).

albiventer / albiventre / albiventris
L. albus  white; venter, ventris  belly.
● ex “Drongri à Ventre Blanc” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 171 (syn. Dicrurus leucophaeus).
● ex “Martin-pêcheur de l’Île de Luçon” of Sonnerat 1776 (Halcyon).
● ex “Hirondelle à ventre blanc de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 546, fig. 2 (Tachycineta).

SUBSPECIES

White-bellied Sholakili (albiventris)
SCI Name: Sholicola albiventris albiventris
albiventer / albiventre / albiventris
L. albus  white; venter, ventris  belly.
● ex “Drongri à Ventre Blanc” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 171 (syn. Dicrurus leucophaeus).
● ex “Martin-pêcheur de l’Île de Luçon” of Sonnerat 1776 (Halcyon).
● ex “Hirondelle à ventre blanc de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 546, fig. 2 (Tachycineta).

White-bellied Sholakili (ashambuensis)
SCI Name: Sholicola albiventris ashambuensis
ashambuensis
Ashambu Hills, Travancore, southern India.