White-starred Robin

SCI Name:  Pogonocichla stellata
Protonym:  Muscicapa stellata Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 21 p.468
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Pogonocichla
Taxonomy Code:  whsrob1
Type Locality:  'L''Etoile'' Plettenberg Bay, Cape Province.
Author:  Vieillot
Publish Year:  1818
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

POGONOCICHLA
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ White-starred Robin P. stellata) Gr. πωγων pōgōn, πωγωνος pōgōnos  beard; κιχλη kikhlē  thrush; "8. Pogonocichla n. gen.  etc. etc.  Die Gattung Pogonocichla (πωγων, Bart; κιχλη, Drossel) unterscheidet sich schon genügend durch den breiteren Schnabel und die stärker entwickelten Bartborsten.  Typus: P. stellata.  Gobe-mouche étoilé Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afr. tab. 157.  Muscicapa stellata Vieill." (Cabanis 1847).

stellata / stellatus
L. stellatus starry, starred, set with stars < stella star.
● ex “Colymbus maximus stellatus” of Willughby 1676 (Gavia).
● ex “Étoilé” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 157 (Pogonocichla).

SUBSPECIES

White-starred Robin (intensa)
SCI Name: Pogonocichla stellata intensa
intensa
L. intensus violent, intense, stretched < intendere to strain (cf. Late L. intensus eager, strong, intense).

White-starred Robin (ruwenzorii)
SCI Name: Pogonocichla stellata ruwenzorii
ruwenzorae / ruwenzori / ruwenzoria / ruwenzoriae / ruwenzorii
Ruwenzori Mts., Belgian Congo (= DR Congo)/Uganda.

White-starred Robin (guttifer)
SCI Name: Pogonocichla stellata guttifer
guttifer
Mod. L. guttifer  spot-bearing, spotted  < L. gutta  spot; -fera  bearing  < ferre  to carry.
● ex Accipiter guttatus P. Sclater & Salvin, 1867 (subsp. Accipiter bicolor).

White-starred Robin (elgonensis)
SCI Name: Pogonocichla stellata elgonensis
elgonense / elgonensis
Mt. Elgon, Kenya.

White-starred Robin (pallidiflava)
SCI Name: Pogonocichla stellata pallidiflava
pallidiflava
L. pallidus  pale  < pallere  to be pale; flavus  yellow.

White-starred Robin (macarthuri)
SCI Name: Pogonocichla stellata macarthuri
macarthuri
● MacArthur River, Northern Territory, Australia (syn. Dacelo leachii).
● C. G. MacArthur (fl. 1943) entomologist, collector with Kenya Game Dept. 1939-1943 (subsp. Pogonocichla stellata, subsp. Scleroptila shelleyi).

White-starred Robin (helleri)
SCI Name: Pogonocichla stellata helleri
helleri
Edmund Heller (1875-1939) US naturalist, collector in Galápagos Is., Central America, Amazonia, tropical Africa, China and Tibet, Assistant Curator of Mammals Field Mus. of Natural History 1926-1928, Director Milwaukee Zoo 1928-1935 (Asthenes, syn. Megascops napensis, subsp. Pogonocichla stellata, subsp. Pternistis hildebrandti, subsp. Troglodytes pacificus, Turdus).

White-starred Robin (orientalis)
SCI Name: Pogonocichla stellata orientalis
orientale / orientalis
L. orientalis  eastern, oriental  < oriens, orientis  east.
● Asia; ex “Anser moschoviticus” of Albin 1731-1738, and “Anser chinensis” of Linnaeus 1747 (syn. Anser cygnoides).
● India; ex Ardea antigone Linnaeus, 1758, “Grus orientalis” of Brisson 1760, and “Indian Crane” of Latham 1785 (syn. Antigone antigone).
● East Indies (= Seram and New Guinea); ex “Casoar des Indes orientales” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 313 (syn. Casuarius casuarius).
● India; ex “Eastern Parrot” of Latham 1781 (?syn. Eclectus roratus).
● East Indies (= Amboina); ex “Coucou noir des Indes” (= ♂) and “Coucou tacheté des Indes” (=♀) of Brisson 1760 (subsp. Eudynamys scolopaceus).
● East Indies (=Java); ex “Rollier des Indes” of Brisson 1760 (Eurystomus).
● East Indies; ex “Merula indica” of Brisson 1760, “Merle des Indes Orientales” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 273, fig. 2, and “Ash-rumped Thrush” of Latham 1783 (syn. Lalage nigra).
● India; ex “Indian Bee-eater” and “Coromandel Bee-eater” of Latham 1782-1787 (Merops).
● Asia; ex “Onocrotalus” or “Pelecanus” of previous authors (syn. Pelecanus onocrotalus).
● "91. TETRAO.  ...  orientalis.  12. T. pedibus antice pilosis: abdomine gulaque atra, collari ferrugineo, cauda cuneiformi.  Tetrao orientalis. Hasselq. it. 278. n. 43.  Perdix damascena. Will. orn. 128.  Francolin. Tournef. it. I. p. 158. t. 158.  Habitat in Oriente." (Linnaeus 1758) (Pterocles).
● China; ex “Tourterelle brune de la Chine” of Sonnerat 1782, and “Chinese Turtle” of Latham 1783 (Streptopelia).
● China; ex “China Owl” of Latham 1801 (syn. Strix seloputo).

White-starred Robin (transvaalensis)
SCI Name: Pogonocichla stellata transvaalensis
transvaalensis
Transvaal, South Africa (i.e. beyond the Vaal R.).

White-starred Robin (stellata)
SCI Name: Pogonocichla stellata stellata
stellata / stellatus
L. stellatus starry, starred, set with stars < stella star.
● ex “Colymbus maximus stellatus” of Willughby 1676 (Gavia).
● ex “Étoilé” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 157 (Pogonocichla).