White-vented Whistler

SCI Name:  Pachycephala homeyeri
Protonym:  Hyloterpe Homeyeri J.Orn. 38 p.143
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Pachycephalidae / Pachycephala
Taxonomy Code:  whvwhi1
Type Locality:  Jolo, Sulu.
Author:  Blasius, W
Publish Year:  1890
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

PACHYCEPHALA
(Pachycephalidae; Ϯ Golden Whistler P. pectoralis) Gr. παχυς pakhus  large, thick; κεφαλη kephalē  head; from the appearance of their large rounded heads the Indomalayan and Australasian whistlers were formerly known as 'thickheads'; "The interval betweeen the present groups and those of the Pari, where we entered on the family [Pipridæ], appears to be filled up by a race of birds peculiar to New Holland, and hitherto uncharacterized, of which the Muscicapa pectoralis, Lath. is the type*. These, uniting many external characters, at least, both of the Berry-Eaters and Flycatchers, exhibit also in general appearance a considerable resemblance to the Pari, and will be found, I conjecture, to be the connecting bond between all these groups.  ...  * Mr. Swainson has lately formed this group into a genus by the name of Pachycephala.  Nov. 1824." (Vigors 1825); "Genus. PACHYCEPHALA*. Swains. MSS.  ... Caput tumidiusculum.  ...  In their general appearance some of the species exhibit a resemblance to the birds of the genus Procnias, Ill., while by the puffed-out appearance of the feathers about the head, we trace an approximation to some of the Linnean Pari.  ...  * παχυς crassus, and κεφαλη caput" (Vigors & Horsfield 1827). 
Var. Pachycephalus. 
Synon. Alisterornis, Gilbertornis, Hylocharis, Hyloterpe, Lewinornis, Malacolestes, Mattingleya, Musciterpe, Muscitrea, Mutevodia, Pachycilodryas, Psaltricephus, Pucherania, Timixos.

homeyeri
● Maj. Alexander von Homeyer (1834-1903) Prussian Army, ornithologist, oologist, lepidopterist (Joek Roex in litt.) (subsp. Aquila chrysaetos)
● Eugen Ferdinand Edler von Homeyer (1809-1889) Prussian ornithologist, opponent of Darwinism (Aythya ferina x A. nyroca hybrid (Björn Bergenholtz in litt.), syn. Charadrius artefact, syn. Gavia arctica, Pachycephala, syn. Phylloscopus fuscatus, syn. Sitta europaea).
● Eugen Ferdinand Edler von Homeyer (1809-1889) and his cousin Maj. Alexander von Homeyer (1834-1903) Prussian ornithologists (Joek Roex in litt.) (subsp. Lanius excubitor).

SUBSPECIES

White-vented Whistler (Sulu)
SCI Name: Pachycephala homeyeri homeyeri
homeyeri
● Maj. Alexander von Homeyer (1834-1903) Prussian Army, ornithologist, oologist, lepidopterist (Joek Roex in litt.) (subsp. Aquila chrysaetos)
● Eugen Ferdinand Edler von Homeyer (1809-1889) Prussian ornithologist, opponent of Darwinism (Aythya ferina x A. nyroca hybrid (Björn Bergenholtz in litt.), syn. Charadrius artefact, syn. Gavia arctica, Pachycephala, syn. Phylloscopus fuscatus, syn. Sitta europaea).
● Eugen Ferdinand Edler von Homeyer (1809-1889) and his cousin Maj. Alexander von Homeyer (1834-1903) Prussian ornithologists (Joek Roex in litt.) (subsp. Lanius excubitor).

White-vented Whistler (Cebu)
SCI Name: Pachycephala homeyeri major
major
L. maior, maioris  greater, larger  < comp. magnus  great, large, powerful.
● ex “Poule d’eau de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 352; “Even if [Statius Müller, 1776] ...should some day be repudiated by ornithologists on account of his carelessness and his apparent colour-blindness, then the proper name of the species would be Aramides major (Boddaert), founded on Daubenton’s plate” (Sharpe 1894) (syn. Aramides cajanea).
● ex “Grand Corbeau” of Levaillant 1800, pl. 51 (unident.;?Corvus sp.).
● ex “Crotophagus major” of Brisson 1760, “Grand bout de Petun” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 102, fig. 1, “Ani des palétuviers” of Salerne 1767, and “Greater Ani” of Latham 1781 (Crotophaga).
● 54. PICUS.  ...  major.  10. P. albo nigroque varius, ano occipiteque rubro.  Picus albo nigroque varius, rectricibus tribus lateralibus utrinque albescentibus. Fn. svec. 81.  Picus varius major. Ges. av. 708. Aldr. ornith. l. 12. c. 32. Will. orn. 94. t. 21. Raj. av. 43. Alb. av. I. p. 19. t. 19. Frisch. av. . . t. 36. f. 1.  Habitat in Europa." (Linnaeus 1758) (Dendrocopos).
● ex “Grande Egrette d’Amérique” of d’Aubenton, 1765-1781, pl. 925 (syn. Egretta garzetta).
● ex “Scolopax media” of Frisch 1733-1763, “Great Snipe” of Pennant 1768, and Latham 1785 (syn. Gallinago media).
● ex “Grand Indicateur, mâle” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 241, fig. 1 (syn. Indicator indicator).
● ex “Pie-grièche Blanchot” of Levaillant 1810, pl. 285 (syn. Malaconotus blanchoti).
● ex “An other sort of Loggerhead” of Sloane 1707-1725, “Sitta” or “Picus cinereus major, rostro curvo” of Ray 1713, “Grand Sittelle à bec crochu” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Great Nuthatch” of Latham 1781 (?syn. Myiarchus validus).
● ex “Parus major” of Gessner 1555, Belon 1555, Aldrovandus 1599, and Willughby 1676, “Fringillago”, “Great Titmouse” or “Ox Eye” of Ray 1713, and Albin 1731, and “Parus capite nigro, temporibus albis, nucha luteis” of Linnaeus 1746 (Parus).
● ex “Grèbe de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 404, fig. 1, and “Grand Grèbe” of de Buffon 1770-1785 (Podiceps).
● ex “Barbican des côtes de Barbarie” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 602 (syn. Pogonornis dubius).
● ex “Grande Quiscale” of Vieillot 1819 (Quiscalus).
● ex “Tangara des grands bois de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 205 (syn. Saltator maximus).
● ex “Batara mayor” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 211 (Taraba).
● ex “Macucagua” of Marcgrave 1648, Willughby 1676, and Ray 1713, “Perdix brasiliensis” of Brisson 1760, and “Magoua” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Tinamus).
● ex “Trepadore grande” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 241 (Xiphocolaptes).

White-vented Whistler (White-vented)
SCI Name: Pachycephala homeyeri winchelli
winchelli / winchellii
● Horace Vaughn Winchell (1865-1923) US mining geologist (subsp. Pachycephala homeyeri).
● “This species is named, by Dr Steere’s request, after his friend and old tutor, Mr Winchell” (Sharpe 1877); Newton Horace Winchell (1839-1914) US archaeologist, geologist (per Beolens et al. 2014)  (Todiramphus).