White-winged Redstart

SCI Name:  Phoenicurus erythrogastrus
Protonym:  Motacilla erythrogastra NoviCommen.Acad.Sci.Imp.Petrop. 19(1774) p.469 pl.16,17
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Phoenicurus
Taxonomy Code:  whwred2
Type Locality:  Caucasus.
Author:  Güldenstädt
Publish Year:  1775
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

PHOENICURUS
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ Common Redstart P. phoenicurus) L. phoenicurus  redstart  < Gr. φοινικουρος phoinikouros  redstart  < φοινιξ phoinix, φοινικος phoinikos  crimson, red; -ουρος -ouros -tailed   < ουρα  oura  tail (cf. specific name Motacilla phoenicurus Linnaeus, 1758); "SYLVIA PHOENICVRVS.  Phoenicurus Ruficilla?  Redstart, Redtail, or Shaketail." (T. Forster 1817); "Phoenicurus Forster, 1817, Synopt. Cat. Brit. Birds, 16, p. 53. Type, by tautonymy, Motacilla phoenicurus Linnaeus." (Ripley in Peters 1964, X, 74). According to Aristotle, the Common Redstart changed into the European Robin during the winter, and some of the shared synonyms reflect this old folkloric wisdom.
Var. Phenicura, Phoenicura, Phaenicura, Phaenicurus.
Synon. Adelura, Chaimarrornis, Diplootocus, Dorisornis, Kawabitakia, Nymphaeus, Phaeca, Rhyacornis, Rhondella, Rubecula, Ruticilla, Torrentaria.
● (syn. Phaethon Ϯ Red-tailed Tropicbird P. rubricauda) Gr. φοινιξ phoinix, φοινικος phoinikos  red; ουρα oura  tail (cf. specific name Phaethon phoenicurus J. Gmelin, 1789 (= syn. Phaethon rubricauda)); "Subf. 7.  Phaetoninæ.  ...  19. Phœnicurus, Bp.   70 rubricauda, Bodd. (erubescens, Brandt.)" (Bonaparte 1855).

phoenicurus
L. phoenicurus  redstart  < Gr. φοινικουρος phoinikouros  redstart  < φοινιξ phoinix, φοινικος phoinikos  crimson, red; -ουρος -ouros -tailed   < ουρα  oura  tail.
● ex “Red-tailed Thrush” of Latham 1783 (?syn. Dessonornis caffer).
● "99. MOTACILLA.  ...  Phœnicurus.  21. M. gula nigra, abdomine rufo, capite dorsoque cano. Fn. svec. 2. 4.  Ruticilla. Will. orn. 159. Raj. av. 78. n. 5. Alb. av. I. p. 48. t. 50.  Phœnicurus media, penna caudæ subnigra. Frisch. av. t. 20. f. 3.  Habitat in Europa." (Linnaeus 1758) (Phoenicurus).

erythrogaster / erythrogastra / erythrogastrus
Gr. ερυθρος eruthros  red; γαστηρ gastēr, γαστρος gastros  belly.
● ex “Martins-pecheurs du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 356, fig. 2 (syn. Alcedo cristata).
● ex “Hirondelle à ventre roux de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 724, fig. 1 (Hirundo).
● ex “Merle à ventre orangé du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 358, and “Oranvert” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Lamprotornis pulcher).
● ex “Red-bellied Flycatcher” of Latham 1783 (syn. Petroica multicolor).

SUBSPECIES

White-winged Redstart (erythrogastrus)
SCI Name: Phoenicurus erythrogastrus erythrogastrus
erythrogaster / erythrogastra / erythrogastrus
Gr. ερυθρος eruthros  red; γαστηρ gastēr, γαστρος gastros  belly.
● ex “Martins-pecheurs du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 356, fig. 2 (syn. Alcedo cristata).
● ex “Hirondelle à ventre roux de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 724, fig. 1 (Hirundo).
● ex “Merle à ventre orangé du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 358, and “Oranvert” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Lamprotornis pulcher).
● ex “Red-bellied Flycatcher” of Latham 1783 (syn. Petroica multicolor).

White-winged Redstart (grandis)
SCI Name: Phoenicurus erythrogastrus grandis
grandis
L. grandis  large.
● ex “Lori de la Nouvelle Guinée” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 683, “Purpur-roode Lori” of Vosmaer 1769, “Grand Lori” of de Buffon 17770-1783, and “Grand Lory” of Latham 1781 (syn. Eclectus roratus).
● ex “Great Jacamar” of Latham 1782 (syn. Jacamerops aurea).
● ex “Ibijau” or “American Goatsucker” of Ray 1713, “Grand Tette-chèvre tacheté du Brésil” of Brisson 1760, “Grand Crapaud volant de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 325, “Grand Ibijau” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Grand Goatsucker” of Latham 1783 (Nyctibius).
● ex “Grand Barbu de la Chine” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 871, “Grand Barbu” of de Buffon 1770-1786, and “Grand Barbet” of Latham 1783 (syn. Psilopogon virens).