White-winged Robin

SCI Name:  Peneothello sigillata
Protonym:  Poecilodryas? sigillata AnnualRep.Brit.NewGuinea(1888-1889) App.G p.59
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Petroicidae / Peneothello
Taxonomy Code:  whwrob2
Type Locality:  Mt. Victoria, southeastern New Guinea.
Author:  De Vis
Publish Year:  1890
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

PENEOTHELLO
(Petroicidae; Ϯ White-winged Robin P. sigillata) L. pene  almost; Shakespearean character Othello, Moorish (i.e. black) Governor of Cyprus (cf. genus Othello Reichenbach, 1850, black antshrike); "A black series, with sigillata De Vis as type, I separate as PENEOTHELLO gen. nov.  These may not be closely related to the original Pœcilodryas at all.  They show none of the distinctive colours of the preceding and have assumed a black coloration direct from the juvenile plumage, and can only be placed in conjunction with the above mentioned by those who indulge in guesswork in classifying their birds.  As regards structural features they are large forms with small bills, medium feet, and the wing formation is degenerate, being more rounded than the typical species and approaching that of Iredaleornis, the second primary being about equal to the secondaries.  It should be obvious to the thinking student that these should be separated from the Pœcilodryas series as represented in Iredaleornis, Pœcilodryas and Leucophantes." (Mathews 1920).
Synon. Labeothello.

sigillata / sigillatus
L. sigillatus  adorned with little figures  < sigilla  image, little figure, mark  < dim. signum  mark, sign.

SUBSPECIES

White-winged Robin (quadrimaculata)
SCI Name: Peneothello sigillata quadrimaculata
quadrimaculata / quadrimaculatus
L. quadri-  four-  < quattuor  four; maculatus  spotted  < maculare  to make spotted  < macula  spot (cf. Mod. L. quadrimaculatus  square-spotted).

White-winged Robin (saruwagedi)
SCI Name: Peneothello sigillata saruwagedi
saruwagedi
Saruwaged Mts., Huon Peninsula, New Guinea.

White-winged Robin (hagenensis)
SCI Name: Peneothello sigillata hagenensis
hagenensis
Mt. Hagen, Central Highlands, Territory of New Guinea (= Papua New Guinea).

White-winged Robin (sigillata)
SCI Name: Peneothello sigillata sigillata
sigillata / sigillatus
L. sigillatus  adorned with little figures  < sigilla  image, little figure, mark  < dim. signum  mark, sign.