Yellow-throated Greenbul

SCI Name:  Atimastillas flavicollis
Protonym:  Haematornis flavicollis BirdsW.Afr. 1 p.259
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Pycnonotidae / Atimastillas
Taxonomy Code:  yetgre1
Type Locality:  West Africa.
Author:  Swainson
Publish Year:  1837
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

ATIMASTILLAS
(Pycnonotidae; Ϯ Yellow-throated Greenbul A. flavicollis) Gr. ατιμαστος atimastos  disdained  < ατιμαω atimaō  to dishonour  < ατιμος atimos  despised; ιλλας illas, ιλλαδος illados  thrush; "ATIMASTILLAS ¹ gen. nov.   Chars. gen.—Resembling Bleda, but nostrils lengthened; rictal bristles weak; height of bill at base  much more than one-third of exposed culmen; culmen curved from base; gonys but slightly ascending, the angle not conspicuous; tarsus much longer than culmen; bristles of nostrils few and short.   ...   Type.—Haematornis flavicollis, SWAINSON.  This genus is superficially close to Thescelocichla, but aside from the lengthened, conspicuously operculate nostrils, by which it may be readily distinguished, it has a somewhat shorter tail, and a much more arched bill.  The four forms here referred to this genus are apparently only subspecifically distinct:  Atimastillas flavicollis flavicollis (Swainson).   Atimastillas flavicollis shelleyi (Neumann).   Atimastillas flavicollis pallidigula (Sharpe).   Atimastillas flavicollis flavigula (Cabanis).   ...   ¹ ατιμαστος, neglectus; ιλλας, turdus." (Oberholser 1905); "Atimastillas Oberholser, 1905, Smiths. Misc. Coll., 48, p. 155.  Type, by original designation, Haematornis flavicollis Swainson." (Rand in Peters, 1960, IX, p. 260). 
Var. Antimastillas.

flavicolle / flavicollis / flavicollo
L. flavus  golden-yellow; Mod. L. -collis  -necked, -throated  < L. collum  neck.
● ex “Yellow-throated Creeper” of Catesby 1731, “Parus carolinensis” of Brisson 1760, “Mésange grise à gorge jaune” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Yellow-throated Warbler” of Latham 1783, and Pennant 1785 (syn. Dendroica dominica).
● ex “Yellow-necked Heron” of Latham 1787 (Ixobrychus).
● ex “Black-throated Bunting” of Pennant 1785 (syn. Spiza americana).
● ex “Yellow-necked Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (unident.).

SUBSPECIES

Yellow-throated Greenbul (flavicollis)
SCI Name: Atimastillas flavicollis flavicollis
flavicolle / flavicollis / flavicollo
L. flavus  golden-yellow; Mod. L. -collis  -necked, -throated  < L. collum  neck.
● ex “Yellow-throated Creeper” of Catesby 1731, “Parus carolinensis” of Brisson 1760, “Mésange grise à gorge jaune” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Yellow-throated Warbler” of Latham 1783, and Pennant 1785 (syn. Dendroica dominica).
● ex “Yellow-necked Heron” of Latham 1787 (Ixobrychus).
● ex “Black-throated Bunting” of Pennant 1785 (syn. Spiza americana).
● ex “Yellow-necked Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (unident.).

Yellow-throated Greenbul (soror)
SCI Name: Atimastillas flavicollis soror
soror / sorora
L. soror, sororis  sister (i.e. closely related).
● "Ähnlich der X. f. flavigula Cab." (Neumann 1914) (subsp. Atimastillas flavigula).
● "Männchen dem vorgenannten Arten sehr ähnlich, im allgemeinen aber etwas kleiner, Schnabel wie bei B. puella, etwas schmaler als bei B. senegalensis und orientalis" (Reichenow 1903) (Batis).
● "Bisher habe ich unter dem Namen C. rufopileata Vögel von West- und Ostafrika zusammengefaßt.  ...  Als Typ für die Form soror ist ein Vogel vom Kilimandscharo.  C. rufopileata scheint nur vom Niger bis zum Gabun verbreitet zu sein.  Vögel von Loango gleichen der östlichen Form soror." (Reichenow 1916) (syn. Cisticola bulliens).
● "Der E. brunneiceps [= subsp. Erythropygia leucophrys] sehr ähnlich, aber kleiner" (Reichenow 1905) (syn. Erythropygia leucophrys zambesiana).
● "Von P. macrocerca (Lcht.) [= subsp. Euplectes macrourus] durch bedeutend geringere Grösse und etwas heller gelben Schulterfleck unterschieden" (Reichenow 1887) (syn. Euplectes macrourus).
● "This specimen may possibly prove to be an immature H. nipalensis, from which it differs in being slightly smaller and more slender in the tarsi" (Wardlaw Ramsay 1881) (Hydrornis).
● "Similar to pumila [= subsp. Lalage maculosa]" (Mayr & Ripley 1941) (subsp. Lalage maculosa).
● “typical Pachycephala, closely allied to P. melanura, but with the tail brown, bordered with olive-green” (P. Sclater 1874) (Pachycephala).
● "This subspecies is surprisingly similar to feminina [= subsp. Petroica pusilla], although the ranges of the two forms are widely separated by ambrynensis [= subsp. Petroica pusilla]" (Mayr 1934) (subsp. Petroica pusilla).
● "The name soror means sister, alluding to its close similarity with the other taxa in this [Seicercus (= Phylloscopus) burkii] complex" (Alström & Olsson 1999) (Phylloscopus).
● "Closely allied to M. castaneiceps, from which it differs in its much larger size" (Sharpe 1887) (subsp. Schoeniparus castaneceps).
● "The name of the subspecies is based on the close relationship of this indigobird with the other forms of the indigobird species" (Payne 1982) (syn. Vidua camerunensis).
● "Intermediär zwischen X. g. genibarbis Ill., aus Amazonien, und X. g. pelzelni [= syn. X. minutus] Hellm., aus S.-O.-Brasilien" (Hellmayr 1921) (syn. Xenops genibarbis).

Yellow-throated Greenbul (flavigula)
SCI Name: Atimastillas flavicollis flavigula
flavigula
L. flavus  golden-yellow, yellow; gula  throat.
● ex “Petite Perruche à gorge jaune d’Amérique” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 190, fig. 1, and “Toui à gorge jaune” of de Buffon 1770-1785 (syn. Brotogeris jugularis).
● ex “Barbu des Philippines” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 331, and “Barbu à gorge jaune” of de Buffon 1770-1786 (syn. Megalaima haemacephala).
● ex “Pic à gorge jaune de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 784, “Petit pic à gorge jaune” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Yellow-headed Woodpecker” of Latham 1783 (Piculus).