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    Mutevodia Iredale, 1956

    Thank you both for your contributions. I think there may be grains of truth in the Latin and Finnish/Russian etymons. Latin mutare could refer to the subspecific differences between Pachycephala monacha monacha and P. m. dorsalis. As to vodia, Iredale refers to dorsalis being described from "the...
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    Mutevodia Iredale, 1956

    Mutevodia Iredale, 1956, Bds. New Guinea, II, p. 103 (type-Pachycephala dorsalis Ogilvie-Grant, 1911 (= Pachycephala monacha dorsalis)), was introduced as a subgenus of Pachycephala Vigors, 1825. The etymology of this name still alludes me. No anagram or obvious classical basis springs to mind...
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