1855 3 i. 145 M[yiagra] nitida, Gould. Shining-flycatcher. ‘Satin sparrow’ of Tasmania.
1932 23 Jan. 6/4 The ‘satin sparrow’ is another small bird often heard of. It is really the dainty little satin flycatcher, green-black with a white belly, and the possessor of a most unsparrow-like warble.