Red-backed Scrub-Robin
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
Here the details of the Red-backed Scrub-Robin named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Sylvia leucophrys Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 11 p.191
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Cercotrichas
Taxonomy Code: rbsrob1
Type Locality: Gamtoos River, eastern Cape Province, ex Levaillant, 1802, Oiseaux Afrique, 3, pi. 118, ''Le Grivetin.
Author: Vieillot
Publish Year: 1817
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CERCOTRICHAS
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ Black Scrub Robin C. podobe) Gr. κερκος kerkos tail; τριχας trikhas, τριχαδος trikhados thrush; alluding to the long, expressive tail of the Black Scrub Robin; "Cercotrichas. Unter diesen Namen vereinige ich Turdus phoenicopterus Tem. T. erythropterus, T. macrourus Lath. T. tricolor Vieill. Afr. pl. 14. Sax. leucampter Museum Berl." (Boie 1831); "Cercotrichas Boie, 1831, Isis, p. 542. Type, by subsequent designation (Finsch and Hartlaub, 1870, Vög. Ost.-Afr., p. 249), Turdus erythropterus Gmelin = Turdus podobe Müller." (Ripley in Peters, 1964, X, p. 27).
Synon. Aedon, Agrobates, Erythropygia, Podobeus.
leucophrys
Gr. λευκοφρυς leukophrus, λευκοφρυος leukophruos white-browed < λευκος leukos white; οφρυς ophrus, οφρυος ophruos eyebrow.
● ex “Pato ceja blanca” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 442 (Callonetta).
● ex “Grivetin” of Levaillant 1802, pl. 118 (Cercotrichas).
Leucophrys
(syn. Plocepasser Ϯ White-browed Sparrow Weaver P. mahali) Gr. λευκοφρυς leukophrus, λευκοφρυος leukophruos white-browed < λευκος leukos white; οφρυς ophrus, οφρυος ophruos eyebrow; "Leucophrys, Sw. Bill unequally conic; the sides not swollen; the tip entire. Nostrils naked, round ... L. pileatus. Part 5. No. 199" (Swainson 1837).
SUBSPECIES
Red-backed Scrub-Robin (White-winged)
SCI Name: Cercotrichas leucophrys [leucoptera Group]
CERCOTRICHAS
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ Black Scrub Robin C. podobe) Gr. κερκος kerkos tail; τριχας trikhas, τριχαδος trikhados thrush; alluding to the long, expressive tail of the Black Scrub Robin; "Cercotrichas. Unter diesen Namen vereinige ich Turdus phoenicopterus Tem. T. erythropterus, T. macrourus Lath. T. tricolor Vieill. Afr. pl. 14. Sax. leucampter Museum Berl." (Boie 1831); "Cercotrichas Boie, 1831, Isis, p. 542. Type, by subsequent designation (Finsch and Hartlaub, 1870, Vög. Ost.-Afr., p. 249), Turdus erythropterus Gmelin = Turdus podobe Müller." (Ripley in Peters, 1964, X, p. 27).
Synon. Aedon, Agrobates, Erythropygia, Podobeus.
Red-backed Scrub-Robin (Red-backed)
SCI Name: Cercotrichas leucophrys [leucophrys Group]
CERCOTRICHAS
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ Black Scrub Robin C. podobe) Gr. κερκος kerkos tail; τριχας trikhas, τριχαδος trikhados thrush; alluding to the long, expressive tail of the Black Scrub Robin; "Cercotrichas. Unter diesen Namen vereinige ich Turdus phoenicopterus Tem. T. erythropterus, T. macrourus Lath. T. tricolor Vieill. Afr. pl. 14. Sax. leucampter Museum Berl." (Boie 1831); "Cercotrichas Boie, 1831, Isis, p. 542. Type, by subsequent designation (Finsch and Hartlaub, 1870, Vög. Ost.-Afr., p. 249), Turdus erythropterus Gmelin = Turdus podobe Müller." (Ripley in Peters, 1964, X, p. 27).
Synon. Aedon, Agrobates, Erythropygia, Podobeus.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)