Rufous-tailed Babbler

Here the details of the Rufous-tailed Babbler named bird below:

SCI Name:  Chrysomma poecilotis
Protonym:  Alcippe poecilotis Nouv.Arch.Mus.Hist.Nat.Bull. 6 p.35
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Sylviidae / Chrysomma
Taxonomy Code:  rutbab1
Type Locality:  'les montagnes du Thibet chinois'' ; types from Muping [= Paohing, Hsikang, fide Verreaux, 1871].
Author:  Verreaux, J
Publish Year:  1871
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CHRYSOMMA
(Sylviidae; Ϯ Yellow-eyed Babbler C. sinense hypoleucum) Gr. χρυσος khrusos  gold; ομμα omma, ομματος ommatos  eye; "Timalia Horsfieldi, Jardine and Selby, is identical with T. hypoleuca, Franklin, which latter appellation holds precedence.  I understand that both this and T. hyperythra, Franklin, have recently been figured by M. Guérin in his Magasin de Zoologie.  The former constitutes Mr. Hodgson's genus Chrysomma." (Blyth 1843); "Chrysomma Blyth, 1843, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 12, p. 181.  Type, by original designation, Timalia hypoleuca Franklin." (Deignan in Peters, 1964, X, p. 327).
Var. Chrysomena.
Syn. Erythrops, Pyctoris.

poecilotis
Gr. ποικιλος poikilos  pied, spotted, variegated; -ωτις -ōtis  -eared  < ους ous, ωτος ōtos  ear.