Jerdon’s Babbler
Jerdon's Babbler
Here the details of the Jerdon's Babbler named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Chrysomma altirostre Ibis p.22
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Sylviidae / Chrysomma
Taxonomy Code: jerbab1
Type Locality: 'Islands on the Burrampootra river, in Upper Burmah''; type from an island in the Irrawaddy off Thayetmyo, fide Sharpe, 1883, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 7, p. 513.
Author: Jerdon
Publish Year: 1862
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
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.
altirostre / altirostris
L. altus high, great, deep, noble < alere to nourish; -rostris -billed < rostrum beak.
SUBSPECIES
Jerdon's Babbler (scindicum)
SCI Name: Chrysomma altirostre scindicum
scindeanus / scindica / scindicum / scindicus
Sind, India (= Sindh, Pakistan) < Sanskrit Sindhu river (i.e. the Indus R.).
Jerdon's Babbler (griseigulare)
SCI Name: Chrysomma altirostre griseigulare
griseigulare / griseigularis
Med. L. griseum grey; Mod. L. gularis throated < L. gula throat.
Jerdon's Babbler (altirostre)
SCI Name: Chrysomma altirostre altirostre
altirostre / altirostris
L. altus high, great, deep, noble < alere to nourish; -rostris -billed < rostrum beak.
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)