Brown Trembler
Brown Trembler
Here the details of the Brown Trembler named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Stenorhynchus ruficauda Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1835) (1835), Pt3 no.36 p.186
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Mimidae / Cinclocerthia
Taxonomy Code: brotre1
Type Locality: type locality not indicated. Restricted to Dominica by Ridgway, 1907, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 50, pt. 4, p. 273, footnote.
Author: Gould
Publish Year: 1836
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CINCLOCERTHIA
(Mimidae; Ϯ Brown Trembler C. ruficauda) Mod. L. cinclus thrush < Gr. κιγκλος kinklos unknown waterside bird; genus Certhia Linnaeus, 1758, treecreeper; "CINCLOCERTHIA, n. Stenorhynchus b, Gould. C. ruficauda, (Gould,) n. ... b Used for a Crustaceous animal." (G. Gray 1840);"Cinclocerthia Gray, List Gen. Bds., p. 17, 1840— new name for Stenorhynchus Gould, preoccupied." (Hellmayr, 1934, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. VII, p. 344) (see Stenorhynchus).
Var. Cincolcerthia.
Synon. Buleites, Herminierius, Orphanopsar, Stenorhynchus.
ruficauda
L. rufus red, ruddy; cauda tail.
● ex “Jacamar à Queue Rousse” of Levaillant 1801 (Galbula).
● ex “Rouge-queue de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 686, fig. 2 (syn. Synallaxis gujanensis).
● ex “Fauvette de Cayenne à queue rousse” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Rufous-tailed Warbler” of Latham 1783 (unident.).
SUBSPECIES
Brown Trembler (pavida)
SCI Name: Cinclocerthia ruficauda pavida
pavida
L. pavidus trembling < pavere to quake with fear.
Brown Trembler (tremula)
SCI Name: Cinclocerthia ruficauda tremula
tremula / tremulus
L. tremulus trembling, quivering < tremere to tremble (cf. Late L. tremulus unknown bird, perhaps a wagtail).
● "3. Broad-tail'd Shakers, called Shakers because they do almost constantly shake or wag their Heads and Necks up and down: Broad-tail'd, from the great number of feathers they have in their Tails; they say, not fewer than twenty six." (Willughby 1678); "92. COLUMBA. ... tremula. 5. C. cauda erecta multipenni patula. Columba tremula laticauda. Raj. av. 60. Habitat. . ." (Linnaeus 1758) (unident.; fancy breed of pigeon).
Brown Trembler (ruficauda)
SCI Name: Cinclocerthia ruficauda ruficauda
ruficauda
L. rufus red, ruddy; cauda tail.
● ex “Jacamar à Queue Rousse” of Levaillant 1801 (Galbula).
● ex “Rouge-queue de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 686, fig. 2 (syn. Synallaxis gujanensis).
● ex “Fauvette de Cayenne à queue rousse” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Rufous-tailed Warbler” of Latham 1783 (unident.).
Brown Trembler (tenebrosa)
SCI Name: Cinclocerthia ruficauda tenebrosa
tenebrosa / tenebrosus
L. tenebrosus dark, gloomy < tenebrae darkness.
● ex “Petit Coucou noir de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 505 (Chelidoptera).
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)