Pied Shrike-Babbler
Pied Shrike-Babbler
Here the details of the Pied Shrike-Babbler named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Allotrius flaviscapis Pl.Col. livr.99 pl.589 fig.1
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Vireonidae / Pteruthius
Taxonomy Code: wbsbab2
Type Locality: Java and Sumatra ; restricted to Java.
Author: Temminck
Publish Year: 1836
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PTERUTHIUS
(Vireonidae; Ϯ White-browed Shrike-babbler P. aeralatus validirostris) Gr. πτερον pteron wing; ερυθαινω eruthainō to dye red < ερυθραινω eruthrainō to paint red < ερυθρος eruthros red; "26. Genus, PTERUTHIUS*. ... Bill short, compressed, thick; the tip shrike-like, hooked and deeply notched; culmen considerably arched; gonys ascending. Nostrils basal, the aperture ovate or round. Rictus slightly bristled, wide. Wings very short, rounded. Tail short, broad, rounded; the tips very obtuse. Tarsi smooth, pale. Type.—Lanius erythropterus, GOULD'S Century. Nepaul. ... *Th. πτερον ala, et ερυθιαω sum ruber." (Swainson 1832); "Pteruthius Swainson, 1832, in Swainson and Richardson, Fauna Bor.-Amer., 2 (1831), p. 491. Type, by original designation and monotypy, Lanius erythropterus Gould, i.e., Vigors = Pteruthius flaviscapis validirostris Koelz." (Deignan in Peters 1964, X, 385). This genus was traditionally placed in the Timaliidae, hence the substantive name.
Var. Pterutius, Pterythrius, Ptererythrius.
Synon. Aenopogon, Allotrius, Hilarocichla.
flaviscapis
L. flavus yellow, golden-yellow; scapus shaft (i.e. feather); "ALLOTRIE AILE JAUNE. ... sur les dernières pennes secondaires un long miroir jaune-orpin et les pennes caudales terminées de cette couleur" (Temminck 1835) (Pteruthius).
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)