Rufous-breasted Bush-Robin
Rufous-breasted Bush-Robin
Here the details of the Rufous-breasted Bush-Robin named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Ianthia hyperythra J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 16 p.132
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Tarsiger
Taxonomy Code: rbbrob1
Type Locality: Darjeeling.
Author: Blyth
Publish Year: 1847
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
TARSIGER
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ Golden Bush Robin T. chrysaeus) Mod. L. tarsus leg, shank < Gr. ταρσος tarsos flat of the foot; L. -ger bearing < gerere to carry; "Luscinidæ. ... Tarsiger chrysæus, [drawing nos.] 408, 409." (Hodgson 1844); “Genus Tarsiger, mihi. Bill equal to head, straight, subdepressed, feeble, gradually widening from the tip; the upper mandible more than half exceeded by the nareal fosse, and much overlaid by the soft frontal plumes; tip of bill obtuse, and nearly unarmed; gape rather wide and ciliated; wings submedial, round rather than acuminate, firm; fifth quill longest; 4-6 and 3-7 respectively equal; alars and caudals wedged and mucronate; tail medial, rounded; tarse very elevate, slender and smooth; toes ambulant, simple; laterals unequal, hinder rather large; nails large, slender, simple; hind largest. Exclusively monticolous; dwells in low brushwood solitarily, and is much on the ground, feeding chiefly on small ground insects. ... Type, T. chrysæus, mihi” (Hodgson 1845); "Tarsiger Hodgson, 1845, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 28, ex Hodgson, in Gray, 1844, Zool. Misc., p. 83, nom. nud. Type, by monotypy [= original designation], Tarsiger chrysaeus Hodgson." (Ripley in Peters 1964, X, 33).
Synon. Dorisella, Ianthia, Nemura.
hyperythra / hyperythrus
● Gr. ὑπο hupo beneath; ερυθρος eruthros red.
● Gr. ὑπερυθρος huperuthros reddish < ὑπο hupo somewhat; ερυθρος eruthros red.
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)