Robin Accentor
Robin Accentor
Here the details of the Robin Accentor named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Accentor rubeculoides Cat.BirdsMus.East-Ind.Co.[Horsfield & Moore] 1 p.361
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Prunellidae / Prunella
Taxonomy Code: robacc1
Type Locality: Nepal.
Author: Moore, F
Publish Year: 1854
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PRUNELLA
(Prunellidae; Ϯ Dunnock P. modularis) German Braunelle Dunnock < dim. braun brown (cf. Med. L. burneta hedge-sparrow), from the rufous-brown upperparts of the familiar and homely Dunnock; "Braunelle. ... Herr Hallen hat ihm mit Recht den Namen des braunen Fliegenstechers gegeben" (Günther 1772); "MOUCHET, Prunella, Gessner. Motacilla, Linn. Gm. Sylvia, Lath. Bec fin, droit, subulé, aigu, à bords courbés en dedans; mandibules égales; la supérieure un peu inclinée et entaillée à la pointe. — Ailes courtes, à penne bâtarde; la première remige plus courte que la cinquième; la troisième la plus longue. Esp. Fauvette de haie, Buff." (Vieillot 1816); "Prunella Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 43. Type, by monotypy, "Fauvette de haie" Buffon = Motacilla modularis Linnaeus." (Ripley in Peters 1964, X, 3).
Synon. Accentor, Aprunella, Braunella, Laiscopus, Rhododendroeca, Spermolegus, Tharrhaleus.
rubeculoides
Med. L. rubecula redbreast or robin < dim. L. ruber red, ruddy; Gr. -οιδης -oidēs resembling (i.e. red-breasted).
● "Fringillidæ. ... Propyrrhula subhemachalana, [drawing nos.] 471, 472. P. rubeculoides, [drawing no.] 831. P. sipahi, [drawing nos.] 320, 321." (Hodgson 1844); "Propyrrhula Rubeculoides, mihi.—Above, together with the lower breast, belly and vent, smoky brown; face as far back as the eye, chin, throat and breast, bright red, of a sanguineous scarlet hue" (Hodgson 1845) (syn. Carpodacus punicea).
● "PHŒNICURA RUBECULOÏDES. Phœn. capite, collo, corporeque supra atro-cæruleis, capitis summo splendidiore; abdomine albo; pectore rufo. Statura Phœn. cæruleocephalæ." (Vigors 1831) (Cyornis).
● "91. SAXICOLA RUBECULOÏDES. Sax. cinereo-brunnea, subtus alba; gula thoraceque rufis; rectricibus mediis nigrescentibus, cæteris ad basin albis. Irides intense brunneæ." (Sykes 1831) (syn. Ficedula albicilla).
● "Genus. MYIAGRA. ... 1. RUBECOLOIDES [sic]. My. plumbeo-grisea, gutture pectoreque rufis, abdomine albido, pteromatibus remigibus rectricibusque fuscis." (Vigors & Horsfield 1827) (syn. Myiagra rubecula).
● "578. ACCENTOR RUBECULOIDES, Hodgson. ... back and rump ferruginous ... breast and forepart of flanks ferruginous, the latter streaked with dusky; belly white, tinged with ferruginous on the flanks posteriorly" (Moore 1854) (Prunella).
SUBSPECIES
Robin Accentor (rubeculoides)
SCI Name: Prunella rubeculoides rubeculoides
rubeculoides
Med. L. rubecula redbreast or robin < dim. L. ruber red, ruddy; Gr. -οιδης -oidēs resembling (i.e. red-breasted).
● "Fringillidæ. ... Propyrrhula subhemachalana, [drawing nos.] 471, 472. P. rubeculoides, [drawing no.] 831. P. sipahi, [drawing nos.] 320, 321." (Hodgson 1844); "Propyrrhula Rubeculoides, mihi.—Above, together with the lower breast, belly and vent, smoky brown; face as far back as the eye, chin, throat and breast, bright red, of a sanguineous scarlet hue" (Hodgson 1845) (syn. Carpodacus punicea).
● "PHŒNICURA RUBECULOÏDES. Phœn. capite, collo, corporeque supra atro-cæruleis, capitis summo splendidiore; abdomine albo; pectore rufo. Statura Phœn. cæruleocephalæ." (Vigors 1831) (Cyornis).
● "91. SAXICOLA RUBECULOÏDES. Sax. cinereo-brunnea, subtus alba; gula thoraceque rufis; rectricibus mediis nigrescentibus, cæteris ad basin albis. Irides intense brunneæ." (Sykes 1831) (syn. Ficedula albicilla).
● "Genus. MYIAGRA. ... 1. RUBECOLOIDES [sic]. My. plumbeo-grisea, gutture pectoreque rufis, abdomine albido, pteromatibus remigibus rectricibusque fuscis." (Vigors & Horsfield 1827) (syn. Myiagra rubecula).
● "578. ACCENTOR RUBECULOIDES, Hodgson. ... back and rump ferruginous ... breast and forepart of flanks ferruginous, the latter streaked with dusky; belly white, tinged with ferruginous on the flanks posteriorly" (Moore 1854) (Prunella).
Robin Accentor (fusca)
SCI Name: Prunella rubeculoides fusca
fusca
L. fuscus dusky, black, brown. Despite its classical meaning this epithet is used in ornithology to indicate a very wide spectrum of colours from black, grey and brown to a range of dark tints including slate-blue and dusky-orange (see also fuscus).
● ex “Héron brun de Cayenne” (= ☼) of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 858, and “Héron brun” of de Buffon 1770-1786 (syn. Agamia agami).
● ex “Gobe-mouche brun de la Martinique” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 568, fig. 2 (Allenia).
● ex “Brown Sandpiper” of Pennant 1768, and Latham 1787 (syn. Calidris minuta).
● ex “Brown Tern” of Latham 1785 (syn. Chlidonias niger).
● ex “Promérops de la nouvelle Guinée” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 638, “Promérops brun à ventre rayé” of de Buffon 1770-1783, “Promérops brun de la nouvelle Guinée” of Sonnerat 1776, and “New Guinea brown Promerops” of Latham 1782 (syn. Epimachus fastuosus).
● ex “White-breasted Barbet” of Latham 1782 (Malacoptila).
● "61. ANAS. ... fusca. 5. A. nigricans, macula pone oculos lineaque alarum albis. Anas corpore obscuro, macula alba pone oculos, lineaque alba. Fn. svec. 106. It. gotl. 215. 271. Anas fera fusca. Jonst. av. t. 44. Anas niger. Will. orn. 278. t. 10. Raj. av. 141. Habitat in oceano Europæo. Mas ad basin rostri gibbositate notatus." (Linnaeus 1758) (Melanitta).
● ex “Martin-pêcheur de la Nouvelle Guinée” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 663 (= ♀), and “Great Brown Kingsfisher” of Latham 1782 (syn. Melidora macrorrhina).
● ex “Tangara brun d’Amérique” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 155, fig. 2 (syn. Paroaria gularis).
● ex “Coot-footed Tringa” of Edwards 1743-1751, “Phalaropus fuscus” of Brisson 1760, and “Brown Phalarope” of Pennant 1785, and Latham 1785 (syn. Phalaropus lobatus).
● ex “Brown Creeper from the South Seas” of Latham 1782 (syn. Phylidonyris undulata).
● ex “Golondrina parda” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 301 (subsp. Progne tapera).
● ex "Figuier étranger" of d'Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 58, fig. 3 (Setophaga).
● ex “Bouveron” of de Buffon 1770-1783: “J’appelle ainsi cet oiseau ... parce qu’il me paroît faire la nuance entre les bouvreuils [bullfinches] d’Europe et les bec-ronds [seedeaters] d’Amérique” (syn. Sporophila lineola).
● ex “Barge brune” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 875 (syn. Tringa erythropus).
● ex “Rasle brun des Philippines” of Brisson 1760 (Zapornia).
● ex “Tourterelle de la Caroline” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 175 (syn. Zenaida macroura carolinensis).
● "96. LOXIA. ... fusca. 25. L. fusca, subtus albida, remigibus a tertia ad nonam basi omnino albis. Chin. Lagerstr. 19. Habitat in Benghala." (Linnaeus 1758) (unident.).
● ex “Figuier brun-olive” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Olive-brown Warbler” of Latham 1783, and Pennant 1785 (unident.).
● ex “Gobe-mouche brun de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 574, fig. 1 (unident.; has been linked with Cnemotriccus fuscatus and with Contopus cinereus).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
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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)