Visayan Tailorbird
Visayan Tailorbird
Here the details of the Visayan Tailorbird named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Orthotomus castaneiceps Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(4), 10 p.252
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Cisticolidae / Orthotomus
Taxonomy Code: phitai1
Type Locality: Guimaras.
Author: Walden
Publish Year: 1872
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
ORTHOTOMUS
(Cisticolidae; Ϯ Olive-backed Tailorbird O. sepium) Gr. ορθος orthos straight; τομευς tomeus, τομεως tomeōs knife, edge (cf. ορθοτομεω orthotomeō to cut straight); "Gen. 34. ORTHOTOMUS. Rostrum mediocre, rectum, subdepressum, basi triquetrum, attenuatum: culmine basi carinato, versus apicem leviter arcuato. Mandibula tomiis rectissimis. Nares basales, magnæ, superne membrana clausæ, inferne rima longitudinali apertæ. Alæ: remiges, 1 spuria, 2 et 3 abrupte longiores, 4—8 longiores subæquales externe emarginatæ, ceteræ gradatim breviores cuneatæ. Pedes subelongati. Digitus exterior a medio ad basin connexus: hallux validus. Ungues compressi arcuati acuti, postico medio duplo majore. Acropodia scutulata. The straightness and slenderness of the bill distinguish Orthotomus from the two former genera [Pomatorhinus, Prinia]; these characters, with the depression and triangular form of the base of the bill, prevent its union with the other genera of this family. I have not been able to determine satisfactorily the affinity of this genus. The slenderness of the bill and its other habits associate it with the Certhiadæ; in the acumen of the bill and the size of the hallux it resembles in some degree the genus Sitta. Spec. 1. Orthotomus sepium. ... Chiglet Javanis." (Horsfield 1821); "Orthotomus Horsfield, 1821, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 13, p. 165. Type, by monotypy, Orthotomus sepium Horsfield." (Watson in Peters 1986, XI, 173).
Var. Orthotoma.
Synon. Edela, Sutoria.
castaneiceps
L. castaneus chestnut-coloured < castanea chestnut < Gr. καστανον kastanon chestnut; -ceps -headed < caput, capitis head.
SUBSPECIES
Visayan Tailorbird (castaneiceps)
SCI Name: Orthotomus castaneiceps castaneiceps
castaneiceps
L. castaneus chestnut-coloured < castanea chestnut < Gr. καστανον kastanon chestnut; -ceps -headed < caput, capitis head.
Visayan Tailorbird (rabori)
SCI Name: Orthotomus castaneiceps rabori
rabori
Dr Dioscoro Siarot Rabor (1911-1996) Filipino ornithologist, conservationist (subsp. Ficedula westermanni, ‡subsp. Hypothymis coelestis, subsp. Orthotomus castaneiceps, Rhabdornis, Robsonius).
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)