Olive-backed Tailorbird
Olive-backed Tailorbird
Here the details of the Olive-backed Tailorbird named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Orthotomus sepium Trans.Linn.Soc.London(1), 13 p.166
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Cisticolidae / Orthotomus
Taxonomy Code: olbtai1
Type Locality: Java; here restricted to Bogor, western Java.
Author: Horsfield
Publish Year: 1821
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.
sepium
L. sepium of hedges < sepes, sepis hedge.
SUBSPECIES
Olive-backed Tailorbird (sundaicus)
SCI Name: Orthotomus sepium sundaicus
sundaicus
Sunda, a former name for western Java.
Olive-backed Tailorbird (sepium)
SCI Name: Orthotomus sepium sepium
sepium
L. sepium of hedges < sepes, sepis hedge.
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)