Blyth’s Shrike-Babbler
Blyth's Shrike-Babbler
Here the details of the Blyth's Shrike-Babbler named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Pteruthius aeralatus J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal Vol. 24, N° 3 p. 267-268
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Vireonidae / Pteruthius
Taxonomy Code: blyshb1
Type Locality: mountainous interior of the Tenasserim provinces. Lower Burma.
Author: Blyth
Publish Year: 1855
IUCN Status:
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.
aeralatus
L. aes, aeris bronze; latus flank, side.
SUBSPECIES
Blyth's Shrike-Babbler (Chestnut-winged)
SCI Name: Pteruthius aeralatus validirostris
validirostris
L. validus strong, stout < valere to be strong; -rostris -billed < rostrum beak.
Blyth's Shrike-Babbler (Gray-breasted)
SCI Name: Pteruthius aeralatus ricketti
ricketti
Charles Boughey Rickett (1851-1943) British banker, collector in the Far East (syn. Aquila heliaca, syn. Arborophila gingica, subsp. Chrysophlegma flavinucha, subsp. Leiothrix argentauris, Phylloscopus, syn. Picus canus sobrinus, subsp. Pteruthius aeralatus, subsp. Pyrrhula nipalensis, Sinosuthora, subsp. Spilornis cheela, syn. Sylviparus modestus).
Blyth's Shrike-Babbler (Blyth's)
SCI Name: Pteruthius aeralatus [aeralatus Group]
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.
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)