Bornean Wren-Babbler
Bornean Wren-Babbler
Here the details of the Bornean Wren-Babbler named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: [Cacopitta] leucogrammica Consp.Gen.Av. 1 p.257
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Pellorneidae / Ptilocichla
Taxonomy Code: bowbab1
Type Locality: Borneo; type specimen from Pontianak [lat. 0° 02'' S., long. 109° 22'' E.], fide Büttikofer, 1895, Notes Leyden Mus., 17, p. 72.
Author: Bonaparte
Publish Year: 1850
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
PTILOCICHLA
(Pellorneidae; Ϯ Falcated Wren-babbler P. falcata) Gr. πτιλον ptilon feather; κιχλη kikhlē thrush; “The little fellow was in the thickest wood, hopping about on the ground, and puffing himself out like a ball of feathers” (Steere in Sharpe 1877); “PTILOCICHLA, gen. n. Allied to Turdinus, but distinguished at a glance by the long drooping sickle-shaped plumes on the sides of the lower back. The type is: — 70. PTILOCICHLA FALCATA, sp. n.” (Sharpe 1877).
Var. Ptiocichla.
leucogrammica / leucogrammicum / leucogrammicus
Gr. λευκος leukos white; γραμμικος grammikos lined < γραμμη grammē line, mark < γραφω graphō to write.
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)