Forest Scrub-Robin
Forest Scrub-Robin
Here the details of the Forest Scrub-Robin named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Cossypha leucosticta Cat.BirdsBrit.Mus. 7 p.44 pl.1
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Cercotrichas
Taxonomy Code: fosrob1
Type Locality: Accra.
Author: Sharpe
Publish Year: 1883
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CERCOTRICHAS
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ Black Scrub Robin C. podobe) Gr. κερκος kerkos tail; τριχας trikhas, τριχαδος trikhados thrush; alluding to the long, expressive tail of the Black Scrub Robin; "Cercotrichas. Unter diesen Namen vereinige ich Turdus phoenicopterus Tem. T. erythropterus, T. macrourus Lath. T. tricolor Vieill. Afr. pl. 14. Sax. leucampter Museum Berl." (Boie 1831); "Cercotrichas Boie, 1831, Isis, p. 542. Type, by subsequent designation (Finsch and Hartlaub, 1870, Vög. Ost.-Afr., p. 249), Turdus erythropterus Gmelin = Turdus podobe Müller." (Ripley in Peters, 1964, X, p. 27).
Synon. Aedon, Agrobates, Erythropygia, Podobeus.
leucosticta
Gr. λευκοστικτος leukostiktos white-speckled, white-spotted < λευκος leukos white; στικτος stiktos spotted < στιζω stizō to tattoo.
SUBSPECIES
Forest Scrub-Robin (Forest)
SCI Name: Cercotrichas leucosticta [leucosticta Group]
CERCOTRICHAS
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ Black Scrub Robin C. podobe) Gr. κερκος kerkos tail; τριχας trikhas, τριχαδος trikhados thrush; alluding to the long, expressive tail of the Black Scrub Robin; "Cercotrichas. Unter diesen Namen vereinige ich Turdus phoenicopterus Tem. T. erythropterus, T. macrourus Lath. T. tricolor Vieill. Afr. pl. 14. Sax. leucampter Museum Berl." (Boie 1831); "Cercotrichas Boie, 1831, Isis, p. 542. Type, by subsequent designation (Finsch and Hartlaub, 1870, Vög. Ost.-Afr., p. 249), Turdus erythropterus Gmelin = Turdus podobe Müller." (Ripley in Peters, 1964, X, p. 27).
Synon. Aedon, Agrobates, Erythropygia, Podobeus.
Forest Scrub-Robin (Huila)
SCI Name: Cercotrichas leucosticta reichenowi
reichenovi / reichenovii / reichenowi
Prof. Georg Anton Eugen Reichenow (1847-1941) German ornithologist (subsp. Aerodramus spodiopygius, Anthreptes, syn. Anthus spinoletta, Batis, subsp. Bocagia minuta, syn. Chlorophoneus multicolor, Cinnyris, subsp. Cisticola brachypterus, Crithagra, Cryptospiza, subsp. Dendropicos gabonensis, Drepanorhynchus, syn. Dryocopus martius, subsp. Edolisoma schisticeps, syn. Emberiza goslingi, syn. Galerida cristata arenicola, syn. Gymnoris pyrgita, syn. Illadopsis fulvescens (ex Turdinus rufiventris Reichenow, 1893), syn. Lagonosticta rubricata haematocephala, syn. Lanius collurio (ex Lanius affinis Fischer & Reichenow, 1884), subsp. Melaenornis chocolatinus, syn. Merops viridissimus, syn. Milvus migrans, syn. Myrmecocichla albifrons frontalis, subsp. Numida meleagris, syn. Onychognathus fulgidus hartlaubii, subsp. Oriolus larvatus, subsp. Pachycephala hyperythra, Pionus, Pitta, subsp. Ploceus baglafecht, subsp. Poicephalus meyeri, syn. Prodotiscus zambesiae ellenbecki, subsp. Psalidoprocne pristoptera, subsp. Pteroglossus bitorquatus, syn. Ptyonoprogne obsoleta, syn. Pycnonotus xanthopygos, subsp. Rhipidura dryas, subsp. Sarothrura elegans, subsp. Sasia ochracea, subsp. Schistolais leucopogon, Streptopelia, syn. Symposiachrus axillaris fallax, syn. Tachymarptis aequatorialis, subsp. Tauraco livingstonii, subsp. Trochocercus nitens, syn. Turdoides jardineii emini, subsp. Tychaedon leucosticta, syn. Urorhipis rufifrons rufidorsalis, subsp. Zosterops senegalensis).
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)