Green Shrike-Babbler
Green Shrike-Babbler
Here the details of the Green Shrike-Babbler named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Pteruthius xanthochlorus Cat.Mamm.BirdsNepalThibet[Gray,JE&Gray,GR] p.95,155
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Vireonidae / Pteruthius
Taxonomy Code: grsbab1
Type Locality: Nepal.
Author: Gray, JE & Gray, GR
Publish Year: 1847
IUCN Status: Least Concern
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.
xanthochlora / xanthochloris / xanthochlorus
Gr. ξανθοχλωρος xanthokhlōros yellow-green < ξανθος xanthos yellow; χλωρος khlōros green.
SUBSPECIES
Green Shrike-Babbler (Black-crowned)
SCI Name: Pteruthius xanthochlorus xanthochlorus/occidentalis
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.
Green Shrike-Babbler (Eye-ringed)
SCI Name: Pteruthius xanthochlorus pallidus/hybrida
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)