Spotted Bush Warbler
Spotted Bush Warbler
Here the details of the Spotted Bush Warbler named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: D[umeticola]. thoracica J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 14 p.584
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Locustellidae / Locustella
Taxonomy Code: spobuw3
Type Locality: Nepal.
Author: Blyth
Publish Year: 1845
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
LOCUSTELLA
(Locustellidae; Ϯ Common Grasshopper Warbler L. naevia) Specific name Sylvia locustella Latham 1790 < Mod. L. locustella little grasshopper < dim. L. locusta grasshopper; from the whirring, high-pitched, insect-like song of the Common Grasshopper Warbler; "3. Sylvia locustella. ... 3. Heuschreckensänger. Locustella. E[ntwickelung]. Wie gewöhnlich. Ch[arakter]. Rohrsänger mit geflecktem Kopf, Rücken und unteren Schwanzdeckfedern. L[ebensart]. Sie gleichen den Rohrsängern, leben aber sehr versteckt." (Kaup 1829); "Locustella Kaup, 1829, Skizzirte Entwickelungs-Geschichte Europäisch. Thierwelt, p. 115. Type, by tautonymy, Sylvia locustella Latham = Motacilla naevia Boddaert." (Watson in Peters 1986, XI, 50) (see Salicaria).
Synon. Acridiornis, Aedonops, Aedonopsis, Dilara, Luscinioides, Lusciniopsis, Parnopia, Philomelopsis, Potamodus, Pseudoluscinia, Psithyroedus, Salicaria, Sibilatrix, Threnetria.
locustella
Mod. L. locustella little grasshopper < dim. L. locusta grasshopper.
● ex “Locustelle” of de Buffon 1770-1785 (syn. Locustella naevia).
● ex “Grasshopper Warbler” of Latham 1783 (syn. Locustella naevia).
thoracica / thoracicus
Med. L. thoracicus pectoral, of the chest < Gr. θωρακικος thōrakikos suffering in the chest < θωραξ thōrax, θωρακος thōrakos breastplate.
● ex “Plastron Noir” of Levaillant 1803, pl. 123 (Apalis).
● ex “Alconcillo aplomado” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 39 (syn. Falco femoralis).
SUBSPECIES
Spotted Bush Warbler (thoracica)
SCI Name: Locustella thoracica thoracica
thoracica / thoracicus
Med. L. thoracicus pectoral, of the chest < Gr. θωρακικος thōrakikos suffering in the chest < θωραξ thōrax, θωρακος thōrakos breastplate.
● ex “Plastron Noir” of Levaillant 1803, pl. 123 (Apalis).
● ex “Alconcillo aplomado” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 39 (syn. Falco femoralis).
Spotted Bush Warbler (przevalskii)
SCI Name: Locustella thoracica przevalskii
przevalski / przevalskii
Gen. Nikolai Mikhailovich Przhevalsky (1839-1888) Russian Army, explorer, naturalist in Central Asia (subsp. Cyanecula svecica, subsp. Locustella thoracica).
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)