Black-browed Babbler
Black-browed Babbler
Here the details of the Black-browed Babbler named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Cacopitta] perspicillata Consp.Gen.Av. 1 p.257
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Pellorneidae / Turdinus
Taxonomy Code: blbbab1
Type Locality: 'Java,'' error; corrected to Borneo, by Buttikofer, 1895, Notes Leyden Mus., 17, p. 83.
Author: Bonaparte
Publish Year: 1850
IUCN Status: Data Deficient
DEFINITIONS
TURDINUS
(Pellorneidae; Ϯ Large Wren-babbler T. macrodactylus) Mod. L. turdinus thrush-like < L. turdus thrush; "Macronous ... Next to it, I had arranged a bird which has recently been described by Mr. Strickland by the name Malacopteron macrodactylum (Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 1844, p. 417), but I still consider it to merit separation, from the general robustness of its conformation, and the great strength of the tarse and of the middle and hind toes. The bill closely resembles that of Macronous. I designate it Turdinus, Nobis. Form somewhat Meruline, thick-set, with large strong legs and toes, and rounded wings and tail. Bill as long as the head, moderately stout, straight, compressed, the ridge of the upper mandible angulated, its tip emarginated, and curving over that of the lower mandible; nostrils oval, and pierced in the fore-part of the nasal membrane, at some distance from the frontal feathers; rictus well armed: legs stout, the tarse equalling the middle toe with its claw; outer and inner toes equal, and proportionally small, their terminal joint reaching only to the penultimate joint of the middle toe; hind toe strong, and furnished with a rather large claw, but moderately curved: wings much graduated, the fifth to the ninth primaries inclusive subequal and longest, the first about half their length; tail also graduated externally, and hollowed underneath; plumage lax and scale-like, at least on the upper-parts, very copious and puffy over the rump. T. macrodactylus, (Strickland) Blyth. ... Brought from Singapore." (Blyth 1844).
Synon. Cacopitta, Curzonia, Gypsophila, Hadropezus.
● See: Turdinulus
turdinus
Mod. L. turdinus thrush-like < L. turdus thrush (see turdina).
perspicillata / perspicillatum / perspicillatus
Mod. L. perspicillatus spectacled < L. perspicillum lens, spectacle < perspicere to see through.
● ex “Merle de la Chine” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 604, and de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Spectacle Thrush” of Latham 1783 (Garrulax).
● ex “Clignot” or “Traquet à lunette” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Spectacle Warbler” of Latham 1783 (Hymenops).
● "61. ANAS. ... perspicillata. 22. A. nigra, vertice nuchaque albis, macula nigra rostri pone nares. Anas canadensis major niger. Edw. av. 155. t. 155. Habitat in Canada." (Linnaeus 1758) (Melanitta).
● ex “Spectacle-Owl” of Latham 1787 (Pulsatrix).
● ex “Gobe-Mouche à Lunettes” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 152 (syn. Rhipidura javanica).
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)