Japanese Accentor

Here the details of the Japanese Accentor named bird below:

SCI Name:  Prunella rubida
Protonym:  Accentor modularis rubidus FaunaJap.Aves[Siebold] p.69 pl.32
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Prunellidae / Prunella
Taxonomy Code:  japacc1
Type Locality:  Japan.
Author:  Temminck & Schlegel
Publish Year:  1845
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

PRUNELLA
(Prunellidae; Ϯ Dunnock P. modularis) German Braunelle  Dunnock  < dim. braun  brown (cf. Med. L. burneta  hedge-sparrow), from the rufous-brown upperparts of the familiar and homely Dunnock; "Braunelle.  ...  Herr Hallen hat ihm mit Recht den Namen des braunen Fliegenstechers gegeben" (Günther 1772); "MOUCHET, Prunella, Gessner.  Motacilla, Linn. Gm.  Sylvia, Lath.  Bec fin, droit, subulé, aigu, à bords courbés en dedans; mandibules égales; la supérieure un peu inclinée et entaillée à la pointe. — Ailes courtes, à penne bâtarde; la première remige plus courte que la cinquième; la troisième la plus longue.  Esp. Fauvette de haie, Buff." (Vieillot 1816); "Prunella Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 43. Type, by monotypy, "Fauvette de haie" Buffon = Motacilla modularis Linnaeus." (Ripley in Peters 1964, X, 3).
Synon. Accentor, Aprunella, Braunella, Laiscopus, Rhododendroeca, Spermolegus, Tharrhaleus.

rubida
L. rubidus  ruddy, red, dark-red, reddish  < ruber  red, ruddy.
● ex “Ruddy Plover” of Pennant 1785, and Latham 1785 (subsp. Crocethia alba).

SUBSPECIES

Japanese Accentor (rubida)
SCI Name: Prunella rubida rubida
rubida
L. rubidus  ruddy, red, dark-red, reddish  < ruber  red, ruddy.
● ex “Ruddy Plover” of Pennant 1785, and Latham 1785 (subsp. Crocethia alba).

Japanese Accentor (fervida)
SCI Name: Prunella rubida fervida
fervida / fervidus
L. fervidus fiery, glowing < fervere to glow.
● ex “Traquet du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 583, fig. 1, and de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Sultry Warbler” of Latham 1783 (syn. Saxicola torquata).