Black-faced Babbler / Turdoides melanops
Black-faced Babbler
SCI Name:
Protonym: Crateropus melanops Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1866) (1866), Pt3 p.435 pl.37
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Leiothrichidae / Turdoides
Taxonomy Code: bkfbab1
Type Locality: Damaraland.
Author: Hartlaub
Publish Year: 1867
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
TURDOIDES
(Leiothrichidae; Ϯ White-headed Babbler T. leucocephala) Genus Turdus Linnaeus, 1758, thrush; Gr. -οιδης -oidēs resembling; "Turdoides leucocephala, (Mus. Francof.) Weißköpfiger Droßling. ... Die Droßlinge (Turdoides) bilden eine von den Droßeln (Turdus) wohl zu unterscheidende Familie, die eine Menge von Arten zählt, von denen Rüppel bereits vier aus dem nördlichen Afrika eingesendet hat. Wir werden die Abbildungen und Beschreibungen von dreyen derselben in dem Atlas liefern. Auch erwarten wir duie Bekanntmachung anderer in Indien entdeckten Arten der Gattung Turdoides von Herrn Temminck, der solche zuerst aufgestellt hat." (Cretzschmar 1827); "Turdoides Cretzschmar, 1827, in Rüppell's Atlas, Vög., hft. 4, p. 6, pl. 4. Type, by monotypy, Turdoides leucocephalus Cretzschmar." (Deignan in Peters 1964, X, 331).
Var. Tordoides.
Synon. Aethocichla, Aipunemia, Crateropus, Cratopus, Ischyropodus, Layardia, Malacocircus, Malcolmia, Pengia.
turdoides
L. turdus thrush; Gr. -οιδης -oidēs resembling.
● “Both Seebohm and Saunders have used Meyer’s name Sylvia turdoides, 1815, for the Great Reed-Warbler, because, according to the first named, Linnaeus in placing the species under the genus Turdus made the definition quite misleading. Turdus arundinaceus of Linnaeus was, however, founded on Klein’s Turdus musicus palustris, which undoubtedly refers to the Great Reed-Warbler, and there can be no objection to the name, which is the oldest and has always been more or less in use” (BOU 1915) (syn. Acrocephalus arundinaceus).
● “Altogether of a much Thrush-like appearance” (Hartert 1896) (Cataponera).
● "14. COLLURICINCLE GRIVELÉ. — COLLURICINCLA TURDOIDES. ... Ce Colluricincle est originaire de Raffles-Bay. Il appartient à la section des espèces de ce genre qui est caractérisée par un bec plus large et moins comprimée. Ses couleurs et sa petite taille le rapprochent du Colluricincla brunnea Gould; il s'en isole par la coloration à peu près uniforme de la région thoraco-abdominale." (Pucheran 1853) (syn. Colluricincla parvula).
melanops
Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos black; ωψ ōps, ωπος ōpos face.
● ex “Rollier à Masque Noir” or “Kaialora de la Nouvelle Hollande” of Levaillant 1802, and “Black-faced Crow” of Latham 1802 (subsp. Coracina novaehollandiae).
● ex “Streaked Falcon” of Latham 1787 (Leucopternis).
● ex “Ypacahá cara negra” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 373 (Porphyriops).
● ex “Lindo pardo copete amarillo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 101 (Trichothraupis).
SUBSPECIES
Black-faced Babbler (melanops)
SCI Name: Turdoides melanops melanops
melanops
Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos black; ωψ ōps, ωπος ōpos face.
● ex “Rollier à Masque Noir” or “Kaialora de la Nouvelle Hollande” of Levaillant 1802, and “Black-faced Crow” of Latham 1802 (subsp. Coracina novaehollandiae).
● ex “Streaked Falcon” of Latham 1787 (Leucopternis).
● ex “Ypacahá cara negra” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 373 (Porphyriops).
● ex “Lindo pardo copete amarillo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 101 (Trichothraupis).
Black-faced Babbler (querula)
SCI Name: Turdoides melanops querula
QUERULA
(Cotingidae; Ϯ Purple-throated Fruitcrow Q. purpurata) L. querulus noisy, plaintive < queri to lament, to complain; "PIAUHAU, Querula. Muscicapa, Linn. Gm. Lath. Bec garni à la base de soies et de plumes dirigées en avant, très-déprimé, trigone, convexe dessus et dessous, échancré et crochu vers le bout; mandibule inférieure à pointe retrousséee, très-grêle, très-aiguë. Esp. Piauhau, Buff." (Vieillot 1816); "Querula Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 37. Type, by monotypy, "Piauhau" Buffon = Muscicapa purpurata P. L. S. Müller." (Snow in Peters 1979, VIII, 302).
Synon. Threnoedus.
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)