Buff-rumped Thornbill

SCI Name:  Acanthiza reguloides
Protonym:  Acanthiza reguloides Trans.Linn.Soc.London(1), 15(1826) p.226
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Acanthizidae / Acanthiza
Taxonomy Code:  burtho1
Type Locality:  Parramatta, New South Wales.
Author:  Vigors & Horsfield
Publish Year:  1827
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

ACANTHIZA
(Acanthizidae; Ϯ Brown Thornbill A. pusilla) Gr. ακανθεων akantheōn  thorn-brake  < ακανθα akantha  thorn  < ακη akē  point; ζαω zaō  to inhabit, to live  < ζω zō  to live; "Genus ACANTHIZA *.  Rostrum gracile, breve, rectum, basi subdepressum, apice compressum, culmine apicem versus leviter arcuato; mandibula superiori subemarginata; naribus linearibus, longitudinalibus, supra membrana tectis, setis plumulisque partim opertis; rictu setis parce instructo.  Alæ subbreves, rotundatæ; remige prima brevi, secunda et tertia gradatim longioribus, quarta longissima, secunda et decima æqualibus.  Pedes graciles, acrotarsiis paratarsiisque integris.  Cauda mediocris, apice subrotundata.   This group is closely connected with that of Malurus. The construction of the wings and legs is the same, and their habits, as far as we can learn, are similar. But the soft, lengthened, and graduated tail, which gives a striking character to the typical species of Malurus, is wanting in the present group, in which the tail is short and rounded.   ...   As in all similar cases of groups thus approximating to each other, we fix our attention on the typical species chiefly of each, which in the present instance may be considered to be Malurus Lamberti and Acanthiza pusilla.   ...   Like the Reguli they appear to be the inhabitants of bushes and low scrubs.   1. NANA.   ...   2. REGULOIDES.   ...   3. FRONTALIS.   ...   4. PYRRHOPYGIA.   ...   5. PUSILLA.   ...   6. BUCHANANI.   ...   *Aκανθεων dumetum, and ζαω vivo." (Vigors & Horsfield 1827).  
Var. Ancathiza, Acanthisa.
Synon. Geobasileus, Milligania, Subacanthiza.

reguloides
Genus Regulus Cuvier, 1800, kinglet, goldcrest; Gr. -οιδης -oidēs  resembling.
● "they resemble most nearly the group of  Regulus, Cuv.: they want, however, the singular plume which covers the nostrils of that genus.  ...  Like the Reguli they appear to be the inhabitants of bushes and low scrubs.   ...   2. REGULOIDES.  Acant. supra viridi-olivacea, subtus flavescenti-albida; fronte sincipitisque parte anteriori ferrugineo notatis, uropygio caudæque basi apiceque fulvo-luteis, hac medio nigra." (Vigors & Horsfield 1827) (Acanthiza).
● "CULICIVORA.   ...   2. C. reguloides, Nob. — Præcedenti [C. parulus] valde affinis, a qua differt præcipue rostro paulo latiore et paulo depressiore, supraque maculis magnis oblongis, albo nigroque variegatis, pileo albo; plumis aliquot verticalibus elongatis nigris pogonio interno albis, fronte, superciliis, lateribusque capitis et colli guttureque et collo antico atris" (d'Orbigny & de La Fresnaye 1837) (Anairetes).
● "47.  Phillopneuste reguloides, Nobis.  This species approaches very closely to the Regulus modestus, Gould; but to judge from recollection of the original specimen of that rare bird, and also from the dimensions ascribed to the second specimen obtained (vide An. Nat. Hist., ii, 310), which was in England, the former having been killed in Dalmatia, I conclude it to be different, and to be further removed from the genus Regulus, an undescribed crestless species of which is also before me." (Blyth 1842) (Phylloscopus).
● "GOLDEN CRESTED WREN—SYLVIA REGULUS.  PLATE VIII. FIG. 2.  Motacilla Regulus, Linn. Syst. i. 338, 48.—Lath. Syn. iv. 508, 145.—Edw. 254.—Peale's Museum, No. 7246.   REGULUS REGULOIDES.*—JARDINE.  Regulus cristatus, Bonap. Synop. p. 91.—Female Golden-crowned Gold-crest, Cont. of N. A. Orn. i. pl. 2. p. 22.—Sylvia reguloides. Sw. MSS." (Jardine 1832) (syn. Regulus satrapa).
● "6. Tyrannulus reguloides, sp. nov.   SP. CHAR.—Similar to T. elatus (LATH.) but smaller, black border to crest much narrower and less distinct, and hind-neck and sides of head much more ashy.  ...  Crown clear canary-yellow, bordered laterally with slaty-blackish" (Ridgway 1888) (syn. Tyrannulus elatus).

Reguloides
(syn. Phylloscopus Ϯ Pallas's Leaf Warbler P. proregulus) Genus Regulus Cuvier, 1800, goldcrest (formerly included the reguline leaf-warblers); Gr.
-οιδης -oidēs  resembling (cf. specific name Phyllopneuste reguloides Blyth, 1842); "As another aberrant member of the same group, but which can scarcely range in the same minimum division with C. Burkii, though barely separable from C. trochiloides in a subgeneric sense, we have the Regulus modestus, Gould, a form which, if Abrornis be detached from Culicipeta, would equally require to be separated, and might range as the type of a distinct subdivision—Reguloides, nobis." (Blyth 1847); "Reguloides Blyth, 1847, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 16, p. 442. Type, by original designation, Regulus modestus Gould [= Regulus proregulus Pallas]." (Watson in Peters 1986, XI, 221).

SUBSPECIES

Buff-rumped Thornbill (squamata)
SCI Name: Acanthiza reguloides squamata
squamata
L. squamatus scaled < squama scale.
● ex “Lori de Guéby” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 684, “Lori rouge et violet” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Gueby Lory” of Latham 1781 (Eos).

Buff-rumped Thornbill (nesa)
SCI Name: Acanthiza reguloides nesa
nesa
Gr. νησος nēsos island.

Buff-rumped Thornbill (reguloides)
SCI Name: Acanthiza reguloides reguloides
reguloides
Genus Regulus Cuvier, 1800, kinglet, goldcrest; Gr. -οιδης -oidēs  resembling.
● "they resemble most nearly the group of  Regulus, Cuv.: they want, however, the singular plume which covers the nostrils of that genus.  ...  Like the Reguli they appear to be the inhabitants of bushes and low scrubs.   ...   2. REGULOIDES.  Acant. supra viridi-olivacea, subtus flavescenti-albida; fronte sincipitisque parte anteriori ferrugineo notatis, uropygio caudæque basi apiceque fulvo-luteis, hac medio nigra." (Vigors & Horsfield 1827) (Acanthiza).
● "CULICIVORA.   ...   2. C. reguloides, Nob. — Præcedenti [C. parulus] valde affinis, a qua differt præcipue rostro paulo latiore et paulo depressiore, supraque maculis magnis oblongis, albo nigroque variegatis, pileo albo; plumis aliquot verticalibus elongatis nigris pogonio interno albis, fronte, superciliis, lateribusque capitis et colli guttureque et collo antico atris" (d'Orbigny & de La Fresnaye 1837) (Anairetes).
● "47.  Phillopneuste reguloides, Nobis.  This species approaches very closely to the Regulus modestus, Gould; but to judge from recollection of the original specimen of that rare bird, and also from the dimensions ascribed to the second specimen obtained (vide An. Nat. Hist., ii, 310), which was in England, the former having been killed in Dalmatia, I conclude it to be different, and to be further removed from the genus Regulus, an undescribed crestless species of which is also before me." (Blyth 1842) (Phylloscopus).
● "GOLDEN CRESTED WREN—SYLVIA REGULUS.  PLATE VIII. FIG. 2.  Motacilla Regulus, Linn. Syst. i. 338, 48.—Lath. Syn. iv. 508, 145.—Edw. 254.—Peale's Museum, No. 7246.   REGULUS REGULOIDES.*—JARDINE.  Regulus cristatus, Bonap. Synop. p. 91.—Female Golden-crowned Gold-crest, Cont. of N. A. Orn. i. pl. 2. p. 22.—Sylvia reguloides. Sw. MSS." (Jardine 1832) (syn. Regulus satrapa).
● "6. Tyrannulus reguloides, sp. nov.   SP. CHAR.—Similar to T. elatus (LATH.) but smaller, black border to crest much narrower and less distinct, and hind-neck and sides of head much more ashy.  ...  Crown clear canary-yellow, bordered laterally with slaty-blackish" (Ridgway 1888) (syn. Tyrannulus elatus).

Buff-rumped Thornbill (australis)
SCI Name: Acanthiza reguloides australis
australe / australis
L. australis  southern  < auster, austri  south.
● Tierra del Fuego; ex “Thorn-tailed Warbler” of Latham 1783 (syn. Aphrastura spinicauda).
● Cayenne; ex “Southern Sandpiper” of Latham 1785 (?syn. Calidris canutus).
● Erroneous TL "Friendly Islands" (= Tasmania); ex "South-Sea Raven" of Latham 1781 (syn. Corvus coronoides).
● Erroneous TL. New Guinea (= Luzon, Philippines); ex “Manikor de la Nouvelle Guinée” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Dicaeum).
● Australia; ex “New Holland Snipe” of Latham 1801 (syn. Gallinago hardwickii).
● Australia; ex “Pacific Paroquet (var.)” of Phillip 1789 (syn. Glossopsitta concinna).
● Australia; ex “New Holland Pelican” of Latham 1824 (syn. Pelecanus conspicillatus).
● Australia; ex “Cold-river Goatsucker” of Latham 1823 (syn. Podargus strigoides).
● Australia; ex “New Holland Quail” of Latham 1802 (Synoicus).
● Tasmania; ex Brown MS (syn. Lathamus discolor).
● Dusky Sound, New Zealand (syn. Nestor meridionalis).
● Staten I., off Tierra del Fuego (= Isla de los Estados, Argentina); ex “Statenland Eagle” of Latham 1781 (Phalcoboenus).
● Christmas I.; ex "Southern Tern" of Latham 1785 (syn. Procelsterna caerulea) (so identified by Stresemann 1950).
● Kerguelen I.; ex “Southern Tern” of Latham 1785 (?syn. Sterna vittata).
● Madagascar; ex “Palumbus viridis Madagascariensis” of Brisson 1760 (Treron).
● Erroneous TL. Sandwich Is. (= Samoa); ex “Blue-crested Parrakeet” of Latham 1781 (Vini).
● Tierra del Fuego; ex “Rusty-collared Finch” of Latham 1783 (subsp. Zonotrichia capensis).