Chestnut-crowned Babbler / Pomatostomus ruficeps
Chestnut-crowned Babbler
SCI Name:
Protonym: P[omatorhinus]. ruficeps Rev.Mag.Zool.(2), 4 p.316
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Pomatostomidae / Pomatostomus
Taxonomy Code: chcbab2
Type Locality: Adelaide,'' South Australia.
Author: Hartlaub
Publish Year: 1852
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
POMATOSTOMUS
(Pomatostomidae; Ϯ Grey-crowned Babbler P. temporalis) Gr. πωμα pōma, πωματος pōmatos lid, cover; στομα stoma, στοματος stomatos mouth; "Gen. POMATOSTOMUS **) nov. gen. Deckelschnabel. 467. 1. P. temporalis Nob. — Pomatorhinus temporalis Vig. Horsf. Trans. Lin. Soc. XV. p. 330. Turdus frivolus Lath? — Pomatorhinus trivirgatus Temm. Pl. col. 443. — Pomatorhinus temporalis Gould. B. Austr. IV. tab. 20. Pomatorhinus frivolus Gray Gen. Birds No. 8 et P. temporalis No. 9 et P. trivirgatus. No. 10. ... 468. 2. P. superciliosus Nob. — Pomatorhinus superciliosus Vig. Horsf. Trans. Lin. Soc. XV. p. 330. — id. Gould Birds Aust. IV. tab. 21. ... **) Unter diesem Namen lassen sich die Neuholländischen, bisher zu Pomatorhinus gestellten Formen absondern. Die Flügel sind anders geformt, die 3te und 4te Schwinge verhältnissmässig länger; Schwanz ahgerundet [sic], weniger stufig mit breiteren Federn und weisser Spitzenfärbung. — Nahe verwandt mit P. temporalis ist: P. rubeculus. — Pomatorhinus rubeculus Gould." (Cabanis 1853); "Pomatostomus Cabanis, 1851 [= 1853], in Cabanis and Heine, Mus. Hein., 1 (1850), p. 83. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Birds., p. 45), Pomatorhinus temporalis Vigors and Horsfield." (Deignan in Peters 1964, X, 279).
Synon. Morganornis.
ruficeps
L. rufus red, ruddy; -ceps -headed < caput, capitis head.
● ex “Tordo del corona de canela” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 72 (syn. Chrysomus ruficapillus).
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)