Cricket Longtail / Spiloptila clamans
WBN 
Cricket Longtail
SCI Name:
Protonym: Malurus clamans Pl.Col. livr.78 pl.466 fig.2,text
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Cisticolidae / Spiloptila
Taxonomy Code: crilon1
Type Locality: Nubia.
Author: Cretzschmar
Publish Year: 1826
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
SPILOPTILA
(Cisticolidae; Ϯ Cricket Warbler S. clamans) Gr. σπιλος spilos spot; πτιλον ptilon feather; "Cisticolinæ ... Spiloptila n. g. (Malurus clamans Rüpp. Atl.) rostro gracili culmine suturaque leviter arcuatis. Ptilosis firmior, pallescens, maculis magnis, definitis varia (pileo tectricibusque nigris, albido marg.). Cauda alis æqualis, pennis obtusis, 6 mediis æqualibus; utr. 3 valde gradatis; omnibus ante apicem album late nigris." (Sundevall 1872).
clamans
L. clamans, clamantis shouting, clamorous < clamare to shout.
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)
