Fulvous Chatterer

SCI Name:  Turdoides fulva
Protonym:  Turdus fulvus Hist.Acad.R.Sci.Paris(1787) -1787 p.498 pl.11
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Leiothrichidae / Turdoides
Taxonomy Code:  fulcha1
Type Locality:  Gafsa, Tunisia.
Author:  Desfontaines
Publish Year:  1789
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).

fulva
L. fulvus  tawny, yellowish-brown, brown.
● "41. FALCO.  ...  fulvus.  5. F. cera flava, pedibus lanatis, dorso fusco, cauda fascia alba.  Aquila fulva s. Chrysaëtos, cauda annulo albo cincta. Will. orn. 28. t. 1. Raj. av. 6. n. 2.  Habitat in Europa." (Linnaeus 1758). This epithet is the ninth name in avian nomenclature (syn. Aquila chrysaetos).
● ex “Quapachcanauhtli” of Hernandez 1651, “Penelope mexicana” of Brisson 1760, and “Mexican Pochard” of Latham 1785 (syn. Dendrocygna bicolor).
● ex “Figuier à gorge jaune” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Orange-bellied Warbler” of Latham 1783, and Pennant 1785 (unident.; ?syn. Geothlypis trichas).
● ex “Alouette noire de la Encénade” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 738, fig. 2, and “Alouette noire à dos fauve” of de Buffon 1770-1785 (syn. Lessonia rufa).
● ex “Fulvous Plover” of Latham 1785 (Pluvialis).
● "71. RYNCHOPS.  ...  fulva.  2. R. fulva, rostro nigro.  Ryngchopsalia fulva, rostro nigro. Barr. av. 20.  Habitat in America." (Linnaeus 1758) (syn. Rynchops nigra).

SUBSPECIES

Fulvous Chatterer (maroccana)
SCI Name: Turdoides fulva maroccana
maroccana / maroccanus
Morocco.

Fulvous Chatterer (fulva)
SCI Name: Turdoides fulva fulva
fulva
L. fulvus  tawny, yellowish-brown, brown.
● "41. FALCO.  ...  fulvus.  5. F. cera flava, pedibus lanatis, dorso fusco, cauda fascia alba.  Aquila fulva s. Chrysaëtos, cauda annulo albo cincta. Will. orn. 28. t. 1. Raj. av. 6. n. 2.  Habitat in Europa." (Linnaeus 1758). This epithet is the ninth name in avian nomenclature (syn. Aquila chrysaetos).
● ex “Quapachcanauhtli” of Hernandez 1651, “Penelope mexicana” of Brisson 1760, and “Mexican Pochard” of Latham 1785 (syn. Dendrocygna bicolor).
● ex “Figuier à gorge jaune” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Orange-bellied Warbler” of Latham 1783, and Pennant 1785 (unident.; ?syn. Geothlypis trichas).
● ex “Alouette noire de la Encénade” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 738, fig. 2, and “Alouette noire à dos fauve” of de Buffon 1770-1785 (syn. Lessonia rufa).
● ex “Fulvous Plover” of Latham 1785 (Pluvialis).
● "71. RYNCHOPS.  ...  fulva.  2. R. fulva, rostro nigro.  Ryngchopsalia fulva, rostro nigro. Barr. av. 20.  Habitat in America." (Linnaeus 1758) (syn. Rynchops nigra).

Fulvous Chatterer (buchanani)
SCI Name: Turdoides fulva buchanani
buchanani
● Buchanan I., Northern Territory, Australia (syn. Egretta sacra, syn. Rhipidura phasiana).
● Dr Francis Buchanan later known as Francis Hamilton, Francis Hamilton Buchanan or Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762-1829) Scottish surgeon in the East India Company 1794-1815, geographer, zoologist, botanist, explorer, collector in Nepal and India (Emberiza, Prinia).
● Capt. Angus Buchanan (1886-1954) Scottish explorer, naturalist, collector in the Sahara 1919-1922 (subsp. Argya fulva, Crithagra, subsp. Gymnoris dentata, subsp. Lybius vieilloti, syn. Myrmecocichla aethiops, subsp. Ptyonoprogne obsoleta).
● Buchanan Inlet, Melville I., Northern Territory, Australia (syn. Pachycephala lanioides fretorum).

Fulvous Chatterer (acaciae)
SCI Name: Turdoides fulva acaciae
acaciae / acaciarum
Botanical genus Acacia Miller, 1754, acacia  < Gr. ακακια akakia  acacia, shittah-tree.