Gray-backed Tailorbird / Orthotomus derbianus
Gray-backed Tailorbird
SCI Name:
Protonym: Orthotomus derbianus Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1854) (1854), Pt22 no.279 p.309 pl.76
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Cisticolidae / Orthotomus
Taxonomy Code: gybtai1
Type Locality: Philippines.
Author: Moore, F
Publish Year: 1855
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
ORTHOTOMUS
(Cisticolidae; Ϯ Olive-backed Tailorbird O. sepium) Gr. ορθος orthos straight; τομευς tomeus, τομεως tomeōs knife, edge (cf. ορθοτομεω orthotomeō to cut straight); "Gen. 34. ORTHOTOMUS. Rostrum mediocre, rectum, subdepressum, basi triquetrum, attenuatum: culmine basi carinato, versus apicem leviter arcuato. Mandibula tomiis rectissimis. Nares basales, magnæ, superne membrana clausæ, inferne rima longitudinali apertæ. Alæ: remiges, 1 spuria, 2 et 3 abrupte longiores, 4—8 longiores subæquales externe emarginatæ, ceteræ gradatim breviores cuneatæ. Pedes subelongati. Digitus exterior a medio ad basin connexus: hallux validus. Ungues compressi arcuati acuti, postico medio duplo majore. Acropodia scutulata. The straightness and slenderness of the bill distinguish Orthotomus from the two former genera [Pomatorhinus, Prinia]; these characters, with the depression and triangular form of the base of the bill, prevent its union with the other genera of this family. I have not been able to determine satisfactorily the affinity of this genus. The slenderness of the bill and its other habits associate it with the Certhiadæ; in the acumen of the bill and the size of the hallux it resembles in some degree the genus Sitta. Spec. 1. Orthotomus sepium. ... Chiglet Javanis." (Horsfield 1821); "Orthotomus Horsfield, 1821, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 13, p. 165. Type, by monotypy, Orthotomus sepium Horsfield." (Watson in Peters 1986, XI, 173).
Var. Orthotoma.
Synon. Edela, Sutoria.
derbiana / derbianus
Edward Smith Stanley 13th Earl of Derby (1775-1851) English zoologist, founder of Knowsley Menagerie (Aulacorhynchus, syn. Chauna chavaria, syn. Ensifera ensifera, syn. Lyrurus tetrix, Oreophasis, Orthotomus, subsp. Pitangus sulphuratus, Psittacula) (see also derbyanus).
SUBSPECIES
Gray-backed Tailorbird (derbianus)
SCI Name: Orthotomus derbianus derbianus
derbiana / derbianus
Edward Smith Stanley 13th Earl of Derby (1775-1851) English zoologist, founder of Knowsley Menagerie (Aulacorhynchus, syn. Chauna chavaria, syn. Ensifera ensifera, syn. Lyrurus tetrix, Oreophasis, Orthotomus, subsp. Pitangus sulphuratus, Psittacula) (see also derbyanus).
Gray-backed Tailorbird (nilesi)
SCI Name: Orthotomus derbianus nilesi
nilesi
Dr David M. Niles (fl. 1988) US ornithologist (subsp. Orthotomus derbianus).
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)