Long-billed Wren-Babbler / Napothera malacoptila
Long-billed Wren-Babbler
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Protonym: R[imator]. malacoptilus J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 16 p.155
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Pellorneidae / Napothera
Taxonomy Code: lbwbab1
Type Locality: Darjeeling, Bengal.
Author: Blyth
Publish Year: 1847
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
NAPOTHERA
(Pellorneidae; Ϯ Eye-browed Wren-babbler N. epilepidota) Gr. ναπος napos ravine, gully < ναπη napē dell; -θηρας -thēras hunter < θηραω thēraō to hunt < θηρ thēr, θηρος thēros beast, animal; "Hier von Java ein neuer Myophoneus - Napothera nenne ich ein Geschlecht, gegen welches Niemand etwas wird sagen können und wofür ich als typus Myothera lepidocephala Kuhl nenne." (Boie 1832) (nom. nud.); "NAPOTHERA, Boie (1835). Myiothera, Temm. N. epilepidota (Temm.), Boie. Pl. col. 448. f. 2." (G. Gray 1842).
Var. Nopothera.
Synon. Corythocichla, Lanioturdinus, Turdinulus.
MALACOPTILA
(Bucconidae; Ϯ White-chested Puffbird M. fusca) Gr. μαλακος malakos soft; πτιλον ptilon plumage, feather; "MALACOPTILA, G. R. Gray (1841). Lypornix, Swains., et 2nd div. Wagl. (1827). Bucco, Gm., et 1st div. Vieill. (1823). M. fusca, (Gm.) G. R. Gray. L. torquatus, Hahn. B. striata, Spix, Av. Br., pl. 40. f. 2." (G. Gray 1841); "Malacoptila G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., ed. 2, 1841, p. 13. Type, by subsequent designation, Bucco fuscus Gmelin (G. R. Gray, Gen. Bds., 1, 1846, p. [74])." (Peters 1948, VI, 16).
Synon. Lypornix.
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)