Namaqua Warbler

SCI Name:  Phragmacia substriata
Protonym:  Drymoica substriata Ill.Zool.S.Afr. pl.72 fig.1,text
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Cisticolidae / Phragmacia
Taxonomy Code:  nampri1
Type Locality:  Olifants River, Cape Province.
Author:  Smith, A
Publish Year:  1842
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

PHRAGMACIA
(Cisticolidae; Ϯ Namaqua Warbler P. substriata) Portmanteau of botanical genera Phragmites Adanson, 1763, reed  < Gr. φραγμιτης phragmitēs  reed growing in hedges  < φραγμος phragmos  hedge, and Acacia Martius, 1829, acacia  < ακακια akakia  acacia, shittah tree  < ακις akis  thorn; "The generic name which is feminine is formed from the botanical genera Phragmites and Acacia, two principal plant constituents of its usual habitat" (Brooke & Dean 1990).

substriata / substriatus
L. sub  beneath, somewhat; striatus  striated  < striare to striate  < stria  furrow.
● L. sub  near to; specific name Oriolus striatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1830 (= syn. Oriolus szalayi) (syn. Oriolus szalayi).
● L. sub  near to; specific name Pipra striata J. Gmelin, 1789 (subsp. Pardalotus striatus).

SUBSPECIES

Namaqua Warbler (confinis)
SCI Name: Phragmacia substriata confinis
confinis
L. confinis  similar, nearly related.
● "Upon the whole, it may be that the specimen before me represents an abnormal plumage of T. migratorius; but its rather different proportions, much paler ground color beneath, greater extent of white on the belly, absence of black or dusky on the head, etc., leads me to consider it as distinct" (S. Baird 1864) (Turdus).

Namaqua Warbler (substriata)
SCI Name: Phragmacia substriata substriata
substriata / substriatus
L. sub  beneath, somewhat; striatus  striated  < striare to striate  < stria  furrow.
● L. sub  near to; specific name Oriolus striatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1830 (= syn. Oriolus szalayi) (syn. Oriolus szalayi).
● L. sub  near to; specific name Pipra striata J. Gmelin, 1789 (subsp. Pardalotus striatus).