Negros Striped-Babbler / Zosterornis nigrorum
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Negros Striped-Babbler
SCI Name:
Protonym: Stachyris nigrorum Nat.Hist.Misc.[Chicago] no.100 p.1
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Zosteropidae / Zosterornis
Taxonomy Code: nesbab1
Type Locality: Cuernos de Negros, Negros Oriental Province, Negros, Philippine Islands.
Author: Rand & Rabor
Publish Year: 1952
IUCN Status: Endangered
DEFINITIONS
ZOSTERORNIS
(Zosteropidae; Ϯ Chestnut-faced Zosterornis Z. whiteheadi) Genus Zosterops Vigors & Horsfield, 1826, white-eye; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos bird; "ZOSTERORNIS, gen. n. (Fam. Timeliidæ.) Genus affine generi 'Cyanoderma' dicto, sed orbitis minime nudis, annulo vero albo, more Zosteropum, cinctis, distinguendum. Typus est ZOSTERORNIS WHITEHEADI, sp. n." (Ogilvie Grant 1894); "Zosterornis Ogilvie-Grant, 1894, Bull. British Ornith. Club, XIX, p. l. Type, by original designation, Zosterornis whiteheadi Ogilvie-Grant, 1894." (JAJ 2020). These birds were formerly known as babblers, but, in the light of their new relationships and distinctive feature, I suggest that the above substantive name be adopted.
nigrorum
● Mod. L. Nigrorum of Negros, Philippines; the island was named Isla de Negros by the Spaniards because of its dark-skinned inhabitants < L. niger black.
● Mod. L. Terra Nigrorum land of the negroes (i.e. West Africa); "Alseonax cinereus nigrorum nom. nov. versus A. cinereus cinerascens (Sharpe). Muscicapa cinerascens Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv, p. 155 (1879 - Gold Coast), nec Spix, Aves Bras. ii, p. 16, pl. xii (1825)" (Collin & Hartert 1927) (subsp. Fraseria caerulescens).
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)
