Northern Scrub-Robin

SCI Name:  Drymodes superciliaris
Protonym:  Drymodes superciliaris Contrib.Orn.[Jardine] 5 p.105
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Petroicidae / Drymodes
Taxonomy Code:  nosrob1
Type Locality:  Cape York, Queensland.
Author:  Gould
Publish Year:  1850
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

DRYMODES
(Petroicidae; Ϯ Southern Scrub-robin D. brunneopygia) Gr. δρυμωδης drumōdēs  woody  < δρυμος drumos  copse, wood; ειδος eidos  nature, state  < ειδω eidō  to perceive (cf. δρυμονιος drumonios  haunting the woods); "An entirely new form, belonging to the family Saxicolinæ, and nearly allied to Petroïca, I propose to make the type of a new genus Drymodes, signifying a lover of woodland places:—   Genus DRYMODES.  Characteres generici.—Rostrum rectum, ad latera apicem versus paulo compressum, fere longitudine capitis, apice leviter denticulato, basi vibrissis parce instructa.  Alæ mediocres, rotundatæ, remigum primo brevissimo, quinto longissimo.  Cauda mediocriter elongata, paulo rotundata.  Tarsi longi, graciles, antice superficie integra.  Digiti mediocres, externus horum quam internus paulo longior, posticus cum ungue quam digitus intermedius cum ungue brevior.   DRYMODES BRUNNEOPYGIA.   ...   Hab. Belts of the Murray in South Australia.   This bird, although of a large size and so sombre in colouring, is nearly allied to Petroïca.” (Gould 1841); "Drymodes Gould, 1840, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 170. Type, by monotypy, Drymodes brunneopygia Gould." (Ripley in Peters, 1964, X, p. 28).
Var. Drymaoedus, Drymos. 
Synon. Drymodina, Drymoedus, Hylodes.

superciliare / superciliaris
Mod. L. superciliaris  eye-browed  < L. supercilium  eyebrow.
● ex “Janfréderic” of Levaillant 1801-1804, pl. 111 (syn. Cossypha caffra).
● ex “Sourcirou” of Levaillant 1799 (syn. Cyclarhis gujanensis).
● ex “Ypacahá ceja blanca” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 377 (syn. Hapalocrex flaviventer).
● ex “Hatí ceja blanca” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 415 (Sternula).
● ex “White-browed Tern” of Latham 1824 (syn. Sternula superciliaris).