Rufous Babbler / Turdoides subrufa
Rufous Babbler
SCI Name:
Protonym: T[himalia]. subrufa MadrasJ.Lit.Sci. 10 p.259
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Leiothrichidae / Turdoides
Taxonomy Code: rufbab3
Type Locality: The Wynaad, near Manantoddy, Madras.
Author: Jerdon
Publish Year: 1839
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
TURDOIDES
(Leiothrichidae; Ϯ White-headed Babbler T. leucocephala) Genus Turdus Linnaeus, 1758, thrush; Gr. -οιδης -oidēs resembling; "Turdoides leucocephala, (Mus. Francof.) Weißköpfiger Droßling. ... Die Droßlinge (Turdoides) bilden eine von den Droßeln (Turdus) wohl zu unterscheidende Familie, die eine Menge von Arten zählt, von denen Rüppel bereits vier aus dem nördlichen Afrika eingesendet hat. Wir werden die Abbildungen und Beschreibungen von dreyen derselben in dem Atlas liefern. Auch erwarten wir duie Bekanntmachung anderer in Indien entdeckten Arten der Gattung Turdoides von Herrn Temminck, der solche zuerst aufgestellt hat." (Cretzschmar 1827); "Turdoides Cretzschmar, 1827, in Rüppell's Atlas, Vög., hft. 4, p. 6, pl. 4. Type, by monotypy, Turdoides leucocephalus Cretzschmar." (Deignan in Peters 1964, X, 331).
Var. Tordoides.
Synon. Aethocichla, Aipunemia, Crateropus, Cratopus, Ischyropodus, Layardia, Malacocircus, Malcolmia, Pengia.
turdoides
L. turdus thrush; Gr. -οιδης -oidēs resembling.
● “Both Seebohm and Saunders have used Meyer’s name Sylvia turdoides, 1815, for the Great Reed-Warbler, because, according to the first named, Linnaeus in placing the species under the genus Turdus made the definition quite misleading. Turdus arundinaceus of Linnaeus was, however, founded on Klein’s Turdus musicus palustris, which undoubtedly refers to the Great Reed-Warbler, and there can be no objection to the name, which is the oldest and has always been more or less in use” (BOU 1915) (syn. Acrocephalus arundinaceus).
● “Altogether of a much Thrush-like appearance” (Hartert 1896) (Cataponera).
● "14. COLLURICINCLE GRIVELÉ. — COLLURICINCLA TURDOIDES. ... Ce Colluricincle est originaire de Raffles-Bay. Il appartient à la section des espèces de ce genre qui est caractérisée par un bec plus large et moins comprimée. Ses couleurs et sa petite taille le rapprochent du Colluricincla brunnea Gould; il s'en isole par la coloration à peu près uniforme de la région thoraco-abdominale." (Pucheran 1853) (syn. Colluricincla parvula).
subrufa
L. surrufus or subrufus reddish, somewhat red < sub beneath, somewhat; rufus rufous (cf. Mod. L. subrufus pale red).
SUBSPECIES
Rufous Babbler (subrufa)
SCI Name: Turdoides subrufa subrufa
subrufa
L. surrufus or subrufus reddish, somewhat red < sub beneath, somewhat; rufus rufous (cf. Mod. L. subrufus pale red).
Rufous Babbler (hyperythra)
SCI Name: Turdoides subrufa hyperythra
hyperythra / hyperythrus
● Gr. ὑπο hupo beneath; ερυθρος eruthros red.
● Gr. ὑπερυθρος huperuthros reddish < ὑπο hupo somewhat; ερυθρος eruthros red.
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)