Rufous-eared Warbler

SCI Name:  Malcorus pectoralis
Protonym:  Malcorus pectoralis S.Afr.Comm.Advertiser 4 no.213
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Cisticolidae / Malcorus
Taxonomy Code:  ruewar2
Type Locality:  Karroo country, north of the Olifants River; Bitterfontein, northwestern Cape Province, suggested as restricted locality by Winterbottom, 1957, Bull. Brit. Ornith. Club, 77, p. 155.
Author:  Smith, A
Publish Year:  1829
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

MALCORUS
(Cisticolidae; Ϯ Rufous-eared Warbler M. pectoralis) Gr. μαλακος malakos  delicate; ουρα oura  tail; "Tail of 10 feathers, long, very strongly graduated, outermost pair extremely short (occasionally almost vestigial)" (Urban et al. (eds.) 1997); "Malcorus Pectoralis Mihi.  Above dark brown feathers edged and tipt with dirty tawny or pale reddish white; wing coverts blackish brown narrowly edged and tipt with tawny; wing feathers dark brown, with their outer vanes towards quills slightly edged with tawny; sides of head dark ferruginous; chin and throat pure white; a narrow black crescent across anterior part of breast; rest of latter and belly dusky with a shade of brown towards sides; tail much graduated; two outermost feathers on each side with their outer vanes reddish white, and their inner ones brown; all the others entirely brown; legs reddish yellow; bill and claws dark horn colored; eyes brown. Inhabits the Karoo country, to the north of the Oliphant's River, where it is found moving about amongst the the small bushes in search of insects.   Malcorus Gregalis Mihi.  ...  Inhabits the northern districts of Little Namaqualand.   Malcorus. . . .Mihi.  ...  Inhabits Zwartland, and the country to the south of the Oliphant's River, and is commonly found amongst reeds or high grass about marshes, streams, or damp grounds.   Malcorus. . . .Mihi.  ...  Inhabits damp situations along the banks of Orange River.  The four birds above described are known by the Dutch Colonists by the name of 'Clap clapie.'" (A. Smith 1829 per Macdonald & Grant 1953); "COMMENTS ON THE DESCRIPTIONS  ...  Malcorus Pectoralis Mihi.  Roberts has pointed out that this name has priority over Drymoica ocularius Smith, 1843, which is the same bird, but we would point out that the genus Malcorus has priority over Priniops Roberts, 1922, which is therefore a synonym of Malcorus and the type species is M. pectoralis Smith." (Macdonald & Grant 1953) (Laurent Raty in litt.); "Malcorus A. Smith, 1829, South Afr. Commercial Advertiser, 4 (27 June). Type, by subsequent designation (McDonald and Grant, 1953, Ann. Transvaal Mus., 22, p. 203), Malcorus pectoralis A. Smith." (Traylor in Peters 1986, XI, 128).
Synon. Priniops.

pectorale / pectoralis
L. pectoralis  of the breast, pectoral  < pectus, pectoris  breast.
● ex “Engoulevent à collier” of Levaillant 1806 (Caprimulgus).
● ex “Janfréderic” of Levaillant 1801-1804, pl. 111 (syn. Cossypha caffra).
● ex “Austral Quail” of Latham 1823 (Coturnix).
● ex “Gold-breasted Manakin” of Latham 1801 (Euphonia).
● ex “Petit Merle brun à gorge rousse de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 644, fig. 2, and “Yellow-breasted Thrush” of Latham 1785 (syn. Gymnopithys rufigula).
● ex “Red-breasted Snipe” of Montagu 1813 (syn. Limnodromus griseus).
● ex “Black-breasted Flycatcher” of Latham 1787 (Pachycephala).
● ex “Mbatuitui pecho listado” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 389 (syn. Pluvialis dominica).
● ex “Tachurí pecho amarillo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 165 (Polystictus).
● ex “Black-breasted Grosbeak” of Latham 1783 (syn. Sporophila americana).
● ex “Cordon Noir” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 150 (artefact).
● ex “Hausse-Col Noir” of Levaillant 1802, pl. 110 (artefact).

SUBSPECIES

Rufous-eared Warbler (etoshae)
SCI Name: Malcorus pectoralis etoshae
etoschae / etoshae
Etosha Pan, Namib Desert, South West Africa (= Namibia).

Rufous-eared Warbler (ocularius)
SCI Name: Malcorus pectoralis ocularius
ocularius
L. ocularius  of the eyes, eye-  < oculus  eye.

Rufous-eared Warbler (pectoralis)
SCI Name: Malcorus pectoralis pectoralis
pectorale / pectoralis
L. pectoralis  of the breast, pectoral  < pectus, pectoris  breast.
● ex “Engoulevent à collier” of Levaillant 1806 (Caprimulgus).
● ex “Janfréderic” of Levaillant 1801-1804, pl. 111 (syn. Cossypha caffra).
● ex “Austral Quail” of Latham 1823 (Coturnix).
● ex “Gold-breasted Manakin” of Latham 1801 (Euphonia).
● ex “Petit Merle brun à gorge rousse de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 644, fig. 2, and “Yellow-breasted Thrush” of Latham 1785 (syn. Gymnopithys rufigula).
● ex “Red-breasted Snipe” of Montagu 1813 (syn. Limnodromus griseus).
● ex “Black-breasted Flycatcher” of Latham 1787 (Pachycephala).
● ex “Mbatuitui pecho listado” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 389 (syn. Pluvialis dominica).
● ex “Tachurí pecho amarillo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 165 (Polystictus).
● ex “Black-breasted Grosbeak” of Latham 1783 (syn. Sporophila americana).
● ex “Cordon Noir” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 150 (artefact).
● ex “Hausse-Col Noir” of Levaillant 1802, pl. 110 (artefact).