Rufous-fronted Babbler

SCI Name:  Cyanoderma rufifrons
Protonym:  Stachyris rufifrons Str.Feath. 1 p.479
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Timaliidae / Cyanoderma
Taxonomy Code:  rufbab2
Type Locality:  western slopes of the Pegu Hills, Lower Burma.
Author:  Hume
Publish Year:  1873
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

CYANODERMA
(Timaliidae; Ϯ Chestnut-winged Babbler C. erythropterum) Gr. κυανος kuanos  dark-blue; δερμα derma, δερματος dermatos  skin, hide; "Gen. nov. Cyanoderma, SALVAD.  (da κυανεος azzurro, e δερμα pelle)  Differt novum genus Cyanoderma a genere Timelia rostro gracili, acuminato.   Sp. 226 (145). Cyanoderma erythropterum (BLYTH).   ...   Ho creduto di dover stabilire un nuovo genere per questa specie, a causa della forma del becco, diverso da quello delle specie tipiche del genera Timelia. Il nuovo genere Cyanoderma è caratterizzato dalla forma del becco sottile ed appuntato. Quel nome allude al colore azzurro della pelle della testa e del collo negl' individui vivi della specie tipica" (Salvadori 1874); "Cyanoderma Salvadori, 1874, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, 5, p. 213.  Type, by original designation, Timalia erythroptera Blyth." (Deignan in Peters, 1964, X, pp. 301-302).
Var. Cyanodesma.
Synon. Stachyridopsis.

rufifrons
Mod. L. rufifrons, rufifrontis  red-fronted  < L. rufus  red, rufous; frons, frontis  forehead, brow.
● ex “Hirondelle à Front Roux” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 245, fig. 2 (?syn. Hirundo sp.).
● ex “Merle roux de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 644, fig. 1, and “Rufous Thrush” of Latham 1783 (Percnostola).
● ex “Rufous-fronted Flycatcher” of Latham 1801 (Rhipidura).
● ex “Barbu du cap de Bonne Espérance” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 688, fig. 1, “Barbu à plastron noir” of de Buffon 1770-1786, and “Bucco niger var. β” of Latham 1790 (syn. Tricholaema leucomelas).

SUBSPECIES

Rufous-fronted Babbler (pallescens)
SCI Name: Cyanoderma rufifrons pallescens
pallescens
L. pallescens, pallescentis  pale-coloured, yellowish  < pallescere  to turn pale  <  pallere  to be pale.

Rufous-fronted Babbler (rufifrons)
SCI Name: Cyanoderma rufifrons rufifrons
rufifrons
Mod. L. rufifrons, rufifrontis  red-fronted  < L. rufus  red, rufous; frons, frontis  forehead, brow.
● ex “Hirondelle à Front Roux” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 245, fig. 2 (?syn. Hirundo sp.).
● ex “Merle roux de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 644, fig. 1, and “Rufous Thrush” of Latham 1783 (Percnostola).
● ex “Rufous-fronted Flycatcher” of Latham 1801 (Rhipidura).
● ex “Barbu du cap de Bonne Espérance” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 688, fig. 1, “Barbu à plastron noir” of de Buffon 1770-1786, and “Bucco niger var. β” of Latham 1790 (syn. Tricholaema leucomelas).

Rufous-fronted Babbler (obscurum)
SCI Name: Cyanoderma rufifrons obscurum
obscurum / obscurus
L. obscurus  dark, dusky.
● ex “Hook-billed Green Creeper” of Latham 1782 (Akialoa).
● ex “Dusky-crowned Humming-bird” of Latham 1782 (syn. Clytolaema rubricauda).
● ex “Dusky Tody” of Latham 1782, and Pennant 1785 (syn. Contopus virens).
● ex “Pic verd de l’isle de Luçon” of Sonnerat 1776 (syn. Dendropicos griseocephalus).
● ex “Dusky Falcon” of Pennant 1787 (syn. Falco columbarius).
● ex “Dusky Grosbeak” (= ☼) of Pennant, 1784 (syn. Hedymeles ludovicianus).
● ex “Obscure Fly-catcher” of Latham 1823 (syn. Hemipus hirundinaceus).
● "44. PSITTACUS.  ...  obscurus.  3. P. macrourus niger, genis nudis, vertice cinereo-nigrescente vario, cauda cinerea. Hasselq. iter. 236.  Habitat in Africa?" (Linnaeus 1758) (unident.: ?‡syn. Mascarinus mascarin).
● ex “White-rumped Woodpecker” of Latham 1782 (syn. Melanerpes erythrocephalus).
● ex “Tolocatzenatl” of Ray 1713, “Sturnus novae Hispaniae” of Brisson 1760, “Tolcana” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Brown-headed Stare” of Latham 1783 (subsp. Molothrus ater).
● ex “Dusky Rail” of Latham 1785 (syn. Pennula sandwichensis).
● ex “Dusky Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (Phaeornis).
● ex “Black and White Dobchick” of Edwards 1747, “Colymbus minor” of Brisson 1760, “Petit Grèbe” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 942, and “Dusky Grebe” of Pennant 1785, and of Latham 1785 (syn. Podiceps auritus cornutus).
● ex “Dusky Plover” of Latham 1781 (cf. Dusky Bay, New Zealand) (Pluviorhynchus).
● ex “Dusky Petrel” of Latham 1785 (syn. Puffinus assimilis).
● ex “Indian Raven” of Willughby 1676, and “Wreathed Hornbill” of Latham 1781 (syn. Rhyticeros plicatus).
● ex “Dark Thrush” of Latham 1783 (Turdus).
● "This specimen, like many from the Anthony collection, is badly soiled, a condition which may have led Anthony to name a dark race" (Browning 1979) (syn. Vireo huttoni).
● "44. PSITTACUS.   ...   obscurus.  3. P. macrourus niger, genis nudis, vertice cinereo-nigrescente vario, cauda cinerea. Hasselq. iter. 236.  Habitat in Africa ?" (Linnaeus 1758); "Linnæus identified his Psittacus obscurus with P. mascarinus, Briss.  ...  but the evidence is against this identification" (Salvadori 1891) (unident.; nom. dub.). 

Rufous-fronted Babbler (poliogaster)
SCI Name: Cyanoderma rufifrons poliogaster
poliogaster / poliogastra / poliogastris / poliogastrus
Gr. πολιος polios  grey; γαστηρ gastēr, γαστρος gastros  belly.

Rufous-fronted Babbler (sarawacense)
SCI Name: Cyanoderma rufifrons sarawacense
sarawacense / sarawacensis
Sarawak, Borneo.