Rufous-headed Parrotbill

SCI Name:  Psittiparus bakeri
Protonym:  Scaeorhynchus ruficeps bakeri Novit.Zool. 7 (3) p. 548
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Sylviidae / Psittiparus
Taxonomy Code:  ruhpar2
Type Locality:  Hungrum, North Cachar, Assam.
Author:  Hartert, E
Publish Year:  1900
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

PSITTIPARUS
(Sylviidae; Ϯ White-breasted Parrotbill P. ruficeps) L. psittacus  parrot  < Gr. ψιττακος psittakos  parrot; Late L. parus  tit; "Psittiparus Hellm. *)  1889 Scaeorhynchus (Sp. typ.: S. ruficeps) (non E. B. Wilson 1881, Arachn.!), E. Oates in: Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds v. 1 p. 68   ...   Schnabel stark gebogen, die Wurzelhälfte des Unterrandes des Oberschnabels deutlich ausgebogen, Endhälfte des Unterschnabels stark gewölbt.   ...   *) Nom. nov. — Der Name Scaeorhynchus wurde 1881 von Edmund B. Wilson (in: Bull. Mus. Harvard, v. 8 p. 241, 247) für eine Gattung der Pycnogonidae vergeben." (Hellmayr 1903).
Synon. Scaeorhynchus.

bakeri
● Edward Charles Stuart Baker (1864-1944) British ornithologist, oologist, collector, Indian Police 1883-1912 (subsp. Cuculus canorus, syn. Garrulax monileger stuarti, subsp. Liocichla phoenicea, syn. Lonchura malacca (ex Munia malacca orientalis Baker, 1925), subsp. Napothera epilepidota, syn. Pericrocotus flammeus fraterculus, subsp. Polyplectron bicalcaratum, subsp. Pomatorhinus ruficollis, Psittiparus, syn. Thalasseus bergii velox, subsp. Tachymarptis melba, syn. Turdinus macrodactylus, Yuhina, subsp. Zapornia fusca).
● Dr John Randal Baker (1900-1984) British scientist, cytologist, collector in the New Hebrides 1922-1923, 1927 (Ducula).
● Dr Allan John Baker (1943-2014) New Zealand/Canadian ornithologist (subsp. Fringilla coelebs).
● George Fisher Baker, Jr. (1878-1937) US banker, collector, trustee of the AMNH (Sericulus).

SUBSPECIES

Rufous-headed Parrotbill (bakeri)
SCI Name: Psittiparus bakeri bakeri
bakeri
● Edward Charles Stuart Baker (1864-1944) British ornithologist, oologist, collector, Indian Police 1883-1912 (subsp. Cuculus canorus, syn. Garrulax monileger stuarti, subsp. Liocichla phoenicea, syn. Lonchura malacca (ex Munia malacca orientalis Baker, 1925), subsp. Napothera epilepidota, syn. Pericrocotus flammeus fraterculus, subsp. Polyplectron bicalcaratum, subsp. Pomatorhinus ruficollis, Psittiparus, syn. Thalasseus bergii velox, subsp. Tachymarptis melba, syn. Turdinus macrodactylus, Yuhina, subsp. Zapornia fusca).
● Dr John Randal Baker (1900-1984) British scientist, cytologist, collector in the New Hebrides 1922-1923, 1927 (Ducula).
● Dr Allan John Baker (1943-2014) New Zealand/Canadian ornithologist (subsp. Fringilla coelebs).
● George Fisher Baker, Jr. (1878-1937) US banker, collector, trustee of the AMNH (Sericulus).

Rufous-headed Parrotbill (magnirostris)
SCI Name: Psittiparus bakeri magnirostris
magnirostre / magnirostris
L. magnus  great; -rostris  -billed  < rostrum  beak.
● ex “Alouette à Gros Bec” of Levaillant 1806, pl. 193 (Galerida).
● ex “Épervier à gros bec de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 464, and “Great-billed Falcon” of Latham 1781 (Rupornis).