Rufous-vented Grass Babbler / Laticilla burnesii
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Rufous-vented Grass Babbler
SCI Name:
Protonym: Eu[rycercus]. Burnesii J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 13 p.374
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Pellorneidae / Laticilla
Taxonomy Code: ruvpri1
Type Locality: Indus territories.
Author: Blyth
Publish Year: 1844
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
LATICILLA
(Pellorneidae; Ϯ Rufous-vented Grass-babbler L. burnesii) L. latus wide, broad (see Eurycercus); Mod. L. cilla tail (see Motacilla); "Laticilla, nobis (olim Eurycercus, J.A.S. XIII, 374, which name cannot be retained, as it was previously applied to a genus of Entomostraca by Dr. W. Baird, in the An. and Mag. Nat. Hist., February, 1843, p. 88)" (Blyth 1845). The birds in this genus were formerly known as prinias.
Synon. Eurycercus.
burnesii
Sir Alexander Burnes (1805-1841) British political officer in India 1829-1832, and Afghanistan 1839-1841 (syn. Gallinula chloropus, Laticilla, ?syn. Pterocles alchata).
SUBSPECIES
Rufous-vented Grass Babbler (burnesii)
SCI Name: Laticilla burnesii burnesii
burnesii
Sir Alexander Burnes (1805-1841) British political officer in India 1829-1832, and Afghanistan 1839-1841 (syn. Gallinula chloropus, Laticilla, ?syn. Pterocles alchata).
Rufous-vented Grass Babbler (nepalicola)
SCI Name: Laticilla burnesii nepalicola
nepalicola
Nepal; L. -cola -dweller < colere to inhabit.
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)
