Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-Babbler

SCI Name:  Megapomatorhinus erythrogenys
Protonym:  Pomatorhinus erythrogenys Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt1 no.14 p.173
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Timaliidae / Megapomatorhinus
Taxonomy Code:  rcsbab1
Type Locality:  Himalayas; restricted to ''the district Simla- Almora,'' by Ticehurst and Whistler, 1924, Ibis, p. 471.
Author:  Vigors
Publish Year:  1831
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

Megapomatorhinus
(syn. Erythrogenys; Ϯ Large Scimitar-babbler E. hypoleucos) Gr. μεγας megas, μεγαλη megalē  great; genus Pomatorhinus Horsfield, 1821, scimitar-babbler; "Megapomatorhinus ([Pomatorhinus]) hypoleucos, erythrocnemis, erythrogenys, swinhoei)   ...   Megapomatorhinus.— Among the genus names used in the past for the group/members of the group now newly separated from Pomatorhinus based on molecular-genetic markers, none is available according to the Code (ICZN 1999): Orthorhinus Blyth 1844: 124 is preoccupied by Orthorhinus Schönherr 1825, Coleoptera; Erythrogenys E. C. S. Baker 1930, is preoccupied by Erythrogenys Brandt 1841, itself a nomen emendatum of Gould's Erythrogonys. Hodgson's (1836, Asiatic Researches vol. 20: p. 180) use of the name Erythrogenys is without a proper genus description and the original description in the paper refers to a new species only; thus also this name is not available. We therefore formally establish here Megapomatorhinus gen. nov., diagnosed by its general appearance and proportions like Pomatorhinus babblers but generally larger, and in adult birds a curved bill roughly as long as the head, upperparts olive brown to brown, white underparts gradually becoming rusty or brown toward the vent, on breast and/or on flanks striped/dotted light to dark brown/umber, white supercilium lacking or, if present, thin and not reaching distally in front of the eyes, sexes alike; the type species is Orthorhinus hypoleucos Blyth 1844.  ...  The name acknowledges the similarity to species of Pomatorhinus, but also the large, heavy-bodied, and large-billed nature of species in the named genus." (Moyle et al. 2012); "Recently introduced name Megapomatorhinus is a synonym of Erythrogenys, although latter name was coined accidentally." (del Hoyo & Collar 2016).

ERYTHROGENYS
(Timaliidae; † Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-babbler E. erythrogenys) Specific name Pomatorhinus erythrogenys Vigors, 1832. "Erythrogenys "Hodgs." = Baker, 1930, Fauna Brit. India, Birds, ed. 2, 7, p. 39. Type, by original designation and tautonymy, "E[rythrogenys]. gouldii = P[omatorhinus]. erythrogenys Vigors." Not Erythrogenys Brandt, 1841, nomen emendatum for Erythrogonys Gould, 1838." (Deignan 1964 in Peters, X, p. 266); "Baker (1930) coined this name by accident, citing Hodgson, 1836 but Hodgson had in fact used Erythrogonys, which was preoccupied.  Baker's name is not preoccupied by Erythrogenys von Brandt as that was a nomen emendatum and has no standing." (Dickinson and Christidis (eds.), H. & M. Complete Checklist, 4th ed., 2014, 2 (Passerines), p. 528).
Synon. Megapomatorhinus, Orthorhinus.
• see  Erythrogonys.

erythrogenys
Gr. ερυθρος eruthros  red; γενυς genus, γενυος genuos  cheek.

SUBSPECIES

Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-Babbler (erythrogenys)
SCI Name: Megapomatorhinus erythrogenys erythrogenys
ERYTHROGENYS
(Timaliidae; † Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-babbler E. erythrogenys) Specific name Pomatorhinus erythrogenys Vigors, 1832. "Erythrogenys "Hodgs." = Baker, 1930, Fauna Brit. India, Birds, ed. 2, 7, p. 39. Type, by original designation and tautonymy, "E[rythrogenys]. gouldii = P[omatorhinus]. erythrogenys Vigors." Not Erythrogenys Brandt, 1841, nomen emendatum for Erythrogonys Gould, 1838." (Deignan 1964 in Peters, X, p. 266); "Baker (1930) coined this name by accident, citing Hodgson, 1836 but Hodgson had in fact used Erythrogonys, which was preoccupied.  Baker's name is not preoccupied by Erythrogenys von Brandt as that was a nomen emendatum and has no standing." (Dickinson and Christidis (eds.), H. & M. Complete Checklist, 4th ed., 2014, 2 (Passerines), p. 528).
Synon. Megapomatorhinus, Orthorhinus.
• see  Erythrogonys.

Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-Babbler (ferrugilatus)
SCI Name: Megapomatorhinus erythrogenys ferrugilatus
ferrugilata / ferrugilatus
L. ferrugo, ferruginis  iron-rust, dark-chestnut colour  < ferrum  iron; latus  side, flank.

Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-Babbler (haringtoni)
SCI Name: Megapomatorhinus erythrogenys haringtoni
haringtoni
Lt.-Col. Herbert Hastings Harington (1868-1916) Indian Army in Burma and Mesopotamia 1890-1916, killed at the Battle of Dujaila (subsp. Acrocephalus concinens, subsp. Anas poecilorhyncha, subsp. Anthus trivialis, syn. Erythrogenys erythrogenys ferrugilata, subsp. Garrulus bispecularis, syn. Lophura nycthemera, subsp. Saxicola ferreus).

Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-Babbler (imberbis)
SCI Name: Megapomatorhinus erythrogenys imberbis
imberbe / imberbis
L. imberbis  beardless  < in-  without; barba  beard.
● “The specific name imberbe refers to the entire absence of rictal bristles” (P. Sclater 1857) (Camptostoma).

Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-Babbler (celatus)
SCI Name: Megapomatorhinus erythrogenys celatus
celata / celatus
L. celatus  hidden  < celare  to hide.
● "This bird is distinguished by the colour of the feathers on the crown of the head, which are of a fulvous colour, tipped with the same colour as that of the neck and back, so that the fulvous colour does not appear at first sight" (Say 1822) (Leiothlypis).