Scaly-breasted Wren

SCI Name:  Microcerculus marginatus
Protonym:  Heterocnemis marginata Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt23 no.293 p.145
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Troglodytidae / Microcerculus
Taxonomy Code:  scbwre1
Type Locality:  'Bogota'', Colombia.
Author:  Sclater, PL
Publish Year:  1855
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

MICROCERCULUS
(Troglodytidae; Ϯ Wing-banded Wren M. bambla) Dim. < Gr. μικρος mikros  small; κερκος kerkos  tail; "Genus CYPHORINUS.  ...  b. Microcerculus.  120. CYPHORINUS BAMBLA.  Le Bambla de Cayenne, Buff. Pl. Enl. 703 f. 2, unde Turdus bambla, Bodd.  Heterocnemis bambla, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 146.  Myrmothera troglodytes, Less. Descr. d. Mamm. et Ois. p. 301.  ...  121. CYPHORINUS MARGINATUS.  ...  122. CYPHORINUS ALBIGULARIS.  ...  123. CYPHORINUS LEUCOPHRYS.  ...  124. CYPHORINUS LEUCOSTICTUS.  ...  125. CYPHORINUS PROSTHELEUCUS.  ...  126. CYPHORINUS PUSILLUS." (P. Sclater 1862); "Microcerculus Sclater, 1862, Cat. Coll. Amer. Birds, p. 19. Type, by subsequent designation, Turdus bambla Boddaert (Baird, 1864, Rev. Amer. Birds, 1, p. 113)." (Paynter in Peters 1960, IX, 435).

marginata / marginatum / marginatus
L. marginatus  bordered, edged  < marginare  to emarginate  < margo, marginis  border, edge.
● “of the edge, in this case, the seashore” (Hockey et al. 2005) (Charadrius).
● ex “Perruche de l’isle de Luçon” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Varied-wing Parrot” of Latham 1781 (syn. Tanygnathus lucionensis).
● ex “Upupa marginata” of W. Peters MS (Upupa).
● ex “Columba macroura. Long-tail’d Dove” of Edwards 1751 (syn. Zenaida macroura).

SUBSPECIES

Scaly-breasted Wren (Whistling)
SCI Name: Microcerculus marginatus luscinia
LUSCINIA
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ Common Nightingale L. megarhynchos) L. luscinia  nightingale, glorious songstress  < cluere  to be famous; canere  to sing; in European folklore the Common Nightingale and the Thrush Nightingale L. luscinia vie for the title of best songstress; "101  SYLVIA LVSCINIA.  Luscinia Aedon?  Nightingale, Le Rosignol, Nachtigall, or Philomela." (T. Forster 1817); "Luscinia Forster, 1817, Synop. Cat. Brit. Birds, p. 14. Type, by monotypy, "Sylvia luscinia" = Luscinia megarhynchos Brehm." (Ripley in Peters 1964, X, 32). 
Synon. Aedon, Aedonis, Daulias, Lusciola, Oitrus, Pandicilla, Philomela.
● (?syn. Vireo Ϯ Black-whiskered Vireo V. altiloquus) "* Luscinia, s. philomela Americana; the yellow hooded titmouse." (Bartram 1792); "α.  Luscinia seu philomela americana.  The yellow hooded titmouse.  Die Amerikanische Nachtigall. CATESBY." (Zimmermann 1793); "Catesby did not describe or figure the "American Nightingale," but Edwards (Nat. Hist. vol. 3, p. 121) did, and as Zimmermann was citing his reference from Seligmann's work, where the figures and descriptions from Edwards and Catesby are badly mixed, it is not surprising that this is quoted as from Catesby.  This particular bird is in need of further investigation, as it is one of the chief references on which Motacilla calidris Linnaeus is founded.  It requires strong imagination to see in Edwards's plate 121 the bird we now know as Vireosylva calidris." (Richmond 1917); "Vireo altiloquus  ...  Messrs. Bangs and Penard (Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 67, p. 206, 1925) have clearly pointed out that Motacilla calidris Linnaeus (Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1, p. 184, 1758), principally based upon "The American Nightingale" of Edwards (Nat. Hist. Bds., 3, p. 121, pl. 121, fig. inf.; Jamaica), is unrecognizable." (Hellmayr 1935).

Scaly-breasted Wren (Scaly)
SCI Name: Microcerculus marginatus taeniatus/occidentalis
MICROCERCULUS
(Troglodytidae; Ϯ Wing-banded Wren M. bambla) Dim. < Gr. μικρος mikros  small; κερκος kerkos  tail; "Genus CYPHORINUS.  ...  b. Microcerculus.  120. CYPHORINUS BAMBLA.  Le Bambla de Cayenne, Buff. Pl. Enl. 703 f. 2, unde Turdus bambla, Bodd.  Heterocnemis bambla, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 146.  Myrmothera troglodytes, Less. Descr. d. Mamm. et Ois. p. 301.  ...  121. CYPHORINUS MARGINATUS.  ...  122. CYPHORINUS ALBIGULARIS.  ...  123. CYPHORINUS LEUCOPHRYS.  ...  124. CYPHORINUS LEUCOSTICTUS.  ...  125. CYPHORINUS PROSTHELEUCUS.  ...  126. CYPHORINUS PUSILLUS." (P. Sclater 1862); "Microcerculus Sclater, 1862, Cat. Coll. Amer. Birds, p. 19. Type, by subsequent designation, Turdus bambla Boddaert (Baird, 1864, Rev. Amer. Birds, 1, p. 113)." (Paynter in Peters 1960, IX, 435).

Scaly-breasted Wren (Southern)
SCI Name: Microcerculus marginatus [marginatus Group]
MICROCERCULUS
(Troglodytidae; Ϯ Wing-banded Wren M. bambla) Dim. < Gr. μικρος mikros  small; κερκος kerkos  tail; "Genus CYPHORINUS.  ...  b. Microcerculus.  120. CYPHORINUS BAMBLA.  Le Bambla de Cayenne, Buff. Pl. Enl. 703 f. 2, unde Turdus bambla, Bodd.  Heterocnemis bambla, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 146.  Myrmothera troglodytes, Less. Descr. d. Mamm. et Ois. p. 301.  ...  121. CYPHORINUS MARGINATUS.  ...  122. CYPHORINUS ALBIGULARIS.  ...  123. CYPHORINUS LEUCOPHRYS.  ...  124. CYPHORINUS LEUCOSTICTUS.  ...  125. CYPHORINUS PROSTHELEUCUS.  ...  126. CYPHORINUS PUSILLUS." (P. Sclater 1862); "Microcerculus Sclater, 1862, Cat. Coll. Amer. Birds, p. 19. Type, by subsequent designation, Turdus bambla Boddaert (Baird, 1864, Rev. Amer. Birds, 1, p. 113)." (Paynter in Peters 1960, IX, 435).