Scrub Warbler / Scotocerca inquieta
WBN 
Scrub Warbler
SCI Name:
Protonym: Malurus inquietus AtlasReis.nord.Afr.Vog.[Ruppell](1826) -1826 p.55 pl.36 fig.b ydP
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Scotocercidae / Scotocerca
Taxonomy Code: stswar1
Type Locality: Arabia Petraea.
Author: Cretzschmar
Publish Year: 1830
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
SCOTOCERCA
(Scotocercidae; Ϯ Streaked Scrub Warbler S. inquieta) Gr. σκοτος skotos dark; κερκος kerkos tail; "Cisticolinæ ... Scotocerca n. g. (Mal. inquietus Rüpp. Atl.) rostro gracillimo, non inciso. Cauda alæ æqualis, leviter rotundata, pennis obtusis, totis nigrofuscis; apice vix, margine parum pallescentibus. Ptilosis mollissima, lacera, grisescens, leviter fuscostriolata. Remigum 1 > ½ alæ; 3—6 subæqualibus." (Sundevall 1872).
Var. Scotocera.
scotocerca
Gr. σκοτος skotos darkness; κερκος kerkos tail.
inquieta / inquietus
L. inquietus restless < in- not; quietus quiet, calm < quies, quietis rest, quiet.
● ex “Restless Thrush” of Latham 1801 (Myiagra).
SUBSPECIES
Scrub Warbler (Western)
SCI Name: Scotocerca inquieta saharae/theresae
SCOTOCERCA
(Scotocercidae; Ϯ Streaked Scrub Warbler S. inquieta) Gr. σκοτος skotos dark; κερκος kerkos tail; "Cisticolinæ ... Scotocerca n. g. (Mal. inquietus Rüpp. Atl.) rostro gracillimo, non inciso. Cauda alæ æqualis, leviter rotundata, pennis obtusis, totis nigrofuscis; apice vix, margine parum pallescentibus. Ptilosis mollissima, lacera, grisescens, leviter fuscostriolata. Remigum 1 > ½ alæ; 3—6 subæqualibus." (Sundevall 1872).
Var. Scotocera.
Scrub Warbler (Eastern)
SCI Name: Scotocerca inquieta [inquieta Group]
SCOTOCERCA
(Scotocercidae; Ϯ Streaked Scrub Warbler S. inquieta) Gr. σκοτος skotos dark; κερκος kerkos tail; "Cisticolinæ ... Scotocerca n. g. (Mal. inquietus Rüpp. Atl.) rostro gracillimo, non inciso. Cauda alæ æqualis, leviter rotundata, pennis obtusis, totis nigrofuscis; apice vix, margine parum pallescentibus. Ptilosis mollissima, lacera, grisescens, leviter fuscostriolata. Remigum 1 > ½ alæ; 3—6 subæqualibus." (Sundevall 1872).
Var. Scotocera.
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)
