Sierra Madre Ground-Warbler

SCI Name:  Robsonius thompsoni
Protonym:  Robsonius thompsoni Condor 115 630-639
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Locustellidae / Robsonius
Taxonomy Code:  simgrw1
Type Locality:  
Author:  Hosner et al.
Publish Year:  2013
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

ROBSONIUS
(Locustellidae; Ϯ Cordillera Ground-warbler R. rabori) Craig R. Robson (b. 1959) British ornithologist; "Meanwhile rabori, which is of course still more anomalous for its outlying geographical position, requires recognition of its distinctiveness through the establishment of  Robsonius, new genus,  diagnosed by a combination of features that include: absence of rictal bristles; part-featherd nares; broad white tips to wing-coverts and outer 2-3 primaries; very copious, dense, elongate rump feathering; fairly long and slightly hooked bill, as in Turdinus; high-pitched, insect-like main vocalisation; and walking habit.  ... The name Robsonius pays tribute to the expertise and contribution of Craig C. Robson with respect to the study of Asian birds and - as this paper amply demonstrates - Asian babblers in particular" (Collar 2006). The Cordillera Ground Warbler, formerly called Rusty-faced Babbler, was originally linked with the babblers Napothera and Leonardina, but is now considered allied to the grassbirds.

thompsoni
● Henry Nilus Thompson (1867-1938) British forestry officer in Burma and Nigeria (Cerasophila, subsp. Neosuthora davidiana).
● Dr Louis Clifford Thompson (1877-1955) English collector in South Africa (subsp. Dendroperdix sephaena).
● Prof. Max Clyde Thompson (b. 1936) US biologist, ornithologist, collector (subsp. Erythropitta erythrogaster, Robsonius).
● Edward Herbert Thompson (1857-1935) US archaeologist, diplomat, Consul to Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico (subsp. Megascops guatemalae).
● Hubert Charles Thompson (1869-1953) Australian oologist, photographer (syn. Pterodroma inexpectata).