Streaked Barwing

SCI Name:  Actinodura souliei
Protonym:  Actinodura Souliei Bull.Mus.Hist.Nat.Paris 3 p.164
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Leiothrichidae / Actinodura
Taxonomy Code:  strbar1
Type Locality:  Tzeku, northwestern Yunnan.
Author:  Oustalet
Publish Year:  1897
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

ACTINODURA
(Leiothrichidae; Ϯ Rusty-fronted Barwing A. egertoni) Gr. ακτινωδης aktinōdēs  like rays  < ακτις aktis, ακτινος aktinos  ray, beam; ουρα oura  tail (cf. "However, an alternative proposition is provided by Jobling (1991) who claims that Actinodura is derived from the Greek nouns aktis (feminine) or aktinos (masculine) meaning brightness or splendour and odouros (masculine) meaning a watcher or guardian" (Eames et al. 1999)); "ACTINODURA.  Rostrum subcompressum, subarcuatum, ad apicem subemarginatum.  Nares basales, lineares, operculo magno tectæ.  Alæ molles, breviusculæ, concavæ: remige 1ma brevissima 4ta 5taque longioribus.  Cauda mollis, elongata, gradata.  Tarsi elongati.  Pedes majusculi: halluce ungueque postico longiusculis.  Ptilosis mollis, laxa.   The wings and tail in the birds of this group are transversely barred. The typical species are crested.    ACTINODURA EGERTONI.  ...   Hab. In Nepalia.  The specimen described was presented to the Society by Sir P. Grey Egerton, Bart., M.P." (Gould 1836); "Actinodura Gould, 1836, Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 17.  Type, by original designation, Actinodura Egertoni Gould." (Ripley, 1961, Synopsis Birds India Pakistan, p. 402).
Var. Actinura.   
Synon. Alcopus, Hemipteron, Ixops, Leiocincla.

souliei
Père Jean-André Soulié (1858-1905) French missionary to China, murdered during the Tibetan uprising (syn. Cinclus pallasii, Sibia, subsp. Spelaeornis troglodytoides).

SUBSPECIES

Streaked Barwing (souliei)
SCI Name: Actinodura souliei souliei
souliei
Père Jean-André Soulié (1858-1905) French missionary to China, murdered during the Tibetan uprising (syn. Cinclus pallasii, Sibia, subsp. Spelaeornis troglodytoides).

Streaked Barwing (griseinucha)
SCI Name: Actinodura souliei griseinucha
griseinucha
Med. L. griseum  grey; nuchus  nape  < Arabic nukhā'  spinal marrow.