Streaked Wren-Babbler

SCI Name:  Turdinus brevicaudatus
Protonym:  T[urdinus]. brevicaudatus J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 24 p.272
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Pellorneidae / Turdinus
Taxonomy Code:  stwbab1
Type Locality:  mountainous interior of the Tenasserim provinces; type from Mulayit Taung, Amherst District, fide Sclater, 1892, Ibis, p. 76.
Author:  Blyth
Publish Year:  1855
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

TURDINUS
(Pellorneidae; Ϯ Large Wren-babbler T. macrodactylus) Mod. L. turdinus  thrush-like  < L. turdus  thrush; "Macronous  ...  Next to it, I had arranged a bird which has recently been described by Mr. Strickland by the name Malacopteron macrodactylum (Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 1844, p. 417), but I still consider it to merit separation, from the general robustness of its conformation, and the great strength of the tarse and of the middle and hind toes. The bill closely resembles that of Macronous.  I designate it Turdinus, Nobis.  Form somewhat Meruline, thick-set, with large strong legs and toes, and rounded wings and tail.  Bill as long as the head, moderately stout, straight, compressed, the ridge of the upper mandible angulated, its tip emarginated, and curving over that of the lower mandible; nostrils oval, and pierced in the fore-part of the nasal membrane, at some distance from the frontal feathers; rictus well armed: legs stout, the tarse equalling the middle toe with its claw; outer and inner toes equal, and proportionally small, their terminal joint reaching only to the penultimate joint of the middle toe; hind toe strong, and furnished with a rather large claw, but moderately curved: wings much graduated, the fifth to the ninth primaries inclusive subequal and longest, the first about half their length; tail also graduated externally, and hollowed underneath; plumage lax and scale-like, at least on the upper-parts, very copious and puffy over the rump.    T. macrodactylus, (Strickland) Blyth.   ...   Brought from Singapore." (Blyth 1844).
Synon. Cacopitta, Curzonia, Gypsophila, Hadropezus.
● See: Turdinulus

turdinus
Mod. L. turdinus  thrush-like  < L. turdus  thrush (see turdina).

brevicaudata / brevicaudatus
L. brevis  short; caudatus  tailed  < cauda  tail.

SUBSPECIES

Streaked Wren-Babbler (striatus)
SCI Name: Turdinus brevicaudatus striatus
striatus
L. striatus  striated  < striare  to striate  < stria  furrow (see also striata).
● "76. ARDEA.  ...  striata.  14. A. occipite subcristato, dorso cano striato, collo subtus ferrugineo, remigibus secundariis apice albis. Rolander.  Habitat Surinami.  Vertex niger nucha subcristata. Remiges fuscæ, sed secundariæ tantum margine apicis albæ." (Linnaeus 1758) (Butorides).
● ex “Brown-crowned Humming-bird” of Latham 1782 (syn. Chrysolampis mosquitus).
● ex “Coliou rayé” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Radiated Coly” of Latham 1783 (Colius).
● ex “Speckled Diver” and “Striped Diver” of Pennant 1785, and of Latham 1785 (syn. Gavia stellata ☼).
● ex “Pic rayé de S. Domingue” of Brisson 1760 (Melanerpes).
● ex “Striated Roller” of Latham 1801 (syn. Oriolus sagittatus).
● ex “Striped-headed Manakin” of Latham 1783 (Pardalotus).
● ex “Grande Caille de Madagascar” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Madagascar Quail” of Latham 1783 (unident.).
● ex “Grive 1ère” of Fermin 1769, and “Yellow-backed Thrush” of Latham 1783 (unident.).

Streaked Wren-Babbler (venningi)
SCI Name: Turdinus brevicaudatus venningi
venningi
Brig. Francis Esmond Wingate Venning (1882-1970) British Army in India 1902-1933, naturalist (syn. Turdinus brevicaudatus).

Streaked Wren-Babbler (brevicaudatus)
SCI Name: Turdinus brevicaudatus brevicaudatus
brevicaudata / brevicaudatus
L. brevis  short; caudatus  tailed  < cauda  tail.

Streaked Wren-Babbler (stevensi)
SCI Name: Turdinus brevicaudatus stevensi
stevensi
Herbert Stevens (1877-1964) British tea planter in India, collector, explorer in Sikkim 1923, Indochina 1923-1924, and New Guinea 1932-1933 (subsp. Acrocephalus concinens, syn. Cormobates placens meridionalis, syn. Dicrurus leucophaeus hopwoodi, syn. Microptilotis cinereifrons, subsp. Prinia gracilis, subsp. Schoeniparus rufogularis, subsp. Turdinus brevicaudatus).

Streaked Wren-Babbler (griseigularis)
SCI Name: Turdinus brevicaudatus griseigularis
griseigulare / griseigularis
Med. L. griseum  grey; Mod. L. gularis  throated  < L. gula  throat.

Streaked Wren-Babbler (proximus)
SCI Name: Turdinus brevicaudatus proximus
proxima / proximus
L. proximus  very near, nearest, most like  < super. propior, propioris  nearer  < comp. prope  near.

Streaked Wren-Babbler (rufiventer)
SCI Name: Turdinus brevicaudatus rufiventer
rufiventer / rufiventra / rufiventre / rufiventris
Mod. L. rufiventris  red-bellied  < L. rufus  ruddy, rufous; venter, ventris  belly.
● ex “Pepoazá vientre roxizo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 205, and “Pepoaza à ventre rougeâtre” of Vieillot 1819 (Neoxolmis).
● ex “Grignet” of Levaillant 1803, pl. 126 (syn. Parisoma subcaeruleum).
● ex “Traquet à Cul Roux” of Levaillant 1806, pl. 188, fig. 2 (syn. Saxicoloides fulicatus).
● ex “Gobe-mouche de l’île de Bourbon” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 572, fig. 3, and “Rufous-vented Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (syn. Setophaga ruticilla).
● ex “Velvet-headed Flycatcher” of Latham 1823 (Terpsiphone).

Streaked Wren-Babbler (leucostictus)
SCI Name: Turdinus brevicaudatus leucostictus
leucosticte / leucostictos / leucostictus
Gr. λευκοστικτος leukostiktos  white-speckled, white-spotted  < λευκος leukos  white; στικτος stiktos  spotted  < στιζω stizō  to tattoo.