Sunda Warbler / Phylloscopus grammiceps
Sunda Warbler
SCI Name:
Protonym: Pycnosphrys grammiceps Contrib.Orn.[Jardine] 2 p.124 pl.34 fig.1
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Phylloscopidae / Phylloscopus
Taxonomy Code: sunwar1
Type Locality: no locality; Asia, fide Bonaparte, 1850, Consp. Gen. Avium, 1, p. 324; Java, fide G. R. Gray, 1869, Hand-list Gen. Sp. Birds, 1, p. 323.
Author: Strickland
Publish Year: 1849
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
PHYLLOSCOPUS
(Phylloscopidae; Ϯ Willow Warbler P. trochilus) Gr. φυλλον phullon leaf; σκοπος skopos seeker < σκοπεω skopeō to examine; "VI. Fam. Sylviadae Vigors. 1 ... Phylloscopus: Sylv. trochilus Lath. u.v.a. ... 1 Von der Lebensweise dieser Vögel weiß man so viel, daß sie blühende Gewächse aufsuchen und vom Blumensaste, gewiß auch von Insecten leben. Von den Trochiliden unterscheiden sie sich hauptsächlich durch die Bildung des Schwanzes, der überhaupt schwächer, und die größere Länge der Schwungfedern, wovon man auf einen ganz verschiedenen Flug schließen darf." (Boie 1826); "Phylloscopus Boie, 1826, Isis von Oken, col. 972. Type, by monotypy, Motacilla trochilus Linnaeus." (Watson in Peters 1986, XI, 221).
Var. Blythoscopus.
Synon. Abrornis, Acanthopneuste, Asilus, Cryptigata, Cryptolopha, Cuculis, Culicipeta, Fanissa, Ficaria, Herbivocula, Mochthopoeus, Neornis, Oreopneuste, Phaeorhadina, Philomela, Phyllobasileus, Phyllopneuste, Pindalus, Pycnosphrys, Reguloides, Rhadina, Seicercus, Sibilatrix, Solifer, Sylvicola, Trocheligone, Trochilus, Zelica.
grammiceps
L. grammicus lined < Gr. γραμμικος grammikos lined < γραμμη grammē line < γραφω graphō to write; -ceps -crowned < caput, capitis head.
SUBSPECIES
Sunda Warbler (Sumatran)
SCI Name: Phylloscopus grammiceps sumatrensis
sumatrae / sumatrana / sumatranum / sumatranus / sumatrensis
Sumatra, Dutch East Indies / Indonesia < Sanskrit Samudra sea (a name subsequently mangled by European travellers).
● ex “Malacca Partridge” of Latham 1823 (syn. Caloperdix oculeus).
● Perhaps the “Polo Condor Gull” of Latham 1801 (Sterna).
● Erroneous TL. Sumatra (= Celebes / Sulawesi) (Tanygnathus).
Sunda Warbler (Javan)
SCI Name: Phylloscopus grammiceps grammiceps
grammiceps
L. grammicus lined < Gr. γραμμικος grammikos lined < γραμμη grammē line < γραφω graphō to write; -ceps -crowned < caput, capitis head.
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)