Swamp Grass Babbler / Laticilla cinerascens
WBN 
Swamp Grass Babbler
SCI Name:
Protonym: Eurycercus cinerascens Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist. ser. 4, vol. XIV, N° 80 p. 156-157
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Pellorneidae / Laticilla
Taxonomy Code: swapri1
Type Locality: Dobri (= Dhubri), lower Bengal.
Author: Walden
Publish Year: 1874
IUCN Status: Endangered
DEFINITIONS
LATICILLA
(Pellorneidae; Ϯ Rufous-vented Grass-babbler L. burnesii) L. latus wide, broad (see Eurycercus); Mod. L. cilla tail (see Motacilla); "Laticilla, nobis (olim Eurycercus, J.A.S. XIII, 374, which name cannot be retained, as it was previously applied to a genus of Entomostraca by Dr. W. Baird, in the An. and Mag. Nat. Hist., February, 1843, p. 88)" (Blyth 1845). The birds in this genus were formerly known as prinias.
Synon. Eurycercus.
cinerascens
Late L. cinerescens, cinerescentis ashen < cinerescere to turn to ashes < L. cinis, cineris ashes.
● ex “Mésange Grisette” of Levaillant 1803, pl. 138 (Melaniparus).
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)
