Yellow-bellied Warbler

SCI Name:  Abroscopus superciliaris
Protonym:  Abrornis superciliaris J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 28 p.414
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Scotocercidae / Abroscopus
Taxonomy Code:  yebwar1
Type Locality:  'mountainous interior of the Tenasserim provinces'' = woods of Teewap''hado, altitude 1,100 feet, fide Tickell, 1859, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 28, p. 453.
Author:  Blyth
Publish Year:  1859
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

ABROSCOPUS
(Scotocercidae; Ϯ Yellow-bellied Warbler A. superciliaris) Gr. αβρος abros  delicate, graceful; σκοπος skopos  seeker  < σκοπεω skopeō  to examine; "Genus ABROSCOPUS, nom. nov.  Abrornis auct., e.g. Stuart Baker, Fauna Brit. Ind. Birds, vol. ii, p. 293, Apl. 1924; not Abrornis Hodgs. in Gray's Zool. Misc., p. 82, 1844. Only species determinable = Regulus modestus, a synonym of Phylloscopus.  Not Abrornis Hodgs., type designated by Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Birds, p. 35, 1855: A. erochroa = a synonym of Phylloscopus pulcher" (Stuart Baker 1930) (OD per Björn Bergenholtz); "Abroscopus Stuart Baker, 1930, Fauna Brit. India, Birds, ed. 2, 7, p. 192. Type, by subsequent designation (Hartert and Steinbacher, 1934, Vögel Pal. Fauna, Ergänzungsband, p. 239), Abrornis superciliaris Blyth." (Watson in Peters 1986, XI, 263) (see Abrornis).
Synon. Abrornis.

superciliare / superciliaris
Mod. L. superciliaris  eye-browed  < L. supercilium  eyebrow.
● ex “Janfréderic” of Levaillant 1801-1804, pl. 111 (syn. Cossypha caffra).
● ex “Sourcirou” of Levaillant 1799 (syn. Cyclarhis gujanensis).
● ex “Ypacahá ceja blanca” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 377 (syn. Hapalocrex flaviventer).
● ex “Hatí ceja blanca” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 415 (Sternula).
● ex “White-browed Tern” of Latham 1824 (syn. Sternula superciliaris).

SUBSPECIES

Yellow-bellied Warbler (flaviventris)
SCI Name: Abroscopus superciliaris flaviventris
flaviventer / flaviventre / flaviventris
L. flavus  yellow, golden-yellow; venter, ventris  belly.
● ex “Ortolan à ventre jaune du Cap de Bonne Espérance” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 664, fig. 2 (Emberiza).
● ex “Petit Râle de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 847 (Hapalocrex).
● ex "Ypacahá ceja blanca" of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 377 (syn. Hapalocrex flaviventer).
● ex “Coucou à ventre rayé de l’Île Panay” of Sonnerat 1776 (syn. Hierococcyx sparverioides).
● ex “Tachurí vientre amarillo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 171 (Pseudocolopteryx).
● ex “Tangara tacheté de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 290, fig. 2 (syn. Tangara mexicana).

Yellow-bellied Warbler (superciliaris)
SCI Name: Abroscopus superciliaris superciliaris
superciliare / superciliaris
Mod. L. superciliaris  eye-browed  < L. supercilium  eyebrow.
● ex “Janfréderic” of Levaillant 1801-1804, pl. 111 (syn. Cossypha caffra).
● ex “Sourcirou” of Levaillant 1799 (syn. Cyclarhis gujanensis).
● ex “Ypacahá ceja blanca” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 377 (syn. Hapalocrex flaviventer).
● ex “Hatí ceja blanca” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 415 (Sternula).
● ex “White-browed Tern” of Latham 1824 (syn. Sternula superciliaris).

Yellow-bellied Warbler (drasticus)
SCI Name: Abroscopus superciliaris drasticus
drasticus
Gr. δραστικος drastikos  active, energetic  < δραω draō  to accomplish.

Yellow-bellied Warbler (smythiesi)
SCI Name: Abroscopus superciliaris smythiesi
smythiesi
Bertram Evelyn Smythies (1912-1999) British Forestry Officer in Burma 1934-1940, and Sarawak 1949-1964, ornithologist (subsp. Abroscopus superciliaris, subsp. Lonchura leucogastra).

Yellow-bellied Warbler (euthymus)
SCI Name: Abroscopus superciliaris euthymus
euthymus
Gr. ευθυμος euthumos cheerful, spirited  < ευθυμεω euthumeō  to be of good cheer.

Yellow-bellied Warbler (bambusarum)
SCI Name: Abroscopus superciliaris bambusarum
bambusarum
Mod. L. bambusarum  of the bamboos  < Botanical genus Bambusa  von Schreber, 1789, bamboo  < Malay bambu  bamboo.

Yellow-bellied Warbler (sakaiorum)
SCI Name: Abroscopus superciliaris sakaiorum
sakaiorum
Sakai or Semang, the indigenous peoples of the Malay Peninsula.

Yellow-bellied Warbler (papilio)
SCI Name: Abroscopus superciliaris papilio
papilio
L. papilio, papilionis  butterfly.

Yellow-bellied Warbler (schwaneri)
SCI Name: Abroscopus superciliaris schwaneri
schwaneri
Dr Carl Anton Ludwig Maria Schwaner (1817-1851) German mineralogist, zoologist, collector, explorer in Java and Borneo 1843-1851 (subsp. Abroscopus superciliaris, Hydrornis, syn. Lanius cristatus lucionensis, syn. Malacocincla abbotti concreta).

Yellow-bellied Warbler (vordermani)
SCI Name: Abroscopus superciliaris vordermani
vordermani
Dr Adolphe Guillaume Vorderman (1844-1902) Dutch Navy medical officer, Inspector-Gen. in the East Indies 1890-1902, who initiated the discovery of the link between beriberi and vitamin deficiency (subsp. Abroscopus superciliaris, subsp. Coracina striata, syn. Ficedula dumetoria, syn. Treron aromaticus).