Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow

SCI Name:  Gymnoris superciliaris
Protonym:  Gymnorhis superciliaris J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 14 p.553
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Passeridae / Gymnoris
Taxonomy Code:  yetpet1
Type Locality:  South Africa. Restricted to Cape Town by Grant and Clancey, 1953, Ostrich, 24, p. 128.
Author:  Blyth
Publish Year:  1845
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

GYMNORIS
(Passeridae; † Chestnut-shouldered Bush Sparrow G. xanthocollis) Gr. γυμνος gumnos  bare, naked; ῥις rhis, ῥινος  rhinos  nostrils; "Gymnoris, Hodgson, n. g.  Differs from Passer in having the beak more elongated, slender, and Carduelis-like; it being more slender than in restricted Fringilla.   G. flavicollis; Fringilla flavicollis, Franklin, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 120; referred to Ploceus by Col. Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p.94, and with more propriety to Pyrgita vel Passer by Mr. Jerdon." (Blyth 1845); "Gymnoris J. E. Gray, 1831, Zool. Misc., p. 84.  Type, by monotypy, Gymnoris flavirostris J. E. Gray = Fringilla flavicollis Franklin." (Moreau & Greenway in Peters, 1962, XV, p. 23); "Gymnoris Blyth, 1845. Synopsis of Indian Fringillidae, in Hodgson, On the Leiotrichane Birds of the Subhemalayas. JASB, 13 (156), p. 948 (1844).  Type by monotypy, Fringilla flavicollis Franklin, 1831 = Fringilla xanthocollis E. Burton, 1838." (S. Gregory, 2006, Systematic Notes on Asian Birds. 57, in Zool. Med. Leiden, 80-5 (9), p. 187); "GYMNORIS Blyth, 1845   ...   For correction of authorship and date see Gregory (2006). Previously mistakenly attributed to J. E. Gray by Moreau & Greenway (1962) and Dickinson (2003)." (Dickinson and Christidis (eds.), H. & M. Complete Checklist, 4th ed., 2014, 1 (Passerines), p. 307).
Var. Gymnornis, Gymnorhis, Gymnorius.
Synon. Pyrgitina, Xanthodira.

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-throated Bush Sparrow (rufitergum)
SCI Name: Gymnoris superciliaris rufitergum
rufitergum
L. rufus  rufous; tergum  back.

Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow (flavigula)
SCI Name: Gymnoris superciliaris flavigula
flavigula
L. flavus  golden-yellow, yellow; gula  throat.
● ex “Petite Perruche à gorge jaune d’Amérique” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 190, fig. 1, and “Toui à gorge jaune” of de Buffon 1770-1785 (syn. Brotogeris jugularis).
● ex “Barbu des Philippines” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 331, and “Barbu à gorge jaune” of de Buffon 1770-1786 (syn. Megalaima haemacephala).
● ex “Pic à gorge jaune de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 784, “Petit pic à gorge jaune” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Yellow-headed Woodpecker” of Latham 1783 (Piculus).

Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow (bororensis)
SCI Name: Gymnoris superciliaris bororensis
bororensis
Boror, Beira District, Portuguese East Africa / Mozambique.

Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow (superciliaris)
SCI Name: Gymnoris 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).