Sylvietta Rufescens Bird
Sylvietta Rufescens Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Dicaeum rufescens Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 9 p.407
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Macrosphenidae / Sylvietta
Taxonomy Code: capcro1
Type Locality: Africa = Olifants River, western Cape Province, ex Levaillant.
Author: Vieillot
Publish Year: 1817
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
SYLVIETTA
(Macrosphenidae; Ϯ Northern Crombec S. brachyura) Mod. L. sylvietta little warbler, woodland sprite < dim. genus Sylvia Scopoli, 1769, warbler; "Familia SYLVIDÆ, Sectio Sylvidæ paroideæ, sub-gen. Sylvietta de La Fr., Sylvietta brachyura, de La Fr. ... Ce petit bec-fin du Sénégal a un plumage entièrement coloré comme celui du Figuier crombec de Levaillant, pl. 135, de l'Afrique australe, remarquable ainsi que lui par une queue d'une brièveté extraordinaire et conforme également quant aux pattes, mais ayant le bec plus allongé et plus arqué, d'où son nom hollandais de Krome-bec, bec courbé. Levaillant observe à son sujet que, malgré ce bec allongé et arqué comme celui des Sucriers, cet oiseau ne se nourrit nullement du suc des fleurs, mais voltige sans cesse dans le feuillage à la recherche des insectes, sa seule nourriture comme les vrais figuiers: il indique seulement qu'il pourrait former un petit genre de transition entre les figuiers et les sucriers, ou Soui-mangas. ... Nous ajoutons donc aux Sylvietta crombec et brachyura, la Sylvietta icteropygialis, de La Fr." (de La Fresnaye 1839); "Sylvietta Lafresnaye, 1839, Rev. Zool. Paris, 2, p. 258. Type, by original designation, Sylvietta brachyura Lafresnaye." (Traylor in Peters 1986, XI, 207).
Var. Sylviella, Sylvetta, Sylveta.
Synon. Baeocerca, Oligocercus, Oligura.
rufescens
L. rufescens, rufescentis reddish < rufescere to become reddish < rufus red.
● ex “Aigrette rousse de la Louisiane” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 902, “Aigrette rousse” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Reddish Egret” of Pennant 1785, and Latham 1785 (Egretta).
● ex “Gobe-mouche roux de Cayenne” (= ♀) of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 453, fig. 1, and de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Rufous Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (syn. Pachyramphus rufus).
● ex “Red-backed Pelican” of Latham 1785 (Pelecanus).
● ex Tringa fulicaria Linnaeus, 1758, and “Phalarope roussâtre” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Phalaropus fulicarius).
● ex “Ynambú guazú” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 326 (Rhynchotus).
● ex “Crombec” or “Figuier à Bec Courbi” of Levaillant 1803, pl. 135 (Sylvietta).
SUBSPECIES
Cape Crombec (adelphe)
Latin Name: Sylvietta rufescens adelphe
adelphe / adelphus
Gr. αδελφη adelphē sister (e.g. smaller); αδελφος adelphos brother (e.g. bigger).
● "DISSEMURUS PARADISEUS ADELPHUS, new subspecies. Similar to Dissemurus paradiseus paradiseus from eastern Sumatra, but much larger, especially the bill; frontal crest usually longer; and racket larger." (Oberholser 1912) (syn. Dicrurus paradiseus).
● "Sylvietta micrura adelphe nov. subsp. — Der Sylvietta micrura pallida Alex. Südostafrikas sehr ähnlich und wie diese mit dunkelgrauem Zügelstrich, aber kleiner in den Maßen: Flügel 56—61 mm (gegen 61—63 bei pallida) und Schnabel kürzer. Sylvietta micrura dilutior Rchw. ist unterseits erheblich rostbrauner und hat noch kürzeren und feineren Schnabel." (Grote 1927) (subsp. Sylvietta rufescens).
Cape Crombec (ansorgei)
Latin Name: Sylvietta rufescens ansorgei
ansorgeanus / ansorgei / ansorgii
Prof. Dr William John Ansorge (1850-1913) British physician in Mauritius, Uganda and Nigeria, zoologist, collector, explorer in tropical Africa (subsp. Acrocephalus rufescens, subsp. Anthoscopus caroli, subsp. Anthus leucophrys, syn. Apalis rufogularis angolensis, syn. Apus caffer, subsp. Calendulauda sabota, syn. Chlorophoneus bocagei, syn. Cinnyris reichenowi, subsp. Cisticola rufilatus, subsp. Criniger barbatus, Dyaphorophyia, syn. Eremomela atricollis, syn. Erythropygia leucophrys munda, subsp. Euplectes gierowii, syn. Euplectes progne delacouri, Eurillas, subsp. Indicator willcocksi, subsp. Lagonosticta rhodopareia, syn. Melaenornis infuscatus benguellensis, syn. Myioparus griseigularis, Nesocharis, syn. Numida meleagris reichenowi, subsp. Ortygospiza atricollis, subsp. Parisoma subcaeruleum, subsp. Parmoptila woodhousei, subsp. Plocepasser mahali, subsp. Prinia flavicans, subsp. Pterocles bicinctus, syn. Sarothrura rufa, subsp. Sylvia abyssinica, syn. Sylvia subcoerulea iohannis, subsp. Sylvietta rufescens, subsp. Tchagra australis, subsp. Treron calvus, subsp. Tricholaema hirsuta, Xenocopsychus).
Cape Crombec (flecki)
Latin Name: Sylvietta rufescens flecki
flecki
Dr Eduard Fleck (b. 1843) Austrian geologist, plant-collector in German South West Africa 1889-1892 (subsp. Centropus senegalensis, subsp. Sylvietta rufescens).
Cape Crombec (pallida)
Latin Name: Sylvietta rufescens pallida
pallida
L. pallidus pallid, pale, wan, sallow < pallere to be pale.
Cape Crombec (rufescens)
Latin Name: Sylvietta rufescens rufescens
rufescens
L. rufescens, rufescentis reddish < rufescere to become reddish < rufus red.
● ex “Aigrette rousse de la Louisiane” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 902, “Aigrette rousse” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Reddish Egret” of Pennant 1785, and Latham 1785 (Egretta).
● ex “Gobe-mouche roux de Cayenne” (= ♀) of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 453, fig. 1, and de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Rufous Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (syn. Pachyramphus rufus).
● ex “Red-backed Pelican” of Latham 1785 (Pelecanus).
● ex Tringa fulicaria Linnaeus, 1758, and “Phalarope roussâtre” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Phalaropus fulicarius).
● ex “Ynambú guazú” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 326 (Rhynchotus).
● ex “Crombec” or “Figuier à Bec Courbi” of Levaillant 1803, pl. 135 (Sylvietta).
Cape Crombec (diverga)
Latin Name: Sylvietta rufescens diverga
diverga
Mod. L. diverga separate, divergent < Med. L. divergere to go astray < L. divergium point of separation < vergere to turn.
Cape Crombec (resurga)
Latin Name: Sylvietta rufescens resurga
resurga
L. resurgus reappearing, risen again, resurgent < resurgere to rise up again.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
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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)