Mountain Tailorbird

SCI Name:  Phyllergates cucullatus
Protonym:  Orthotomus euculatus Pl.Col. livr.101 pl.599 fig.3,text
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Scotocercidae / Phyllergates
Taxonomy Code:  moutai2
Type Locality:  Java and Sumatra; inferentially restricted to Java by Salvadori, 1891, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, 32, p. 67.
Author:  Temminck
Publish Year:  1836
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

PHYLLERGATES
(Scotocercidae; Ϯ Mountain Tailorbird P. cucullatus) Gr. φυλλον phullon  leaf; εργατης ergatēs  worker  < εργαζομαι ergazomai  to work; "[Key] d". Bill very long and slender, rather flat, the culmen exceeding the length of the hind toe and claw  ...  Outermost tail-feather much longer, and falling short of the remainder by less than the length of the culmen; bill flatter and more equilateral for the whole of its length. . . .7. PHYLLERGATES" (Sharpe 1883); "Tailor-Bird. This bird is so called from the fact that it is in the habit of drawing together "one leaf or more, generally two leaves, on each side of the nest, and stitches them together with cotton, either woven by itself, or cotton thread picked up; and after putting the thread through the leaf, it makes a knot at the end to fix it" (Jerdon [1862-1864])" (Yule & Burnell 1903).
Var. Phyllobates ("This is obviously an error for Phyllergates; in a footnote to his genus Phyllobates. Oates acknowledged permission to use Sharpe's nomenclature from Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 7. which appeared a few months later. Subsequently, Oates, 1889, Fauna Brit. India, Birds, 1, p. 439, used Phyllergates credited to Sharpe, 1883, as do later writers on Indian birds" (Watson in Peters, 1986, XI, 174)).

cucullata / cucullatus
Late L. cucullatus  hooded, cowled  < L. cucullus  hood.
● ex “Cap-noir” of Audebert & Vieillot 1802 (syn. Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris).
● ex “Hirondelle à tête rousse du Cap de Bonne Espérance” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 723, fig. 2 (Cecropis).
● ex “Moineau de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 181, fig. 1 (Coryphospingus).
● ex “Perruche à chaperon bleu” of Levaillant 1801-1805 (syn. Eos squamata).
● "62. MERGUS.  ...  cucullatus.  1. M. crista globosa utrinque alba, corpore supra fusco, subtus albo.  Anas cristatus. Catesb. car. I. p. 94. t. 94.  Habitat in America." (Linnaeus 1758) (Lophodytes).
● ex “Hooded Flycatcher” of Latham 1801 (Melanodryas).
● ex Loxia coronata of Miller 1776, “Cardinal Dominicain huppé de la Louisiane” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 103, and “Crested Cardinal” of Brown 1776 (syn. Paroaria coronata).
● ex “Pinçon du Sénégal” of Brisson 1760, and “Troupiale du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781 (Ploceus).
● "86. STRUTHIO.  ...  cucullatus.  4. S. pedibus tetradactylis, omnibus unguiculatis.  Gallus gallinaceus peregrinus. Clus. exot. 99. t. 100. Olear. mus. 23. t. 13. f. 5.  Cygnus cucullatus. Nieremb. nat. 231. Raj. av. 37.  Dronte. Bont. jav. 70.  Habitat in India." (Linnaeus 1758) (‡Raphus).
● ex “Gros-bec appelé la Nonnette” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 393, fig. 3 (?syn. Sporophila americana).

SUBSPECIES

Mountain Tailorbird (coronatus)
SCI Name: Phyllergates cucullatus coronatus
coronatum / coronatus
L. coronatus crowned  < coronare  to crown  < corona  crown.
● ex “Perroquet Dufresne” of Levaillant 1805 (syn. Amazona dufresniana).
● ex “Calao des Philippines” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 873, “Calao de Malabar” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Pied Hornbill” of Latham 1781 (Anthracoceros).
● ex “Aguila coronada” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 7 (Harpyhaliaetus).
● ex “Tyran huppé de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 289 (Onychorhynchus).
● ex “Merle de Bengale” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 258 (syn. Pitta brachyura).
● ex “Gobe-mouche rouge huppé” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 675, fig. 2, “Rubin de la rivière des Amazones” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Round-crested Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (syn. Pyrocephalus rubinus).
● ex “Crowned Eagle” of Edwards 1758 (Stephanoaetus).
● ex “Tordo de bosque coronado y negro” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 77 (Tachyphonus).
● ex "Pluvier du cap de Bonne-Espérance" of d'Aubenton 176501781, pl. 800, "Pluvier couronné" of de Buffon 1770-1785, and "Wreathed Plover" of Latham 1785 (Vanellus).
● ex “Pepoazá coronada” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 202 (Xolmis).

Mountain Tailorbird (thais)
SCI Name: Phyllergates cucullatus thais
thais
Thai, a people and their language of Thailand.

Mountain Tailorbird (malayanus)
SCI Name: Phyllergates cucullatus malayanus
malaya / malayana / malayanus / malayensis
Malaya  < Malay Melayu  Malays  < Melaka  Malacca (a powerful mediaeval sultanate). In ornithology the name can refer either to the Malay Peninsula or the Malay Archipelago (also known as the Indian Archipelago, Malaysia or the East Indies).

Mountain Tailorbird (cucullatus)
SCI Name: Phyllergates cucullatus cucullatus
cucullata / cucullatus
Late L. cucullatus  hooded, cowled  < L. cucullus  hood.
● ex “Cap-noir” of Audebert & Vieillot 1802 (syn. Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris).
● ex “Hirondelle à tête rousse du Cap de Bonne Espérance” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 723, fig. 2 (Cecropis).
● ex “Moineau de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 181, fig. 1 (Coryphospingus).
● ex “Perruche à chaperon bleu” of Levaillant 1801-1805 (syn. Eos squamata).
● "62. MERGUS.  ...  cucullatus.  1. M. crista globosa utrinque alba, corpore supra fusco, subtus albo.  Anas cristatus. Catesb. car. I. p. 94. t. 94.  Habitat in America." (Linnaeus 1758) (Lophodytes).
● ex “Hooded Flycatcher” of Latham 1801 (Melanodryas).
● ex Loxia coronata of Miller 1776, “Cardinal Dominicain huppé de la Louisiane” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 103, and “Crested Cardinal” of Brown 1776 (syn. Paroaria coronata).
● ex “Pinçon du Sénégal” of Brisson 1760, and “Troupiale du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781 (Ploceus).
● "86. STRUTHIO.  ...  cucullatus.  4. S. pedibus tetradactylis, omnibus unguiculatis.  Gallus gallinaceus peregrinus. Clus. exot. 99. t. 100. Olear. mus. 23. t. 13. f. 5.  Cygnus cucullatus. Nieremb. nat. 231. Raj. av. 37.  Dronte. Bont. jav. 70.  Habitat in India." (Linnaeus 1758) (‡Raphus).
● ex “Gros-bec appelé la Nonnette” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 393, fig. 3 (?syn. Sporophila americana).

Mountain Tailorbird (cinereicollis)
SCI Name: Phyllergates cucullatus cinereicollis
cinereicolle / cinereicollis
L. cinereus  ash-coloured  < cinis, cineris  ashes; Mod. L. -collis  -throated, -necked  < L. collum  neck.

Mountain Tailorbird (philippinus)
SCI Name: Phyllergates cucullatus philippinus
philippinus
Philippine Is.
● ex “Philippine Thrush” of Latham 1783 (Ixos).
● ex “Grand Guespier des Philippines” of Brisson 1760 (Merops).
● Erroneous TL. Philippines (= Ceylon); ex “Gros-bec des Philippines” of Brisson 1760: "On l'appelle aux Isles Philippines TOUCNAM COURVI"; "'Toucnam-courvi,' the supposed native name in the Philippines, according to Brisson ...does not sound Tagalish ...while, on the other hand, it closely resembles the Malay [i.e. Tamil] name for the common Weaverbird, P. baya, Blyth, in Ceylon, and which Mr Layard ...renders Tokanam cooroovi, i.e. Basket-maker bird" (Walden 1875) (Ploceus).

Mountain Tailorbird (viridicollis)
SCI Name: Phyllergates cucullatus viridicollis
viridicollis
L. viridis  green  < virere  to be green; Mod. L. -collis  -throated, -necked  < L. collum  neck.

Mountain Tailorbird (riedeli)
SCI Name: Phyllergates cucullatus riedeli
riedeli / riedelii
Dr Johan Gerard Friedrich Riedel (1832-1911) Dutch colonial administrator in the East Indies 1853-1883, naturalist (subsp. Eclectus roratus, Ficedula, syn. Ixobrychus eurhythmus, syn. Lalage sueurii, syn. Pachycephala monacha arctitorquis, subsp. Phyllergates cucullatus, Tanysiptera).

Mountain Tailorbird (stentor)
SCI Name: Phyllergates cucullatus stentor
stentor
Gr. myth. Stentor, a Greek warrior at Troy celebrated for his loud voice (subsp. Phyllergates cucullatus, subsp. Plocepasser mahali).

Mountain Tailorbird (meisei)
SCI Name: Phyllergates cucullatus meisei
meisei
Prof. Dr Wilhelm Meise (1901-2002) German ornithologist (syn. Gerygone chloronota cinereiceps, subsp. Phyllergates cucullatus).

Mountain Tailorbird (hedymeles)
SCI Name: Phyllergates cucullatus hedymeles
hedymeles
Gr. ἡδυμελης hēdumelēs  sweet-singing  < ἡδυς hēdus  sweet; μελωδεω melōdeō  to sing.

Mountain Tailorbird (batjanensis)
SCI Name: Phyllergates cucullatus batjanensis
batjanensis
Batjan I., northern Moluccas, Indonesia.

Mountain Tailorbird (dumasi)
SCI Name: Phyllergates cucullatus dumasi
dumasi
Johannes Maximiliaan Dumas (1856-1931) Dutch planter in Borneo, explorer, collector in the East Indies and New Guinea (Geokichla, subsp. Phyllergates cucullatus, subsp. Poecilodryas brachyura).

Mountain Tailorbird (everetti)
SCI Name: Phyllergates cucullatus everetti
everetti / everettii
Alfred Hart Everett (1848-1898) English administrator in Sarawak 1872-1890, naturalist, collector in the Philippines and East Indies (Arachnothera, syn. Bradypterus castaneus, subsp. Cacomantis vaiolosus, subsp. Cyornis concretus, Dicaeum, syn. Dicaeum hypoleucum pontifex, Dinopium, syn. Ducula pickeringii, subsp. Edolisoma mindanense, syn. Eudynamys orientalis picatus, syn. Gerygone inornata, subsp. Horornis flavolivaceus, Hypsipetes, subsp. Lonchura leucogastra, subsp. Mixornis bornensis, syn. Ninox spilocephala reyi, Otus, subsp. Pachycephala fulvotincta, subsp. Phyllergates cucullatus, subsp. Phylloscopus poliocephalus, subsp. Pnoepyga pusilla, subsp. Ptilinopus cinctus, Rhyticeros, syn. Sasia abnormis, Symposiachrus, Tanygnathus, Tesia, subsp. Treron axillaris, Turnix, syn. Tyto alba delicatula, Yuhina, Zoothera, Zosterops).