Palawan Babbler

SCI Name:  Malacopteron palawanense
Protonym:  Malacopteron palawanense NotesLeydenMus. 17 p.104
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Pellorneidae / Malacopteron
Taxonomy Code:  palbab1
Type Locality:  
Author:  Büttikofer
Publish Year:  1895
IUCN Status:  Near Threatened

DEFINITIONS

MALACOPTERON
(Pellorneidae; Ϯ Rufous-crowned Babbler M. magnum) Gr. μαλακος malakos  soft; πτερον pteron  feather; "Genus MALACOPTERON, n.g.  Rostrum fere capiti æquale, altius quam latum, ad apicem incisum, ultraque nares compressum, ad basim setis armatum; mandibula inferiore ad basim tumida.  Tarsi mediocres; digiti externi vix longiores quam interni, posteriores medios æquantes; ungues compressi posteriores longissimi; scuta tarsi vix divisa.  Alæ breves, rotundatæ; pennis secondariis primarias fere æquantibus; prima pennarum spuria, secunda breviore tertia, quæ longissima est.  Cauda paucarum pennarum composita, rotundata; tectricibus superioribus mollibus et longis.   Obs. This genus is allied to Microtarsus in some particulars and to Brachipus in others: it agrees with both in the soft and downy nature of the tail coverts.    MALACOPTERON MAGNUM.  ...  Native name, Burong Map.    MALACOPTERON CINEREUS.  ...  Native name, Merfa." (Eyton 1839); "Malacopteron Eyton, 1839, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, pt. 7, p. 102. Type, by subsequent designation (Strickland, 1844, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 13, p. 417), Malacopteron magnum Eyton." (Deignan in Peters 1964, X, 262).
Var. Malacopterum, Melanopteron.
Synon. Horizillas, Malacornis, Ophrydornis, Setaria.

palawana / palawanense / palawanensis / palawanorum / palawanus
Palawan, Philippines.