Rufous-crowned Babbler

SCI Name:  Malacopteron magnum
Protonym:  Malacopteron magnum Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt7 no.78 p.103
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Pellorneidae / Malacopteron
Taxonomy Code:  rucbab2
Type Locality:  Malaya.
Author:  Eyton
Publish Year:  1839
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.

magnum / magnus
L. magnus  great, large, mighty.
● ex “Grand Corbeau” of Levaillant 1800, pl. 51 (unident.;?syn. Corvus sp.).
● ex “Grand Perroquet vert de la Nouvelle Guinée” of Sonnerat 1776, and “New-Guinea Green Parrot” of Latham 1781 (syn. Eclectus roratus).
● ex “Grand Batara” of de Buffon (Sonnini ed.) 1800-1802 (syn. Taraba major).
● ex “Grand Grimpar” of Levaillant 1807 (unident.; ?syn. Xiphocolaptes sp.).

SUBSPECIES

Rufous-crowned Babbler (magnum)
SCI Name: Malacopteron magnum magnum
magnum / magnus
L. magnus  great, large, mighty.
● ex “Grand Corbeau” of Levaillant 1800, pl. 51 (unident.;?syn. Corvus sp.).
● ex “Grand Perroquet vert de la Nouvelle Guinée” of Sonnerat 1776, and “New-Guinea Green Parrot” of Latham 1781 (syn. Eclectus roratus).
● ex “Grand Batara” of de Buffon (Sonnini ed.) 1800-1802 (syn. Taraba major).
● ex “Grand Grimpar” of Levaillant 1807 (unident.; ?syn. Xiphocolaptes sp.).

Rufous-crowned Babbler (saba)
SCI Name: Malacopteron magnum saba
saba
Saba or Sabah, the former British North Borneo Protectorate.