Rufous-faced Warbler

SCI Name:  Abroscopus albogularis
Protonym:  Abrornis albogularis Cat.BirdsMus.East-Ind.Co.[Horsfield & Moore] 1 p.340
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Scotocercidae / Abroscopus
Taxonomy Code:  rufwar1
Type Locality:  Nepal.
Author:  Moore, F
Publish Year:  1854
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

ABROSCOPUS
(Scotocercidae; Ϯ Yellow-bellied Warbler A. superciliaris) Gr. αβρος abros  delicate, graceful; σκοπος skopos  seeker  < σκοπεω skopeō  to examine; "Genus ABROSCOPUS, nom. nov.  Abrornis auct., e.g. Stuart Baker, Fauna Brit. Ind. Birds, vol. ii, p. 293, Apl. 1924; not Abrornis Hodgs. in Gray's Zool. Misc., p. 82, 1844. Only species determinable = Regulus modestus, a synonym of Phylloscopus.  Not Abrornis Hodgs., type designated by Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Birds, p. 35, 1855: A. erochroa = a synonym of Phylloscopus pulcher" (Stuart Baker 1930) (OD per Björn Bergenholtz); "Abroscopus Stuart Baker, 1930, Fauna Brit. India, Birds, ed. 2, 7, p. 192. Type, by subsequent designation (Hartert and Steinbacher, 1934, Vögel Pal. Fauna, Ergänzungsband, p. 239), Abrornis superciliaris Blyth." (Watson in Peters 1986, XI, 263) (see Abrornis).
Synon. Abrornis.

albogulare / albogularis
L. albus  white; Mod. L. gularis  throated, of the throat  < L. gula  throat.

SUBSPECIES

Rufous-faced Warbler (albogularis)
SCI Name: Abroscopus albogularis albogularis
albogulare / albogularis
L. albus  white; Mod. L. gularis  throated, of the throat  < L. gula  throat.

Rufous-faced Warbler (fulvifacies)
SCI Name: Abroscopus albogularis fulvifacies
fulvifacies
L. fulvus  tawny; facies  countenance, appearance.

Rufous-faced Warbler (hugonis)
SCI Name: Abroscopus albogularis hugonis
hugonis
Dr Hugh McCormick Smith (1865-1941) US ichthyologist, explorer in the Philippines 1907-1910, US Bureau of Fisheries 1886-1922, Fisheries Advisor in Thailand 1923-1934, Curator of Zoology Smithsonian Inst. 1935-1941 (subsp. Abroscopus albogularis).