Rufous Treepie

SCI Name:  Dendrocitta vagabunda
Protonym:  Coracias vagabunda IndexOrn. 1 p.171
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Corvidae / Dendrocitta
Taxonomy Code:  ruftre2
Type Locality:  India; restricted to Calcutta by Ticehurst (1922, Ibis, p. 537).
Author:  Latham
Publish Year:  1790
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

DENDROCITTA
(Corvidae; Ϯ White-bellied Treepie D. leucogastra) Gr. δενδρον dendron  tree; κιττα kitta  magpie; "The genus proposed by Mr. Gould comprehends the Pica vagabunda, Wagl., Pica Sinensis, Gray, and a third species which the author believes to have been hitherto unnoticed.  To this group, on account of its arboreal habits, he gives the name of  DENDROCITTA.  Rostrum capite brevius, cultratum, ad basin latum, culmine arcuato, lateribus subtumidis.  Nares basales, plumis setaceis partim tectæ. Alæ mediocres, remigibus 5ta 6taque longioribus.  Cauda elongata, cuneata, rectricibus spatulatis.  Tarsi breves, debiles.  Digiti mediocres.  Hallux fortis, ungue forti, incurvo.  Typus genericus. DENDROCITTA LEUCOGASTRA.  ...  The shortness and comparative feeblenessof the tarsi in Dendrocitta, and its more elongated tail, the feathers of which are equally graduated, except the two middle ones which are much longer than the others, distinguish it from the typical Picæ, the common Magpie for example.  These characters are in accordance with its habit of wandering from tree to tree in search of its food. It is further distinguished by the form of its bill.  All the species yet known are natives of Eastern Asia." (Gould 1833); "Dendrocitta Gould, 1833, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 57.  Type, by original designation, Dendrocitta leucogastra Gould." (Vaurie in Peters, 1962, XV, p. 246).
Var. Dendrositta.
Synon. Vagabunda.

vagabunda
L. vagabundus  wandering  < vagare  to wander.
● ex “Grey-tailed Roller” of Latham 1787 (Dendrocitta).

Vagabunda
(syn. Dendrocitta Ϯ Rufous Treepie D. vagabunda) Specific name Coracias vagabunda Latham 1790; "Die folgende Gruppe Crypsirhineae zerfällt in die kleinern Gruppen  a) Dendrocitta Gld.,  b) Crypsirhina V.,  c) Vagabunda Kp. (rufa)  d) Ptilostomus Sw. und  e) Temnurus Less." (Kaup 1855).

SUBSPECIES

Rufous Treepie (bristoli)
SCI Name: Dendrocitta vagabunda bristoli
bristoli
Dr Melvin Lee Bristol (b. 1936) US botanist, collector (subsp. Dendrocitta vagabunda).

Rufous Treepie (behni)
SCI Name: Dendrocitta vagabunda behni
behni
Wilhelm Friedrich Georg Behn (1808-1878) German zoologist, explorer who crossed South America 1847, Director of Institute of Anatomy & Zoological Mus., Kiel (subsp. Brotogeris chiriri, subsp. Dendrocitta vagabunda, Myrmotherula, syn. Phrygilus erythronotus, subsp. Trogon curucui).

Rufous Treepie (vagabunda)
SCI Name: Dendrocitta vagabunda vagabunda
vagabunda
L. vagabundus  wandering  < vagare  to wander.
● ex “Grey-tailed Roller” of Latham 1787 (Dendrocitta).

Rufous Treepie (parvula)
SCI Name: Dendrocitta vagabunda parvula
parvula / parvulum / parvulus
L. parvulus  very small  < dim. parvus  small.

Rufous Treepie (pallida)
SCI Name: Dendrocitta vagabunda pallida
pallida
L. pallidus  pallid, pale, wan, sallow  < pallere  to be pale.

Rufous Treepie (sclateri)
SCI Name: Dendrocitta vagabunda sclateri
sclateri
● Dr Philip Lutley Sclater (1829-1913) English ornithologist, collector (subsp. Apalis cinerea, subsp. Asthenes wyatti, subsp. Attila spadiceus, Cacicus, syn. Campephilus gayaquilensis, subsp. Camptostoma obsoletum, syn. Casuarius casuarius, subsp. Cercomacra cinerascens, subsp. Chaetura cinereiventris, Chasiempis, subsp. Colinus leucopogon, syn. Crax fasciolata, syn. Cyanocorax affinis, Doliornis, Eudyptes, Euphonia (ex Bonaparte MS), subsp. Forpus modestus, subsp. Guttera verreauxi, syn. Heliomaster longirostris, subsp. Hirundinea ferruginea, subsp. Icterus pustulatus, Knipolegus, Lophophorus, Loriculus, subsp. Loxigilla noctis, Meliarchus, subsp. Monasa morphoeus, subsp. Myiarchus oberi, Myrmotherula, Myzomela, Nonnula, syn. Penelope barbata, subsp. Penelope montagnii, syn. Penelope obscura, Pheugopedius, Phyllomyias, Picumnus, syn. Pipreola chlorolepidota, syn. Plectropterus gambensis, Poecile, Pseudocolopteryx, syn. Rufirallus fasciatus, syn. Spinus magellanicus capitalis, subsp. Tachycineta euchrysea, subsp. Tangara aurulenta, syn. Tangara cabanisi, syn. Thamnophilus amazonicus, syn. Thraupis episcopus nesophilus, subsp. Thripadectes virgaticeps, subsp. Todirostrum cinereum, subsp. Tolmomyias poliocephalus, Vireo, subsp. Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus).
● William Lutley Sclater (1863-1944) English ornithologist (son of Dr Philip Lutley Sclater), Director of Cape Town Mus. 1896-1906 (syn. Apalis thoracica capensis, subsp. Caprimulgus climacurus, subsp. Cercotrichas leucophrys, syn. Chlidonias hybrida delalandii, syn. Cisticola galactotes amphilectus, subsp. Cyanomitra olivacea, subsp. Dendrocitta vagabunda, subsp. Monticola rufocinereus, subsp. Neomixis striatigula, syn. Ploceus bicolor stictifrons, Spizocorys, syn. Turtur afer).

Rufous Treepie (kinneari)
SCI Name: Dendrocitta vagabunda kinneari
kinneari
Sir Norman Boyd Kinnear (1882-1957) British ornithologist at BMNH, Curator of Bombay Natural History Mus. 1907 (syn. Actinodura ramsayi yunnanensis, syn. Ammomanes cinctura arenicolor, subsp. Chloropsis moluccensis, subsp. Cinnyris hellmayri, subsp. Dendrocitta vagabunda, syn. Eremalauda dunni eremodites, subsp. Melidectes belfordi, subsp. Mixornis gularis, syn. Nannus troglodytes nipalensis, subsp. Sasia ochracea, subsp. Sitta carolinensis, Spelaeornis, subsp. Turnix maculosus).

Rufous Treepie (saturatior)
SCI Name: Dendrocitta vagabunda saturatior
saturatior / saturatium / saturatius
L. saturatior, saturatioris  more richly coloured, intensely coloured  < saturare  to satisfy  < satur, satura  rich, copious  < satis  enough.

Rufous Treepie (sakeratensis)
SCI Name: Dendrocitta vagabunda sakeratensis
sakeratensis
Sakerat / Ban Chakkrarat, eastern Thailand.