Rusty Mouse-Warbler

SCI Name:  Crateroscelis murina
Protonym:  Brachypteryx murinus J.Linn.Soc.LondonZool. 2 p.158
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Acanthizidae / Crateroscelis
Taxonomy Code:  rumwar1
Type Locality:  Lobo, Triton Bay, southwestern New Guinea.
Author:  Sclater, PL
Publish Year:  1858
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CRATEROSCELIS
(Acanthizidae; Ϯ Rusty Mouse-warbler C. murina) Gr. κρατερος krateros  stout, strong; σκελος skelos, σκελεος skeleos  leg; "This endemic genus is characterized by the terrestrial habit, melodious song, long legs, compact body form, and abbreviated tail." (Beehler & Pratt 2016); "f''. Tail of moderate length, not hidden by the plumes of the rump.  ...  l'''. Bill equal in height and depth.  i⁴. Rictal bristles scarcely perceptible. . . .31. CRATEROSCELIS, p. 590.   ...   31. CRATEROSCELIS.  Range. New Guinea, Waigiou, Mysol, Aru Island.  ...  1. Crateroscelis murina.  ...  2. Crateroscelis monacha." (Sharpe 1883); "Crateroscelis Sharpe, 1883, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 7, pp. 507 (in key), 590. Type, by subsequent designation, Myiothera murina Temminck MS = Brachypteryx murinus P. L. Sclater." (Mayr in Peters, 1986, XI, p. 411).  Recent work indicates that this genus should be subsumed into Origma.

murina
Mod. L. murinus  mouse-grey  < L. murinus  of mice, mouse-  < mus, muris  mouse.
● ex “Murine Warbler” of Latham 1783 (unident.).

SUBSPECIES

Rusty Mouse-Warbler (murina)
SCI Name: Crateroscelis murina murina
murina
Mod. L. murinus  mouse-grey  < L. murinus  of mice, mouse-  < mus, muris  mouse.
● ex “Murine Warbler” of Latham 1783 (unident.).

Rusty Mouse-Warbler (monacha)
SCI Name: Crateroscelis murina monacha
monacha
Late. L. monacha  nun (i.e. hooded)  < Gr. μοναχη monakhē  nun  < μονος monos  solitary  < μοναχοω monakhoō  to make single.
● ex “Moloxita” or “Réligieuse d’Abissinie” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Nun Thrush” of Latham 1783 (Oriolus).

Rusty Mouse-Warbler (pallida)
SCI Name: Crateroscelis murina pallida
pallida
L. pallidus  pallid, pale, wan, sallow  < pallere  to be pale.

Rusty Mouse-Warbler (capitalis)
SCI Name: Crateroscelis murina capitalis
capitale / capitalis
L. capitalis  relating to the head, capital, chief  < caput, capitis  head, chief.
● "Forehead, and crown to line between middle of orbits, pale creamy drab, shading abruptly into the purplish iridescence which overlies remainder of crown and back of neck." (Nelson 1898) (subsp. Leptotila verreauxi).
● ex “Capital Tanager” of Latham 1787 (Ploceus).

Rusty Mouse-Warbler (fumosa)
SCI Name: Crateroscelis murina fumosa
fumosa / fumosus
Mod. L. fumosus  smoky-grey  < L. fumosus  smoked  < fumus, fumi  smoke.