Spotted Quail-thrush

SCI Name:  Cinclosoma punctatum
Protonym:  Turdus punctatus Zool.NewHolland 1 p.25 pl.9
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Cinclosomatidae / Cinclosoma
Taxonomy Code:  spqthr1
Type Locality:  New South Wales.
Author:  Shaw
Publish Year:  1794
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CINCLOSOMA
(Cinclosomatidae; Ϯ Spotted Quailthrush C. punctatum) Mod. L. cinclus  thrush  < Gr. κιγκλος kinklos  unidentified tail-wagging waterside bird; Gr. σωμα sōma, σωματος sōmatos  body; “Genus.  CINCLOSOMA*.   ...  The birds of this genus appear to belong to that subdivision of the Thrushes, which by the weaker conformation of the bill opens a passage to the slender-billed Warblers. They deviate very considerably from the typical form of the Merulidæ. Besides the more gracile shape of the bill, the nares may be observed to be linear and longitudinal, instead of being rounded, as in the true Turdi. The wings are short and rounded, the first quill-feather being of moderate length, and the next gradually increasing; they thus differ from the wings of Turdus, where the four quill-feathers succeeding the first are nearly of equal length, and the first almost spurious. The tail is long and graduated, which in the true Thrushes is even; and the scales on the acrotarsia are strongly conspicuous, while the tarsi of the Thrushes are entire. The genus appears very nearly allied to Timalia, Horsf., in its general conformation.  ...   1. PUNCTATUM.   ...   Turdus punctatus.  Lath. Ind. Orn. Supp. p. xliv. no. 23.  Punctated Thrush. Id. Gen. Hist. v. p. 130. no. 169.   ...   *Kιγκλος turdus, and σωμα corpus.” (Vigors & Horsfield 1827); "Cinclosoma Vigors and Horsfield, 1827, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 15 (1826), p. 219. Type, by monotypy, Turdus punctatus Latham, 1801 = Turdus punctatus Shaw, 1794." (Deignan in Peters, 1964, X, p. 231).
Synon. Ajax, Malleeavis, Samuela.

punctatum / punctatus
Mod. L. punctatus  spotted  < L. punctum  spot  < pungere  to puncture (cf. Med. L. punctatus  pointed).
● ex “Spotted Shag” of Latham 1785 (Phalacrocorax).
● ex “Spotted Shrike” of Latham 1781, and “Tachet” of Levaillant 1805 (Thamnophilus).

SUBSPECIES

Spotted Quail-thrush (punctatum)
SCI Name: Cinclosoma punctatum punctatum
punctatum / punctatus
Mod. L. punctatus  spotted  < L. punctum  spot  < pungere  to puncture (cf. Med. L. punctatus  pointed).
● ex “Spotted Shag” of Latham 1785 (Phalacrocorax).
● ex “Spotted Shrike” of Latham 1781, and “Tachet” of Levaillant 1805 (Thamnophilus).

Spotted Quail-thrush (dovei)
SCI Name: Cinclosoma punctatum dovei
dovei
Hamilton Stuart Dove (1864-1941) English immigrant to Tasmania 1890-1941, farmer, naturalist (syn. Acanthiza ewingii, subsp. Cinclosoma punctatum, syn. Macronectes giganteus).

Spotted Quail-thrush (anachoreta)
SCI Name: Cinclosoma punctatum anachoreta
anachoreta / anachoretae
L. anachoreta  hermit  < Gr. αναχωρητης anakhōrētēs  hermit, recluse  < αναχωρεω anakhōreō  to retire.
● Anchorite Is. / Kaniet Is., Admiralty Is. (subsp. Hypotaenidia philippensis).
● Hermit Is., Admiralty Is. (subsp. Todiramphus saurophagus).