Streak-throated Barwing

SCI Name:  Actinodura waldeni
Protonym:  Actinodura waldeni Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt1 p.46 pl.12
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Leiothrichidae / Actinodura
Taxonomy Code:  sttbar1
Type Locality:  Mount Japvo, Naga Hills, Assam.
Author:  Godwin-Austen
Publish Year:  1874
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

ACTINODURA
(Leiothrichidae; Ϯ Rusty-fronted Barwing A. egertoni) Gr. ακτινωδης aktinōdēs  like rays  < ακτις aktis, ακτινος aktinos  ray, beam; ουρα oura  tail (cf. "However, an alternative proposition is provided by Jobling (1991) who claims that Actinodura is derived from the Greek nouns aktis (feminine) or aktinos (masculine) meaning brightness or splendour and odouros (masculine) meaning a watcher or guardian" (Eames et al. 1999)); "ACTINODURA.  Rostrum subcompressum, subarcuatum, ad apicem subemarginatum.  Nares basales, lineares, operculo magno tectæ.  Alæ molles, breviusculæ, concavæ: remige 1ma brevissima 4ta 5taque longioribus.  Cauda mollis, elongata, gradata.  Tarsi elongati.  Pedes majusculi: halluce ungueque postico longiusculis.  Ptilosis mollis, laxa.   The wings and tail in the birds of this group are transversely barred. The typical species are crested.    ACTINODURA EGERTONI.  ...   Hab. In Nepalia.  The specimen described was presented to the Society by Sir P. Grey Egerton, Bart., M.P." (Gould 1836); "Actinodura Gould, 1836, Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 17.  Type, by original designation, Actinodura Egertoni Gould." (Ripley, 1961, Synopsis Birds India Pakistan, p. 402).
Var. Actinura.   
Synon. Alcopus, Hemipteron, Ixops, Leiocincla.

waldeni
Col. Arthur Hay Viscount Walden and 9th Marquis of Tweeddale (1824-1878) British Army, traveller, naturalist (syn. Aethopyga saturata sanguinipectus, syn. Lanius tigrinus, Rhabdotorrhinus, Sibia).

SUBSPECIES

Streak-throated Barwing (daflaensis)
SCI Name: Actinodura waldeni daflaensis
daflaensis
Dafla Hills, Assam, India.

Streak-throated Barwing (waldeni)
SCI Name: Actinodura waldeni waldeni
waldeni
Col. Arthur Hay Viscount Walden and 9th Marquis of Tweeddale (1824-1878) British Army, traveller, naturalist (syn. Aethopyga saturata sanguinipectus, syn. Lanius tigrinus, Rhabdotorrhinus, Sibia).

Streak-throated Barwing (poliotis)
SCI Name: Actinodura waldeni poliotis
poliotis
Gr. πολιος polios  grey; -ωτις -ōtis  -eared  < ους ous, ωτος ōtos  ear.
● ex “Râle à ventre roux de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 753 (syn. Rufirallus viridis).

Streak-throated Barwing (saturatior)
SCI Name: Actinodura waldeni saturatior
saturatior / saturatium / saturatius
L. saturatior, saturatioris  more richly coloured, intensely coloured  < saturare  to satisfy  < satur, satura  rich, copious  < satis  enough.