White-breasted Parrotbill / Psittiparus ruficeps
WBN 
White-breasted Parrotbill
SCI Name:
Protonym: Paradoxornis ruficeps J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 11 p.177
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Sylviidae / Psittiparus
Taxonomy Code: ruhpar3
Type Locality: Bhutan.
Author: Blyth
Publish Year: 1842
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PSITTIPARUS
(Sylviidae; Ϯ White-breasted Parrotbill P. ruficeps) L. psittacus parrot < Gr. ψιττακος psittakos parrot; Late L. parus tit; "Psittiparus Hellm. *) 1889 Scaeorhynchus (Sp. typ.: S. ruficeps) (non E. B. Wilson 1881, Arachn.!), E. Oates in: Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds v. 1 p. 68 ... Schnabel stark gebogen, die Wurzelhälfte des Unterrandes des Oberschnabels deutlich ausgebogen, Endhälfte des Unterschnabels stark gewölbt. ... *) Nom. nov. — Der Name Scaeorhynchus wurde 1881 von Edmund B. Wilson (in: Bull. Mus. Harvard, v. 8 p. 241, 247) für eine Gattung der Pycnogonidae vergeben." (Hellmayr 1903).
Synon. Scaeorhynchus.
ruficeps
L. rufus red, ruddy; -ceps -headed < caput, capitis head.
● ex “Tordo del corona de canela” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 72 (syn. Chrysomus ruficapillus).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
