Bornean swamp babbler

Bornean swamp babbler
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pellorneidae
Genus: Pellorneum
Species:
P. macropterum
Binomial name
Pellorneum macropterum
(Salvadori, 1868)

The Bornean swamp babbler (Pellorneum macropterum) is a species of bird in the ground babbler family Pellorneidae that is found in northern and central Borneo and Banggi Island. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the white-chested babbler, now renamed the Malayan swamp babbler (Pellorneum rostratum).

Taxonomy

The Bornean swamp babbler was formally described in 1868 by the Italian zoologist Tommaso Salvadori based on a specimen collected in Borneo. He placed it with the shortwings in the genus Brachypteryx and coined the binomial name Brachypteryx macroptera.[1][2] The specific epithet is from Ancient Greek makropteros meaning "long-winged" (from makros meaning "long" and pteron meaning "wing".[3] The Bornean swamp babbler is now placed in the genus Pellorneum that was introduced in 1832 by the English naturalist William Swainson. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of the white-chested babbler (renamed the Malayan swamp babbler) (Pellorneum rostratum) but based on vocal and genetic differences it is now treated as a separate species and is considered to be monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ Salvadori, Tommaso (1868). "Nuove specie di uccelli di Borneo". Atti Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino (in Italian and Latin). 3: 524-533 [528-529].
  2. ^ Mayr, Ernst; Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, eds. (1964). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 10. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 252.
  3. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 236. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  4. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (December 2023). "Babblers, scimitar babblers, ground babblers, Alcippe fulvettas". IOC World Bird List Version 14.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  5. ^ Cros, E.; Chattopadhyay, B.; Garg, K.M.; Ng, N.S.R.; Tomassi, S.; Benedick, S.; Edwards, D.P.; Rheindt, F.E. (2020). "Quaternary land bridges have not been universal conduits of gene flow". Molecular Ecology. 29 (14): 2692–2706. doi:10.1111/mec.15509.