Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii Scientific name definitions
Nigel Collar and Craig Robson
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2007
Text last updated January 1, 2007
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | tordenc encaputxat |
Dutch | Zwartkapbabbelaar |
English | Blackcap Babbler |
English (United States) | Blackcap Babbler |
French | Cratérope à tête noire |
French (France) | Cratérope à tête noire |
German | Weißaugen-Drosselhäherling |
Japanese | ズグロヤブチメドリ |
Norwegian | svarthetteskriketrost |
Polish | tymal czarnogłowy |
Russian | Белоглазая дроздовка |
Serbian | Crnokapa brbljuša |
Slovak | timáliovec bielooký |
Spanish | Turdoide Cabecinegro |
Spanish (Spain) | Turdoide cabecinegro |
Swedish | svarthuvad skriktrast |
Turkish | Kara Başlı Yedikardeş |
Ukrainian | Кратеропа чорноголова |
Turdoides reinwardtii (Swainson, 1831)
PROTONYM:
Crateropus Reinwardii
Swainson, 1831. Zoological Illustrations ser.2, 2, pl.80.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'Indian Islands,' error; type locality corrected to Senegal, by Swainson, 1837, Birds W. Africa, 1, p. 276.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- TURDOIDES
- turdoides
- reinwardt / reinwardti / reinwardtii
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: 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)
Field Identification
Systematics History
Editor's Note: This article requires further editing work to merge existing content into the appropriate Subspecies sections. Please bear with us while this update takes place.
Has been thought possibly to be conspecific with T. melanops and T. tenebrosa. Race stictilaema moderately distinctive, with its greyer lower head sides, lightly streaked pale grey-buff vs plain whitish chin and upper throat, and slightly darker breast markings. Two subspecies recognized.Subspecies
EBIRD GROUP (MONOTYPIC)
Blackcap Babbler (Blackcap) Turdoides reinwardtii reinwardtii Scientific name definitions
Distribution
Senegal E to S Mali and Sierra Leone.
Turdoides reinwardtii reinwardtii (Swainson, 1831)
PROTONYM:
Crateropus Reinwardii
Swainson, 1831. Zoological Illustrations ser.2, 2, pl.80.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'Indian Islands,' error; type locality corrected to Senegal, by Swainson, 1837, Birds W. Africa, 1, p. 276.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- TURDOIDES
- turdoides
- reinwardt / reinwardti / reinwardtii
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: 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)
EBIRD GROUP (MONOTYPIC)
Blackcap Babbler (Dusky-throated) Turdoides reinwardtii stictilaema Scientific name definitions
Distribution
N Ivory Coast, S Burkina Faso and Ghana E to Cameroon, S Chad, Central African Republic and extreme N DRCongo.
Turdoides reinwardtii stictilaema (Alexander, 1901)
PROTONYM:
Crateropus stictilaema
Alexander, 1901. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 12, p.10.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Ghana.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- TURDOIDES
- turdoides
- reinwardt / reinwardti / reinwardtii
- stictilaema / stictilaemus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: 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)
Distribution
Editor's Note: Additional distribution information for this taxon can be found in the 'Subspecies' article above. In the future we will develop a range-wide distribution article.