The aberrant bush warbler (Horornis flavolivaceus) is a species in the bush warbler family, Cettiidae. It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage.

Aberrant bush warbler
In Sabah, Malaysia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cettiidae
Genus: Horornis
Species:
H. flavolivaceus
Binomial name
Horornis flavolivaceus
(Blyth, 1845)
Synonyms
  • Cettia flavolivacea
  • Cettia flavolivaceus

It is found in central and southern China, and the northern extremes of Myanmar and Vietnam.[2] It occurs in the countries of Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Vietnam[1] and also may occur in northeastern and southeastern Bangladesh.[3]

Taxonomy edit

The aberrant bush warbler was formally described in 1845 by the English zoologist Edward Blyth based on a specimen collected in Nepal. He placed the species in the genus Neornis and coined the binomial name Neornis flavolivacea.[4][5] The specific epithet flavolivaceus combines the Latin flavus meaning "yellow" with the Modern Latin olivaceus meaning "olive-green".[6] The aberrant bush warbler is now placed in the genus Horornis that was introduced in 1845 by Brian Hodgson.[7]

Thirteen subspecies are recognised:[7]

The last eight subspecies in the above list have sometimes been considered as a separate species, the Sunda bush warbler Horornis vulcanius.[7][8]

References edit

  1. ^ a b BirdLife International (2017). "Horornis flavolivaceus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T105295705A111180465. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T105295705A111180465.en. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  2. ^ John Ramsay MacKinnon; Karen Phillipps; Fen-qi He (2000). A field guide to the birds of China. Oxford University Press. p. 10. ISBN 978-0198549406. Aberrant Bush-warbler.
  3. ^ "Aberrant Bush Warbler - Horornis flavolivaceus". Les oiseaux.
  4. ^ Blyth, Edward (1845). "Notices and descriptions of various new or little known species of birds (continued)". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 14, Part 2 (164): 546–602 [590].
  5. ^ Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1986). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 11. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 14.
  6. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 162. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  7. ^ a b c Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2023). "Cupwings, crombecs, bush warblers, Streaked Scrub Warbler, yellow flycatchers, hylias". IOC World Bird List Version 13.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  8. ^ Limparungpatthanakij, W.L.; Clement, P.; Kirwan, G.M. (2022). Billerman, S.M. (ed.). "Aberrant Bush Warbler (Horornis flavolivaceus), version 2.1". Birds of the World. Ithaca, NY, USA: Cornell Lab of Ornithology. doi:10.2173/bow.abbwar1.02.1.