1884
On an apparently undescribed genus de Wrens from Timor
Publication
Publication
Notes from the Leyden Museum , Volume 6 - Issue 3 p. 179- 180
In the Leyden Museum are some specimens of a bird from Timor, bearing the label « Orthotomus subulatus, Müll. Verh.», a name which I cannot find to have been published anywhere, and as far as I am aware the species has never been described under any other name. Generically this Wren comes very close to Pnoepyga, and has no rictal bristles and the front aspect of the tarsus entire. It has, however, a much longer bill, thinner, and more compressed, the culmen exceeding the hind toe and claw in length. I propose to separate it generically as Orthnocichla. The type will be
Additional Metadata | |
---|---|
Notes from the Leyden Museum | |
Released under the CC-0 1.0 ("No rights reserved") License | |
Organisation | Naturalis journals & series |
Sharpe, R. B. (1884). On an apparently undescribed genus de Wrens from Timor. Notes from the Leyden Museum, 6(3), 179–180. |