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The Pnoepygidae are a small family resulting from the split-up of the Timaliidae assemblage. (Others include the Timaliidae, Pellorneidae, Leiothrichidae, and Vireonidae, and parts of the Zosteropidae and Sylviidae.) The names of the Pnoepygidae are ornithological in nature.
Ornithological names
The earliest proposed Chinese names for the genus Pnoepyga (from Chinese Birds (35) published in 1927) used the name 鹪鹩 'wren' since they were regarded as 'wrens' (Troglodytidae).
The current name, 鹪鹛 'wren-babbler', is modelled on the English ornithological name 'wren-babbler', which arose as a result of a later assignment of the genus to the Timaliidae (babblers). The Chinese name is a two-character compound of the type favoured in Chinese. It consists of:
1. 鹪 , the first character in 鹪鹩 'wren'. The name 鹪鹛 'wren-babbler' is shared with Napothera, a genus now assigned to the Pellorneidae.
2. 鹛 , a relatively new general term equivalent to English 'babbler'. The origin of 鹛 can be found in the well-known 画眉 'painted eyebrow' (Garrulax canorus, the Hwamei or Melodious Laughing-Thrush, now a member of the Leiothrichidae), where the second part of the name -- 眉 'eyebrow' -- was repurposed as a general name for the babblers. The character used to write this new word, 鹛 , is an interesting example of how new characters are created in Chinese: it combines 眉 'eyebrow' with the bird radical 鸟.
Interestingly, a second term for 'wren-babbler' was created by combining the second character in the word for 'wren', 鹩 , with 鹛 , giving 鹩鹛 . This is used for the genera Rimator (Pellorneidae), Spelaeornis, and Stachyris (both Timaliidae).
Species names
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| Pnoepyga immaculata | Nepal Wren Babbler | 尼泊尔鹪鹛 (尼泊爾鷦鶥) 'Nepalese wren-babbler' |
ネパールサザイチメドリ (ネパール鷦鷯知目鳥) nepāru sazai chime-dori 'Nepalese wren babbler-bird' (Internet) |
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Pnoepyga albiventer |
Scaly-breasted wren-babbler Scaly-breasted wren babbler Greater wren babbler Scaly-breasted Cupwing |
鳞胸鹪鹛 (鱗胸鷦鶥) 'scaly breasted wren-babbler' (1, 2, 3, 4, 36) 大鳞胸鹪鹛 (大鱗胸鷦鶥) 'large scaly-breasted wren-babbler' (5) or 大鳞鹪鹛 (大鱗鷦鶥) 'large scaly wren-babbler' (alt in 5) |
白腹鹪鹛 (白腹鷦鶥) 'white-bellied wren-babbler' (6) |
ヒメサザイチメドリ (姫鷦鷯知目鳥) hime sazai chime-dori 'princess wren babbler-bird' |
Chim Khướư đất đuôi cụt 'short-tailed ground-babbler (bird)' (12, 34) |
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| Pnoepyga pusilla |
Pygmy wren-babbler Pygmy scaly-breasted wren babbler Lesser wren babbler Lesser Scaly-breasted Wren Babbler Pygmy Cupwing |
小鳞胸鹪鹛 (小鱗胸鷦鶥) 'small scale-breasted wren-babbler' or 小鳞鹪鹛 (小鱗鷦鶥) 'small scaly wren-babbler' (alt in 1, 5) |
小鹪鹛 (小鷦鶥) 'small wren-babbler' (6, 7) |
タカサゴミソサザイ (高砂鷦鷯) takasago misosazai 'Taiwanese wren' |
Chim Khướư đất đuôi cụt Pigmi 'pygmy short-tailed ground-babbler (bird)' (12) |
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Бор bor as an adjective means either 'grey, brown, dun', or 'stubborn'. It is used in some bird names as a noun, including names for the nightjars, reed warblers, Reed Parrotbill, and leiothrix. The common thread is unclear, and the meaning likely differs according to the bird, with nightjars possibly being regarded as 'stubborn', and others as being 'small brownish birds'.
The word Шагшуурга shagshuurag has two main meanings in Mongolian: 'dew' or 'hoarfrost', and 'reed'. As a bird name, it is used in Шагшуурга бялзуухай shagshuurag byalzuukhai, which is the name of a kind of reed warbler and assigned to the genus Panurus in the most recent ornithological naming in Mongolia. In ornithological Inner Mongolian, it is used as a name for the babblers. The shortened form Шагшуур shagshuur is used for the bulbuls.
Originally classified as Pnoepyga pusilla, later reassigned to Pnoepyga albiventer.
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