The Key to Scientific Names

Edited by James A. Jobling
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siccata / siccatus

L. siccatus  dried up, dry  < siccare  to dry up  < siccus  dry.
● "Rhopocichla atriceps  ...  the name for the the richly coloured bird of the low country wet zone.  For the dry country and hill form I propose the name: —  Rhopocichla atriceps siccatus, subsp. nov.  ...  Distribution. —Ceylon: Hill zone and low country dry zones.  Common and generally distributed." (Whistler 1941) (subsp. Dumetia atriceps).


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