Pied triller explained

The pied triller (Lalage nigra) is a species of bird in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae.It is found in Brunei, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.

Taxonomy

In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description and an illustration of the pied triller in the second volume of his Ornithologie based on a specimen that had been collected in the East Indies. He used the French name Le Merle des Indes and the Latin name Merula Indica.^[1] Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not conform to the binomial system and are not recognised by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.^[2] In a section of a book by Johann Reinhold Forster published in 1781 the Welsh naturalist Thomas Pennant coined the binomial name Turdus niger for the pied triller and cited Brisson's work.^[3] In 1922 the type location was restricted to Singapore by the American zoologist Outram Bangs.^{[4] [5]} The pied triller is now one of 20 species placed in the genus Lalage that was introduced in 1826 by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie.^[6]

Three subspecies are recognised:^[6]

• L. n. davisoni Kloss, 1926 – Nicobar Islands
• L. n. striga (Horsfield, 1821) – Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Nias (west of north Sumatra), Bangka and Belitung (east of south Sumatra), Java, Karimunjawa (north of central Java) and Bali
• L. n. nigra (Pennant, 1781) – Borneo and satellites and Philippines

Gallery

Notes and References

1. Book: Brisson, Mathurin Jacques . Mathurin Jacques Brisson . 1760 . Ornithologie, ou, Méthode Contenant la Division des Oiseaux en Ordres, Sections, Genres, Especes & leurs Variétés . 2 . French, Latin . 248–250 . Paris . Jean-Baptiste Bauche . The two stars (**) at the start of the section indicates that Brisson based his description on the examination of a specimen.
2. Allen . J.A. . Joel Asaph Allen . 1910 . Collation of Brisson's genera of birds with those of Linnaeus . Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History . 28 . 317–335 . 2246/678 .
3. Book: Pennant, Thomas . Thomas Pennant . 1781 . Specimen Faunulae Indicae . Forster . Johann Reinhold . Johann Reinhold Forster . Indische Zoologie oder systematische Beschreibungen seltener und unbekannter Thiere aus Indien . Latin, German . Halle, Germany . Johann Jacob Gebauer . 39–42 [41] . https://books.google.com/books?id=-9FWAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA41 .
4. Bangs . Outram . Outram Bangs . Penard . Thomas E. . 1919 . Notes on Philippine birds collected by Governor W. Cameron Forbes. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology . 65 . 4 . 77–84 [80] .
5. Book: Mayr . Ernst . Ernst Mayr . Greenway . James C. Jr . 1960 . Check-List of Birds of the World . 9 . Museum of Comparative Zoology . Cambridge, Massachusetts . 197 .
6. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . Rasmussen . Pamela . Pamela C. Rasmussen . July 2023 . Bristlehead, butcherbirds, woodswallows, Mottled Berryhunter, ioras, cuckooshrikes . IOC World Bird List Version 13.2 . International Ornithologists' Union . 14 December 2023 .