Metopothrix Aurantiaca Bird

Metopothrix Aurantiaca Bird

Metopothrix Aurantiaca Bird

English Name:  Orange-fronted Plushcrown
Latin Name:  Metopothrix aurantiaca
Protonym:  Metopothrix aurantiacus Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt2 p.190 pl.18
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Furnariidae / Metopothrix
Taxonomy Code:  orfplu2
Type Locality:  Sarayacu, Rio Ucayali, Peru.
Author:  Sclater & Salvin
Publish Year:  1866
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

METOPOTHRIX
(Furnariidae; Ϯ Orange-fronted Plushcrown M. aurantiacus) Gr. μετωπον metōpon  forehead  < μετα meta  between; ωψ ōps, ωπος ōpos  eye; θριξ thrix, τριχος trikhos  hair; "135. METOPOTHRIX AURANTIACUS, gen. et sp. nov.   Metopothrix genus novum Piprinum: rostro elongato, valde compresso, paulum incurvo, dente marginali nulloplumis in fronte brevibus, erectis, setosis; rictu glabro: alæ modicæ, dimidium caudæ vix attingentes; remigibus iido, iiito, et ivto fere æqualibus et longissimis, primo sextum æquante: cauda elongata, rectricibus valde graduatis: tarsis modicis, digito medio paulo longioribus; digitis anticis ad basin concretis.    Typ. et sp. unica M. aurantiacus." (P. Sclater & Salvin 1866).

aurantiaca / aurantiacus
Mod. L. aurantiacus orange-coloured < Late Med. L. aurantia orange.
● ex “Manakin orangé” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Pipra aureola).