Myrmothera Campanisona Bird

English Name:  Thrush-like Antpitta
Latin Name:  Myrmothera campanisona
Protonym:  Myrmornim campanisonam TabulaAffin.Anim. p.189
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Grallariidae / Myrmothera
Taxonomy Code:  thlant2
Type Locality:  Cayenne, ex Buffon.
Author:  Hermann
Publish Year:  1783
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

MYRMOTHERA
(Grallariidae; Ϯ Thrush-like Antpitta M. campanisona) Gr. μυρμος murmos  ant; -θηρας -thēras  hunter  < θηραω thēraō  to hunt  < θηρ thēr, θηρος thēros  beast, animal; "MYRMOTHÈRE, ou FOURMILLIER, Myrmothera.  Turdus, Linn. Gm. Lath.  Bec plus haut que large à la base, presque rond, un peu fort, convexe en dessus; mandibule supérieure échancrée et crochue vers le bout; l'inférieure entaillée, aiguë et retroussée à la pointe. — Queue courte.   Esp. Béfroi, et quelques autres fourmilliers de Buffon.   ....   Myrmothera [μυρμος, formica, θηραω, venor]." (Vieillot 1816); "Myrmothera Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 43. Type, by subsequent designation, G. brevicauda = Formicarius brevicauda Boddaert = Myrmornis campanisona Hermann (Sclater, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., 15, 1890, p. 321)." (Peters 1951, VII, 260).
Var. Myrmecothera.
Synon. Codonistris.

campanisona
Late L. campana bell; L. sonus sounding < sonare to sound.
● ex “Grand Béfroi de Cayenne” of de Buffon 1770-1783. Latham 1783, wrote of the Thrush-like Antpitta, “has a remarkable cry, to be heard morning and evening, very loud and piercing, like the larum of a clock, for about an hour each time” (Myrmothera).

SUBSPECIES

Thrush-like Antpitta (modesta)
Latin Name: Myrmothera campanisona modesta
modesta / modestum / modestus
L. modestus  plain, modest, unassuming  < modus  measure, standard.

Thrush-like Antpitta (dissors)
Latin Name: Myrmothera campanisona dissors
dissors
L. dissors, dissortis  not shared, of a different fate, separate, apart.
• "Myrmothera campanisona dissors, new subspecies   TYPE from the Río Cassiquiare, Venezuela, right bank, opposite El Merey.  ...  There is some variation among the adults, but the combination of characters is not duplicated in any of the other known forms."(Zimmer 1934) (subsp. Myrmothera campanisona).
• "Mr. James L. Peters has kindly called to my attention a more serious error in an earlier paper in which I made use of a pre-occupied name for a new form of Ochthoeca.  Since I discussed the earlier form, though of a different species, in the same paper, my error is inexcusable.  The necessary correction is as follows.   Ochthoeca leucophrys dissors, new name for Ochthoeca leucophrys cajamarcae ZIMMER, 1937, Amer. Mus. Novit., No. 930, p. 11 (not Ochthoeca diadema cajamarcae CARRIKER, 1934)." (Zimmer 1940) (subsp. Ochthoeca leucophrys).
• "Synallaxis rutilans dissors, new subspecies   TYPE from Campos Salles, Manaos, Brazil.  ...  Similar to S. r. amazonica from the south bank of the middle and upper Amazon, but general tone of rufescence averaging lighter, without the trace of olive on the occiput usually present in amazonica" (Zimmer 1935) (subsp. Synallaxis rutilans).
• "Tolmomyias flaviventris dissors, new subspecies   TYPE from Faro, Rio Jamundá, Brazil.  ...  The most curious fact in connection with the present form is the apparent inclusion in it of the birds from the foot of Mt. Duida, Venezuela, but the Duida birds appear to be indistinguishable from it." (Zimmer 1939) (subsp. Tolmomyias flaviventris).
• "Vireo gilvus dissors, new subspecies   TYPE from Cerro Munchique, west of Popayan, Colombia; altitude 7000 feet.  ...  Differs from V. g. leucophrys of eastern Colombia by slightly darker cap of a more grayish, less warmly hued, brown; back distinctly greener, less brownish olive; under parts not distinctive." (Zimmer 1941) (subsp. Vireo leucophrys).

Thrush-like Antpitta (campanisona)
Latin Name: Myrmothera campanisona campanisona
campanisona
Late L. campana bell; L. sonus sounding < sonare to sound.
● ex “Grand Béfroi de Cayenne” of de Buffon 1770-1783. Latham 1783, wrote of the Thrush-like Antpitta, “has a remarkable cry, to be heard morning and evening, very loud and piercing, like the larum of a clock, for about an hour each time” (Myrmothera).

Thrush-like Antpitta (signata)
Latin Name: Myrmothera campanisona signata
signata / signatum / signatus
L. signatus  distinct, marked, well marked  < signare  to mark or inscribe  < signum  sign.
● ex “Petit Perroquet vert” of Levaillant 1801-1805 (syn. Amazona agilis).
● ex “Perruche à tête rouge” of Sonnerat 1776 (syn. Psittacula cyanocephala).

Thrush-like Antpitta (minor)
Latin Name: Myrmothera campanisona minor
minor
L. minor  smaller  < comp. parvus  small. “Comparative names ... Specific names expressive of comparative size are also to be avoided, as they may be rendered inaccurate by the after-discovery of additional species. The names ... maximus, minor, minimus, etc. are examples of this objectionable practice” (Strickland Code 1842).
● ex “Short-eared Owl” of Pennant 1761 (syn. Asio flammeus).
● ex “Little Thrush” of Catesby 1731-1743, Edwards 1758-1764, Latham 1783, and Pennant 1785, “Turdus iliacus carolinensis” of Brisson 1760, and “Grivette de l’Amérique” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Catharus fuscescens).
● ex “Whip-poor-will” of Catesby 1731 (Chordeiles).
● ex “Coucou des palétuviers de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 813, “Petit Vieillard” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Mangrove Cuckow” of Latham 1782 (Coccyzus).
● "54. PICUS.  ...  minor.  12. P. albo nigroque varius vertice rubro, ano albido.  Picus albo nigroque varius, rectricibus tribus lateralibus seminigris. Fn. svec. 83. Hasselqv. iter. 242.  Picus varius tertius. Raj. av. 43.  Picus varius minor. Alb. av. I. p. 20. t. 20.  Habitat in Europa.” (Linnaeus 1758) (Dryobates).
● ex “Fregata minor” of Brisson 1760, “Petite Frégate” of de Buffon 1770-1783, “Man of War Bird” of Edwards 1760, and “Lesser Frigate Pelican” of Latham 1785 (Fregata).
● ex “Petit Indicateur” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 242 (Indicator).
● ex “Pie-grièsche d’Italie” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 32, fig. 1 (Lanius).
● ex “Perruche à ailes noires” of de Buffon 1770-1783, “Petite perruche de l’isle de Luçon, 4ème ésp.” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Luzonian Parrakeet” of Latham 1781 (syn. Loriculus philippensis).
● ex “Apiaster Philippensis minor” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Merops viridis americanus).
● ex “Little Woodcock” of Pennant 1785, and Latham 1785 (Microptera).
● ex “Troupiale de la Caroline” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 606, fig. 1, “Petit Troupiale noir” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Lesser black Oriole” of Latham 1782 (syn. Molothrus ater).
● ex “Lesser Bird of Paradise” of Latham 1783 (Paradisaea).
● ex “Barbican à ventre rose” of Levaillant 1806 (Pogonornis).
● ex “Porphyrio minor” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Porphyrula martinica).
● ex “Colymbus fluviatilis” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Tachybaptus ruficollis).
● ex “Huppe d’Afrique” of Audebert & Vieillot 1800-1802 (syn. Upupa africana).
● ex “Ringvia” of Brünnich 1764, and “Lesser Guillemot” of Pennant 1785 (syn. Uria aalge).