Scytalopus Canus Bird

English Name:  Paramillo Tapaculo
Latin Name:  Scytalopus canus
Protonym:  Scytalopus canus Auk 32 p.412
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Rhinocryptidae / Scytalopus
Taxonomy Code:  partap1
Type Locality:  Paramillo, 12,500 feet, Antioquia, Colombia.
Author:  Chapman
Publish Year:  1915
IUCN Status:  Endangered

DEFINITIONS

SCYTALOPUS
(Rhinocryptidae; Ϯ Dusky Tapaculo S. fuscus) Gr. σκυταλη skutalē or σκυταλον skutalon  stick, cudgel; πους pous, ποδος podos  foot; "Mr. Gould also proposed a new genus in the group of Wrens, under the name of Scytalopus, and which he characterized as follows:  Genus SCYTALOPUS.  Rostrum capite brevius, compressum, obtusum leviter recurvum.  Nares basales, membrana tectæ.  Alæ concavæ, breves, rotundatæ, remige prima abbreviata, tertia, quarta, quinta et sexta æqualibus.  Cauda brevis, rotundata, (pennis externis brevissimis,) laxa.  Tarsi elongati, atque robusti, antrorsum scutellis tecti; posterius fasciis angustis cincti, squamis serpentum abdominalibus, haud dissimilibus; halluce elongato et robusto; ungue elongato; digitum anteriorum, medio elongato et gracili.    SCYTALOPUS FUSCUS.   ...   Hab. in Fretu Magellanico, Chili, &c.  Hoc genus ad illud in quo Troglodytes veræ amplectuntur maximam affinitatem demonstrat.     SCYTALOPUS ALBOGULARIS.  ...  Hab. in Brasilia." (Gould 1837); "The general contour of form is that of Troglodytes  ...  the tail is even shorter than in that genus, and consists of decomposed feathers, the whole has a rugged and disunited appearance; and lastly, the tarsi have their posterior aspect regularly banded with narrow scales, instead of having one or two continuous laminæ on that part.  ...  Tarsi long and stout, the forepart covered with large scutellæ; the hind part bound round with narrow scales, like the abdominal scales of snakes; hind toe long and rather stout, claw long; middle toe long and slender, and with the other two fore toes furnished with fine nails." (Gould 1851); "Scytalopus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, pt. 4, 1836 (1837), p. 89. Type, by subsequent designation, Sylvia Magellanicus (Lath.) = Motacilla magellanica Gmelin (G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 19)." (Peters 1951, VII, 283) (see Myornis).
Var. Scytolopus.
Synon. Agathopus, Sylviaxis.

canus
L. canus  grey.
● ex “Psittacula Madagascariensis” of Brisson 1760, “Petite Perruche de Madagascar” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 791, fig. 2, “Perruche à tête grise” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Grey-headed Parrakeet” of Latham 1781 (Agapornis).
● "69. LARUS.  ...  canus.  2. L. albus, dorso cano. Fn. svec. 125.  Larus albus. Alb. av. 2. p. 77. t. 84.  Habitat in Europa.  Agitati Lari evomunt aut explodunt cibum." (Linnaeus 1758) (Larus).
● ex “Picus viridis norwegicus” of Brisson 1760, and “Grey-headed green Woodpecker” of Edwards 1747, and Latham 1782 (Picus).

Canutus
(Scolopacidae; syn. Calidris † Red Knot C. canutus) Specific name Tringa Canutus Linnaeus, 1758; "LE CANUT.  ... CANUTUS.  ...Les Anglois, & sur-tout ceux qui habitent la Province de Lincoln, l'appellent KNOT.  ... Cet Oiseau s'engraisse aisément, & est très-bon à manger" (Brisson 1760); "Knot.   Canutus.   Schnabel länglicht: kegelförmig, stumpf.   Knot der englischen Naturforscher." (Merrem 1804); "Strandläufer.  Canutus, Briss. (Tringa Islandica, Linn.)" (C. Brehm 1831); "Canutus Brehm, Handb. Naturg. Vög. Deuts., p. 653, 1831—type, by tautonymy, Tringa canutus Linnaeus." (Hellmayr and Conover, 1948, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. I (3), p. 166).
Var. Canus.