Formicarius Colma Bird

English Name:  Rufous-capped Antthrush
Latin Name:  Formicarius colma
Protonym:  Formicarius Colma TablePlanchesEnlum. p.43,44,50
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Formicariidae / Formicarius
Taxonomy Code:  rucant2
Type Locality:  Cayenne, ex Daubenton, pi. 703, fig. 1.
Author:  Boddaert
Publish Year:  1783
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

FORMICARIUS
(Formicariidae; Ϯ Rufous-capped Ant-thrush F. colma) Mod. L. formicarius  of the ant  < Med. L. formicarium  ant-hill  < L. formica ant. The antbirds received their name from the habit of a few species of trailing ant armies and feeding on the insects thus disturbed or put to flight; “This bird inhabits South America  ...  in the neighbourhood of large ant-hills, on the inhabitants of which it chiefly feeds, as do several other species; many sorts of which unite together into bands: but what is observable in this species, it is seldom seen except one in a flock of the others, or at most a pair. These birds for the most part keep on the ground, and appear less active than those which it keeps company with” (Latham 1783). The ant-thrushes are shy, terrestrial birds, much more often heard than seen and sometimes occur on the periphery of ant swarms; "700.  1.Palikour BUFF. VIII. p. 238. BRISS. Ornith. o. LINN. o. Formicarius torquatus, mihi.  2.Carillonneur BUFF. VIII. p. 246. BRISS. Ornith. o. LINN. o. Formicarius Cantatar, mihi.   ...   703. 1.Colma, BUFF. VIII. p. 241. BRISS. Ornith. o. LINN. o. Formicarius Colma.   ...   821. Tetema de Cayenne, BUFF. VIII. p. 240. BRISS. Ornith. o. LINN. Gen. o. Formicarius Cayanensis." (Boddaert 1783); "Formicarius Boddaert, Tabl Pl. enlum., 1783, p. 43, 44, 50. Type, by subsequent designation, Formicarius cayanensis Boddaert = Formicarius colma Boddaert (G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 26)." (Peters, 1951, VII, p. 239). 
Synon. Eriodora, Formicicapa, Myiothera, Myocincla, Myrmecophaga, Tetema.

colma
Homophone < French collier necklace; marque mark (cf. L. collum neck; maculatus spotted); ex “Colma de Cayenne” of de Buffon 1770-1785: “une espèce de demi-collier roux et le gorge blanche piquetée de gris-brun; c’est de ce dernier caractère que nous lui avons donné le nom de colma” (Formicarius).

SUBSPECIES

Rufous-capped Antthrush (colma)
Latin Name: Formicarius colma colma
colma
Homophone < French collier necklace; marque mark (cf. L. collum neck; maculatus spotted); ex “Colma de Cayenne” of de Buffon 1770-1785: “une espèce de demi-collier roux et le gorge blanche piquetée de gris-brun; c’est de ce dernier caractère que nous lui avons donné le nom de colma” (Formicarius).

Rufous-capped Antthrush (nigrifrons)
Latin Name: Formicarius colma nigrifrons
nigrifrons
L. niger  black; frons, frontis  forehead, brow.
● ex “Black-fronted Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (unident.).

Rufous-capped Antthrush (amazonicus)
Latin Name: Formicarius colma amazonicus
amazonica / amazonicus / amazonina / amazoninum
Mod. L. Amazonicus or Amazoninus Amazonian, of Amazonia.
● ex “Ajuru Curuca” of Marcgrave 1648, and “Psittacus amazonicus” of Brisson 1760 (Amazona).

Rufous-capped Antthrush (ruficeps)
Latin Name: Formicarius colma ruficeps
ruficeps
L. rufus  red, ruddy; -ceps  -headed  < caput, capitis  head.
● ex “Tordo del corona de canela” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 72 (syn. Chrysomus ruficapillus).