Sakesphorus Luctuosus Bird

Sakesphorus Luctuosus Bird

Sakesphorus Luctuosus Bird

English Name:  Glossy Antshrike
Latin Name:  Sakesphorus luctuosus
Protonym:  Lanius luctuosus Verz.Doubl.Zool.Mus.Berlin p.47
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Thamnophilidae / Sakesphorus
Taxonomy Code:  gloant1
Type Locality:  Para, = Cameta, Rio Tocantins by designation of Hellmayr, 1924
Author:  Lichtenstein, MHC
Publish Year:  1823
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

SAKESPHORUS
(Thamnophilidae; Ϯ Black-crested Antshrike S. canadensis) Gr. σακεσφορος sakesphoros  shield-bearing  < σακος sakos, σακεος sakeos  shield; -φορος -phoros  -bearing  < φερω pherō  to carry; "SAKESPHORUS, nom. nov., pro Hypolophus, Cab. & Hein. 1859 (nec Müller & Henle, 1837).  Type, Lanius canadensis, Linn." (Chubb 1918).
Var. SakesphoresSaskephorus.
Synon. Hypolophus, Sakesphoroides.

luctuosa / luctuosus
L. luctuosus  mournful (i.e. black-plumaged)  < luctus  mourning  < lugere  to mourn.

SUBSPECIES

Glossy Antshrike (luctuosus)
Latin Name: Sakesphorus luctuosus luctuosus
luctuosa / luctuosus
L. luctuosus  mournful (i.e. black-plumaged)  < luctus  mourning  < lugere  to mourn.

Glossy Antshrike (araguayae)
Latin Name: Sakesphorus luctuosus araguayae
araguaiae / araguayae
Rio Araguaya, Goyaz (= Rio Araguaia, Goias), Brazil.