Phacellodomus Maculipectus Bird
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Phacellodomus Maculipectus Bird
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Protonym: Phacellodomus maculipectus J.Orn. 31 p.109
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Furnariidae / Phacellodomus
Taxonomy Code: spbtho1
Type Locality: near San Javier, Tucuman.
Author: Cabanis
Publish Year: 1883
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PHACELLODOMUS
(Furnariidae; Ϯ Rufous-fronted Thornbird P. rufifrons) Gr. φακελλος phakellos bundle of twigs; δομος domos house; the large stick-nests of the familiar thornbirds are conspicuous features of arid and semi-arid countryside in tropical America; "*LXXXVIII. Phacellodomus RCHB. Syst. d. Vögel t. suppl. ... *379. Ph. rufifrons (Sylvia — ILLIG) RCHB. t. DXXI. 3611—12. .... Zuerst beschreibt SWAINSON das von ihm beobachtete merkwürdige Nest, welches so groß ist, daß es zur Staffage der Landschaft um Bahia beiträgt. Es hängt an niedern Sträuchern, außerlich aus trockenen Stäben ohne alle Verwebung zusammengesetzt, 3—4 Fuß lang, von fern wie ein dickes Gewirre von Bohnenstroh, wie zufällig gestaltet aussehend." (Reichenbach 1853); "Phacellodomus Reichenow [sic], Handb. spec. Orn., cont. x, 1853, Scansoriae A. Sittinae, p. 146, 169. Type, by monotypy, Anabates rufifrons Wied." (Peters 1951, VII, 111).
Var. Phacellodromus, Phacelodomus, Placellodomus.
Synon. Drioctistes, Phaceloscenus.
maculipectus
L. macula spot; pectus, pectoris breast.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
