Thamnophilus Melanonotus Bird
Thamnophilus Melanonotus Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Thamnophilus melanonotus Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt23 no.285 p.19 pl.80
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thamnophilidae / Thamnophilus
Taxonomy Code: blbant1
Type Locality: Santa Marta, Colombia.
Author: Sclater, PL
Publish Year: 1855
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
THAMNOPHILUS
(Thamnophilidae; Ϯ Barred Antshrike T. doliatus) Gr. θαμνος thamnos bush; φιλος philos lover; "BATARA (DE AZARA), Thamnophilus. Lanius, Turdus, Lin. Gm. Lath. Bec droit à la base, robuste, convexe en dessus, comprimé latéralement; mandibule supérieure échancrée, ou dentée, et crochue vers le bout; l'inférieure entaillée, aiguë et retroussée à la pointe. — Bouche ciliée. Ailes courtes arrondies. Esp. Pie-Grièche rayée. — Fourmillier huppé, Buff. ... Tamnophilus [ταμνος, frutex, φιλεω, gaudeo]." (Vieillot 1816); "Thamnophilus Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 40. Type, by subsequent designation, Lanius doliatus Linné (Swainson, Zool. Journ., 1, 1824, p. 301)." (Peters 1951, VII, 162).
Var. Thamnoplius, Tamnophilus.
Synon. Abalius, Erionotus, Rhopochares.
thamnophilus
Gr. θαμνος thamnos bush; φιλος philos loving < φιλεω phileō to love < φιλος philos lover.
melanonota / melanonotus
Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos black; -νωτος -nōtos -backed < νωτον nōton back.
● ex “Pico de punzon azul y canala” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 104 (Pipraeidea).
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)