Rhegmatorhina Melanosticta Bird

English Name:  Hairy-crested Antbird
Latin Name:  Rhegmatorhina melanosticta
Protonym:  Pithys melanosticta Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt2 p.160
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Thamnophilidae / Rhegmatorhina
Taxonomy Code:  hacant1
Type Locality:  Sarayacu, Ecuador.
Author:  Sclater & Salvin
Publish Year:  1880
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

RHEGMATORHINA
(Thamnophilidae; Ϯ Bare-eyed Antbird R. gymnops) Gr. ῥηγμα rhēgma, ῥηγματος rhēgmatos  fissure, cleft; ῥις rhis, ῥινος rhinos  nostril; “12. Rhegmatorhina^Ϯ gymnops, sp. nov.  ...  ^Ϯ Rhegmatorhina, genus novem Formicariidarum (ῥηγμα = fissura; ῥις = nasus).   GEN. CHAR.—Similar to Phlogopsis but differing very materially in the form of the nostril, which consists of a narrow longitudinal slit-like opening, overhung by a broad, rather thickened, membrane or operculum.  Orbital region entirely naked, the bare space broadly oval, slightly pointed anteriorly (about midway of the lores), but rounded posteriorly.  Feathers of pileum lengthened, narrow, decurved, rather stiff, and distinctly individualized, forming a loose crest when erected; those of the forehad and lores (anterior half) shorter, straighter, and more dense.  Tail more than two-thirds as long as wing, slightly rounded, the feathers broad and rounded.  Wing about three times as long as tarsus, much rounded (fifth and sixth quills longest).  Tarsus more than twice as long as bill from nostril, booted.  Colors plain.   Type, R. gymnops, sp. nov.” (Ridgway 1888).

melanosticta
Gr. μελανοστικτος melanostiktos  black-spotted  < μελας melas, μελανος melanos  black; στικτος stiktos spotted  < στιζω stizō  to tattoo.

SUBSPECIES

Hairy-crested Antbird (melanosticta)
Latin Name: Rhegmatorhina melanosticta melanosticta
melanosticta
Gr. μελανοστικτος melanostiktos  black-spotted  < μελας melas, μελανος melanos  black; στικτος stiktos spotted  < στιζω stizō  to tattoo.

Hairy-crested Antbird (brunneiceps)
Latin Name: Rhegmatorhina melanosticta brunneiceps
brunneiceps
Mod. L. brunneus  brown  < Med. L. brunius  brown; L. –ceps -crowned  < caput, capitis  head.

Hairy-crested Antbird (purusiana)
Latin Name: Rhegmatorhina melanosticta purusiana
purusensis / purusiana / purusianus
Rio Purús, Brazil.