Thamnophilus Melanothorax Bird
Thamnophilus Melanothorax Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Thamnophilus melanothorax Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt25 no.335 p.133
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thamnophilidae / Thamnophilus
Taxonomy Code: batant2
Type Locality: South America; Cayenne designated as type locality by Berlepsch, Nov. Zool, 15, 1908, p. 161.
Author: Sclater, PL
Publish Year: 1857
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.
melanothorax
Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos black; θωραξ thōrax, θωρακος thōrakos breast-plate.
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)