Cistothorus Platensis Bird
Cistothorus Platensis Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Sylvia platensis IndexOrn. 2 p.548
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Troglodytidae / Cistothorus
Taxonomy Code: sedwre
Type Locality: Buenos Aires, Argentina; based on ''Le Roitelet de Buenos-Ayres'' of Daubenton''s Planches Enlum., pi. 730, fig. 2.
Author: Latham
Publish Year: 1790
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
CISTOTHORUS
(Troglodytidae; Ϯ Sedge Wren C. stellaris) Gr. κιστος kistos shrub, rock-rose; θοος thoos nimble, quick < θεω theō to hasten (cf. θουρος thouros rushing, impetuous < θρωσκω thrōskō to leap upon); "Gen. TROGLODYTES Vieill. 1807. ***) Zaunkönig. ... ***)Von Troglodytes werden wegen des zwar kurzen aber verhältnissmässig stärkern, an der Spitze stärker gebogenen Schnabels, sowie sonstiger Unterschiede halber, einige kleine gewissermassen an Cisticola erinnernde Arten als eigne Gruppe abzusondern sein: Gen. Cistothorus nov. gen. Cistschlüpfer. 1. C. stellaris. — Troglodytes stellaris Licht Naum. Vög. Deutschl. Vol. III (1823) pag. 724; viel später von den amerikanischen Ornithologen als neue Art (T. brevirostris Nutt. Audub.) beschrieben. 2. C. interscapularis. — Troglodytes interscapularis Licht. in Erman's Reise; mit einem schwarz und weiss gestreiften Rückenfleck wie der von Certhia palustris Wils. — Vaterland: Brasilien." (Cabanis 1853); "Cistothorus Cabanis, 1851 [= 1853], Mus. Hein., 1 (1850), p. 77 (footnote). Type, by subsequent designation, Troglodytes stellaris Naumann (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Birds, p. 31)." (Paynter in Peters, 1960, IX, p. 391).
Var. Cristoforus.
Synon. Telmatodytes.
platensis
Río de la Plata, Argentina. The Spanish Vice-royalty of Río de la Plata was roughly equivalent to modern Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay.
● Buenos Aires; ex “Roitelet de Buenos-Ayres” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 730 (Cistothorus)
● Buenos Aires; ex “Emberise à cinq couleurs” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Plata Bunting” of Latham 1783 (Embernagra).
● Isla La Plata, Manaví, Ecuador (subsp. Mimus longicaudatus).
SUBSPECIES
Sedge Wren (Sedge)
Latin Name: Cistothorus platensis stellaris
stellaris
L. stellaris starred < stella star.
● "76. ARDEA. ... stellaris. 16. A. capite læviusculo, supra testacea maculis transversis, subtus pallidior maculis oblongis fuscis. Ardea vertice nigro, pectore pallido maculis longitudinalibus nigricantibus. Fn. svec. 134. Ardea stellaris minor. Gesn av. 215. Aldr. orn. l. 20. c. 16. Will. orn. 207. t. 50. 52. Raj. av. 100. n. 11. Mars. danub. 5. p. 16. t. 6. Alb. av. 1. p. 65. t. 68. Habitat in Europa. Venatus falconibus magnatibus placet; Mugitus stentorii impares; terrefacta spiraliter æthera scandis." (Linnaeus 1758) (Botaurus).
● ex “Étoilé” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 157, and “Starry Fly-catcher” of Latham 1823 (syn. Pogonocichla stellata).
Sedge Wren (Grass)
Latin Name: Cistothorus platensis [elegans Group]
CISTOTHORUS
(Troglodytidae; Ϯ Sedge Wren C. stellaris) Gr. κιστος kistos shrub, rock-rose; θοος thoos nimble, quick < θεω theō to hasten (cf. θουρος thouros rushing, impetuous < θρωσκω thrōskō to leap upon); "Gen. TROGLODYTES Vieill. 1807. ***) Zaunkönig. ... ***)Von Troglodytes werden wegen des zwar kurzen aber verhältnissmässig stärkern, an der Spitze stärker gebogenen Schnabels, sowie sonstiger Unterschiede halber, einige kleine gewissermassen an Cisticola erinnernde Arten als eigne Gruppe abzusondern sein: Gen. Cistothorus nov. gen. Cistschlüpfer. 1. C. stellaris. — Troglodytes stellaris Licht Naum. Vög. Deutschl. Vol. III (1823) pag. 724; viel später von den amerikanischen Ornithologen als neue Art (T. brevirostris Nutt. Audub.) beschrieben. 2. C. interscapularis. — Troglodytes interscapularis Licht. in Erman's Reise; mit einem schwarz und weiss gestreiften Rückenfleck wie der von Certhia palustris Wils. — Vaterland: Brasilien." (Cabanis 1853); "Cistothorus Cabanis, 1851 [= 1853], Mus. Hein., 1 (1850), p. 77 (footnote). Type, by subsequent designation, Troglodytes stellaris Naumann (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Birds, p. 31)." (Paynter in Peters, 1960, IX, p. 391).
Var. Cristoforus.
Synon. Telmatodytes.
Sedge Wren (Venezuelan)
Latin Name: Cistothorus platensis alticola
alticola
L. altus high (i.e. highland, mountain) < alere to nourish; -cola dweller < colere to inhabit.
● Erroneous TL. Fife, N.E. Rhodesia, near Nyasaland border (= Isoka, Northern Rhodesia / Zambia); "Cisticola alticola ... Not a Cisticola (cf. steeply graduated tail of long narrow feathers; broad-based, fine-pointed first primary; lores coloured with head-top, &c.), but nearer Apalis and allies." (Lynes 1930) (Apalis).
Sedge Wren (Paramo)
Latin Name: Cistothorus platensis aequatorialis
aequatoriale / aequatorialis
Late L. aequatorialis equatorial < aequator equator < L. aequare to make equal < aequus equal. Frequently given to species with a distribution in the equatorial latitudes of Africa (e.g. subsp. Jynx ruficollis, Sheppardia), but more commonly applied to birds from Ecuador (Spanish ecuador equator) (e.g. Momotus, Thamnistes, Xiphorhynchus).
● Erroneous TL. Guayaquil (= Panama City) (subsp. Dendroica petechia).
● Erroneous TL. Guayaquil (= interior of Ecuador) (subsp. Falco sparverius).
● Erroneous TL. Ecuador (= Bahia, Brazil) (syn. Heliothryx aurita auriculata).
● Erroneous TL. Bogotá (= San Lucas, Ecuador) (subsp. Rallus limicola).
Sedge Wren (Junin)
Latin Name: Cistothorus platensis graminicola
GRAMINICOLA
(Pellorneidae; Ϯ Indian Grass-babbler G. bengalensis) L. gramen, graminis grass; -cola dweller < colere to inhabit; "The next bird is one whose generic location is somewhat doubtful. It exactly resembles Cisticola in its coloration and habits, but is a much larger bird, and I propose to give it distinct generic rank. Many of the so-called African Drymoicæ, figured by Rüppell, appear to approximate it very closely, and are probably co-generic with it. ... Gen. GRAMINICOLA, Jerdon. Char. —Bill moderate, rather stout, compressed; culmen curved; some rather stout rictal bristles curving outwards; wings very short and much rounded; tail of twelve feathers, much graduated and broad; tarsi stout, of moderate length; hind toe not lengthened; claws long, slender, very slightly curved. This form differs from Cisticola in the less elongated hind toe, and the more strongly curved beak, with prominent rictal bristles. 542. Graminicola Bengalensis, JERDON. THE LARGE GRASS-WARBLER. ... It frequents high grass, in pairs, occasionally three or four together; now and then taking a short flight, and rapidly concealing itself when it alights." (Jerdon 1863); "Graminicola Jerdon, 1863, Birds India, 2, p. 177. Type, by monotypy, Graminicola bengalensis Jerdon." (Watson in Peters, 1986, XI, p. 48).
Sedge Wren (Puna)
Latin Name: Cistothorus platensis minimus
minima / minimum / minimus
L. minimus smallest, least < super. parvus small.
● ex “Cabaret” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 485, fig. 2 (syn. Acanthis cabaret).
● ex “Petit Sénégali rouge” of Vieillot 1805 (syn. Lagonosticta senegala).
● ex “Petite Becassine” of Brisson 1760 (Lymnocryptes).
● "60. TROCHILUS. ... minimus. 18. T. rectricibus lateralibus margine exteriore albis, corpore fusco nitente, subtus albido. Avis mellivora minima. Edw. av. 105. t. 105. s. infima. Habitat in America. Avis minima inter omnes notas." (Linnaeus 1758) (Mellisuga).
● ex “Long-legged Warbler” of Latham 1783 (syn. Xenicus longipes).
Sedge Wren (Tucuman)
Latin Name: Cistothorus platensis tucumanus
tucumana / tucumanum / tucumanus
Tucumán Province, Argentina.
Sedge Wren (Pampas)
Latin Name: Cistothorus platensis platensis/polyglottus
CISTOTHORUS
(Troglodytidae; Ϯ Sedge Wren C. stellaris) Gr. κιστος kistos shrub, rock-rose; θοος thoos nimble, quick < θεω theō to hasten (cf. θουρος thouros rushing, impetuous < θρωσκω thrōskō to leap upon); "Gen. TROGLODYTES Vieill. 1807. ***) Zaunkönig. ... ***)Von Troglodytes werden wegen des zwar kurzen aber verhältnissmässig stärkern, an der Spitze stärker gebogenen Schnabels, sowie sonstiger Unterschiede halber, einige kleine gewissermassen an Cisticola erinnernde Arten als eigne Gruppe abzusondern sein: Gen. Cistothorus nov. gen. Cistschlüpfer. 1. C. stellaris. — Troglodytes stellaris Licht Naum. Vög. Deutschl. Vol. III (1823) pag. 724; viel später von den amerikanischen Ornithologen als neue Art (T. brevirostris Nutt. Audub.) beschrieben. 2. C. interscapularis. — Troglodytes interscapularis Licht. in Erman's Reise; mit einem schwarz und weiss gestreiften Rückenfleck wie der von Certhia palustris Wils. — Vaterland: Brasilien." (Cabanis 1853); "Cistothorus Cabanis, 1851 [= 1853], Mus. Hein., 1 (1850), p. 77 (footnote). Type, by subsequent designation, Troglodytes stellaris Naumann (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Birds, p. 31)." (Paynter in Peters, 1960, IX, p. 391).
Var. Cristoforus.
Synon. Telmatodytes.
Sedge Wren (Austral)
Latin Name: Cistothorus platensis hornensis/falklandicus
CISTOTHORUS
(Troglodytidae; Ϯ Sedge Wren C. stellaris) Gr. κιστος kistos shrub, rock-rose; θοος thoos nimble, quick < θεω theō to hasten (cf. θουρος thouros rushing, impetuous < θρωσκω thrōskō to leap upon); "Gen. TROGLODYTES Vieill. 1807. ***) Zaunkönig. ... ***)Von Troglodytes werden wegen des zwar kurzen aber verhältnissmässig stärkern, an der Spitze stärker gebogenen Schnabels, sowie sonstiger Unterschiede halber, einige kleine gewissermassen an Cisticola erinnernde Arten als eigne Gruppe abzusondern sein: Gen. Cistothorus nov. gen. Cistschlüpfer. 1. C. stellaris. — Troglodytes stellaris Licht Naum. Vög. Deutschl. Vol. III (1823) pag. 724; viel später von den amerikanischen Ornithologen als neue Art (T. brevirostris Nutt. Audub.) beschrieben. 2. C. interscapularis. — Troglodytes interscapularis Licht. in Erman's Reise; mit einem schwarz und weiss gestreiften Rückenfleck wie der von Certhia palustris Wils. — Vaterland: Brasilien." (Cabanis 1853); "Cistothorus Cabanis, 1851 [= 1853], Mus. Hein., 1 (1850), p. 77 (footnote). Type, by subsequent designation, Troglodytes stellaris Naumann (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Birds, p. 31)." (Paynter in Peters, 1960, IX, p. 391).
Var. Cristoforus.
Synon. Telmatodytes.
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)