Syndactyla Ruficollis Bird

English Name:  Rufous-necked Foliage-gleaner
Latin Name:  Syndactyla ruficollis
Protonym:  Anabazenops ruficollis Orn.Perou 2 p.160
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Furnariidae / Syndactyla
Taxonomy Code:  rnfgle1
Type Locality:  Paucal [ = Nancho], Peru.
Author:  Taczanowski
Publish Year:  1884
IUCN Status:  Vulnerable

DEFINITIONS

SYNDACTYLA
(Furnariidae; Ϯ Buff-browed Foliage-gleaner S. rufosuperciliata) Gr. συν sun  together; δακτυλος daktulos  toe; "*LXXXIX. Leptoxyura   ...   384. L. rufosuperciliata (Xenops  —us LAFR. Mag. Zool. 1832. Ois. t. 7.) RCHB. t. DXXVIII. 3641.   ...   Die Außenzehe ist mit der Mittelzehe bis zum ersten Gelenke verwachsen, welches Kennzeichen in Verbindung mit dem auf der Firste nicht gebogenen Schnabel wohl eine eigene Gattung bestimmen dürfte, daher ich den Namen Syndactyla rufosuperciliata vorschlagen möchte, denn ein wahrer Xenops, wie ihn LAFR. und BONAP. consp. 211.5. aufgeführt haben, ist er nicht. — Brasilien: B. DE LAFRESNAYE." (Reichenbach 1853); "Syndactyla Reichenbach, Handb. spec. Orn., cont. x, 1853, Scansoriae A. Sittinae, p. 171. Type, by monotypy, Xenops rufosuperciliatus Lafresnaye." (Peters 1951, VII, 124).
Synon. Anachilus, Simoxenops, Xenicopsis, Xenoctistes.

syndactyla / syndactylus
Gr. συν sun together; δακτυλος daktulos toe.

ruficollis
Mod. L. ruficollis  red-necked, rufous-necked  < L. rufus  red, ruddy, rufous; Mod. L. -collis  -necked, -throated  < L. collum  neck.
● ex “Black-bellied Gallinule” of Latham 1785 (syn. Aramides cajanea).
● ex “Rufous-throated Tanager” of Latham 1783 (syn. Euneornis campestris).
● ex “Pica flores pecho de cañela” and “Pica flores pecho de topacio” of de Azara 1802-1805, nos. 290, 291 (syn. Hylocharis chrysura).
● ex "Cola aguda cola de canela obscura" of de Azara, no. 240 (syn. Phacellodomus sibilatrix).
● ex “Red-necked Grebe” of Latham 1785 (syn. Podiceps grisegena).
● ex “Rufous-throated Tanager” of Latham 1785 (subsp. Pyrrhulagra violacea).
● ex “Fringilla ruficollis” of Lichtenstein MS (syn. Sporophila ruficollis).

SUBSPECIES

Rufous-necked Foliage-gleaner (celicae)
Latin Name: Syndactyla ruficollis celicae
celicae
Celica, Loja, south-western Ecuador.

Rufous-necked Foliage-gleaner (ruficollis)
Latin Name: Syndactyla ruficollis ruficollis
ruficollis
Mod. L. ruficollis  red-necked, rufous-necked  < L. rufus  red, ruddy, rufous; Mod. L. -collis  -necked, -throated  < L. collum  neck.
● ex “Black-bellied Gallinule” of Latham 1785 (syn. Aramides cajanea).
● ex “Rufous-throated Tanager” of Latham 1783 (syn. Euneornis campestris).
● ex “Pica flores pecho de cañela” and “Pica flores pecho de topacio” of de Azara 1802-1805, nos. 290, 291 (syn. Hylocharis chrysura).
● ex "Cola aguda cola de canela obscura" of de Azara, no. 240 (syn. Phacellodomus sibilatrix).
● ex “Red-necked Grebe” of Latham 1785 (syn. Podiceps grisegena).
● ex “Rufous-throated Tanager” of Latham 1785 (subsp. Pyrrhulagra violacea).
● ex “Fringilla ruficollis” of Lichtenstein MS (syn. Sporophila ruficollis).