Sclerurus Scansor Bird

English Name:  Rufous-breasted Leaftosser
Latin Name:  Sclerurus scansor
Protonym:  Oxypyga scansor Mem.Acad.Imp.Sci.St.Petersb.(6), 1 p.520 pl.11
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Furnariidae / Sclerurus
Taxonomy Code:  rublea1
Type Locality:  Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais.
Author:  Ménétries
Publish Year:  1835
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

SCLERURUS
(Furnariidae; Ϯ Black-tailed Leaftosser S. caudacutus) Gr. σκληρος sklēros  stiff; ουρα oura  tail; "The shaft of the tail feathers is stiff and its tip is very sharp" (Vaurie 1980); "SCLERURUS.  Rostrum sub-elongatum vel longiusculum, emarginatum, obtusum; culmine versusapicem leviter arcuato.  Alæ mediocres, rotundatæ, remigibus 1^ma et 2^da gradatis, 3^tia, 4^ta et 5^ta æqualibus, longissimis.  Cauda lata, rigida, rotundata.  Pedes graciles, breves, digito exteriore prima phalange tenus medio conjuncto, interiore ad basin connexo; halluce gracili, subcurvato, leviter emarginato." (Swainson 1827); "Sclerurus Swainson, Zool. Journ., 3, 1827, p. 356. Generic characters only; species added,² Cabanis, Arch. Naturg., 13, 1847, Bd. 1, p. 231. Type, by subsequent designation, Thamnophilus caudacutus Vieillot (Cabanis, loc. cit.).   ...   ² The two specific names associated with this genus by Swainson in Classif. Bds., 2, 1837, p. 315 are both nomina nuda." (Peters 1951, VII, 148).
Var. Scelurus.
Synon. Geooecia, Oxypyga, Tinactor.

scansor
L. scansor, scansoris  climber, seeker  < scandere  to climb.

SUBSPECIES

Rufous-breasted Leaftosser (Ceara)
Latin Name: Sclerurus scansor cearensis
cearae / cearensis
Ceará, Brazil.

Rufous-breasted Leaftosser (Rufous-breasted)
Latin Name: Sclerurus scansor scansor
scansor
L. scansor, scansoris  climber, seeker  < scandere  to climb.