Myrmorchilus Strigilatus Bird
Myrmorchilus Strigilatus Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Myiothera strigilata Beitr.Naturgesch.Brasil. 3 p.1064
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thamnophilidae / Myrmorchilus
Taxonomy Code: stbant2
Type Locality: Province of Baia, Brazil.
Author: zu Wied
Publish Year: 1831
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
MYRMORCHILUS
(Thamnophilidae; Ϯ Stripe-backed Antbird M. strigilatus) Gr. μυρμος murmos ant; ορχιλος orkhilos unknown bird, probably the wren; "Myrmorchilus gen. nov. ... Related to Rhoporchilus but rictal bristles obvious, feathers of chin and forehead with distinct terminal setæ, tarsus twice as long as middle toe without claw, and plantar scutella indistinct; differing from Drymophila in having nostrils slit-like and very broadly operculate, tarsus nearly half as long as wing, and other characters. Type. — Myiothera strigilata Maximilian. (Mυρμηξ, an ant; ορχιλος, a wren.)" (Ridgway 1909).
Var. Myrmochilus.
strigilata / strigilatus
Mod. L. strigilatus striped, barred < L. strix, strigis furrow, groove.
● "55. TROGON. ... strigilatus. 1. T. cinereus, alis strigis albis. Trogon cayanensis cinereus. Briss. av. 4. p. 165. t. 16. f. 1. Habitat in Cayania." (Linnaeus 1766) (syn. Trogon viridis).
SUBSPECIES
Stripe-backed Antbird (strigilatus)
Latin Name: Myrmorchilus strigilatus strigilatus
strigilata / strigilatus
Mod. L. strigilatus striped, barred < L. strix, strigis furrow, groove.
● "55. TROGON. ... strigilatus. 1. T. cinereus, alis strigis albis. Trogon cayanensis cinereus. Briss. av. 4. p. 165. t. 16. f. 1. Habitat in Cayania." (Linnaeus 1766) (syn. Trogon viridis).
Stripe-backed Antbird (suspicax)
Latin Name: Myrmorchilus strigilatus suspicax
suspicax
L. suspicax, suspicacis suspicuous, distrustful < suspicari to suspect.
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)