Andean Tit-Spinetail

SCI Name:  Leptasthenura andicola
Protonym:  Leptasthenura andicola Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1869) (1869), Pt3 p.636 pl.49 fig.2
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Furnariidae / Leptasthenura
Taxonomy Code:  antspi1
Type Locality:  Panza, southern slope of Chimborazo, Ecuador.
Author:  Sclater, PL
Publish Year:  1870
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

LEPTASTHENURA
(Furnariidae; Ϯ Plain-mantled Tit Spinetail L. aegithaloides) Gr. λεπτος leptos  thin; ασθενης asthenēs  weak; ουρα oura  tail;  "LXXIX. Leptasthenura RCHB. Nat. Syst. d. Vögel t. suppl. —  Schnabel kurz, fast kegelförmig spitz (meisenartig), Schwanz langstufig und pfeilspitzig, Fahnen dicht und schiefsend, Innenfahne der seitlichen Federn sehr breit, spitzewärts bogig in die Schaftborste übergehend, Mittelfedern lang verschmälert, Fahne spitzewärts faserlos. Lauf wenig länger als Mittelzehe. — Lerchengefieder, Habitus von Aegithalus. — Buschvogel.   *353. L. aegithaloides (Synall. — KITTLITZ) RCHB. t. DXIX. 3595-96.  ...  *354. L. platensis RCHB. t. DXIX. 3597.  ...  355. L. maluroides (Synallaxe — D'ORB. voy. ois. 258. pl. XIV. f. 3) RCHB. t. DXXII. 3614.  ...  *356. L. humicola (Synallaxis — v. KITTLITZ Mém. prés. à l'Acad. Imp. de St. Pétersb. I. 1831. 185. t. VI.) — t. DXIX. 3600.  ...  357. L. ? leucocephala (Synall. — us) D'ORBG. voy. 244.  ...  358. L. flammulata RCHB. t. DXXI. 3609." (Reichenbach 1853); "Leptasthenura Reichenbach, Handb. spec. Orn., cont. x, 1853, Scansoriae A. Sittinae, p. 160. Type, by subsequent designation, Synallaxis aegithaloides Kittlitz (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 27)." (Peters 1951, VII, 74).
Var. Leptostenura.
Synon. Bathmicercus, Bathmidura, Dendrophylax.

andicola / andicolum / andicolus
Mod. L. Andium  Andes; L. -cola  dweller  < colere  to dwell.

SUBSPECIES

Andean Tit-Spinetail (extima)
SCI Name: Leptasthenura andicola extima
extima / extimus
L. extimus  farthest, outermost, most remote  < super. exter  outward  < comp. ex  out of.

Andean Tit-Spinetail (exterior)
SCI Name: Leptasthenura andicola exterior
exterior
L. exterior, exterioris  outer, stranger  < comp. exter  outward  < comp. ex  out of.

Andean Tit-Spinetail (andicola)
SCI Name: Leptasthenura andicola andicola
andicola / andicolum / andicolus
Mod. L. Andium  Andes; L. -cola  dweller  < colere  to dwell.

Andean Tit-Spinetail (certhia)
SCI Name: Leptasthenura andicola certhia
CERTHIA
(Certhiidae; Ϯ Eurasian Treecreeper C. familiaris) Gr. κερθιος kerthios small, tree-dwelling. insect-eating bird mentioned by Aristotle, perhaps the treecreeper Certhia but never properly identified. "59. CERTHIA.  Rostrum arcuatum, tenue, subtrigonum.  Lingua acuta." (Linnaeus 1758); "Genus CERTHIA.  Type by Linnean tautonymy and by subsequent designation of Gray (List Gen. Bds. 1st ed. 1840, p. 18): C. familiaris." (BOU 1915); "Certhia Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, p. 118. Type, by tautonymy², Certhia familiaris Linnaeus.  ...  ² Int. Comm. Zool. Nomen., 1955, 1, Sec. C (C-8), pp. 89-112. Direction 17." (Greenway in Peters, 1967, XII, p. 150). Linnaeus's Certhia comprised five species (C. familiaris, C. pusilla, C. cærulea, C. cruentata, C. flaveola).  In nomenclature and generic combination the name is applied to a variety of thin- or curve-billed species, or those with creeper-like toes and claws.
Var. Cerithia, Cerethia, Cirthia, Certhius, Certhra, Corthia, Crethia.
Synon. Dendrobates.

Andean Tit-Spinetail (peruviana)
SCI Name: Leptasthenura andicola peruviana
peruana / peruanum / peruanus / peruvia / peruviana / peruvianus / peruviensis
Peru. Said to be named after Biru, a local Inca encountered by the conquistadores (although the name is also accredited to a Panamanian cazique). Until the early 18^th century the Viceroyalty of Peru included all Spanish possessions in South America.
● ex “Geai du Pérou” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 625, and de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Peruvian Jay” of Latham 1781 (syn. Cyanocorax yncas).
● ex “Coq de Roche du Pérou” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 745, and de Buffon 1770-1783 (Rupicola).
● Erroneous TL. Peru (= Brazil) (Tangara).
● Erroneous TL. Peru (= Tahiti) (Vini).