Ash-winged Antwren

SCI Name:  Euchrepomis spodioptila
Protonym:  Terenura spodioptila Ibis p.270 pl.9 fig.1
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Thamnophilidae / Euchrepomis
Taxonomy Code:  aswant1
Type Locality:  Bartica Grove, British Guiana.
Author:  Sclater & Salvin
Publish Year:  1881
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

EUCHREPOMIS
(Thamnophilidae; † Rufous-rumped Antwren E. callinota) Gr. ευχρως eukhrōs  ruddy, bright-coloured  < ευ eu  fine, beautiful; χρως khrōs, χρωτος khrōtos  complexion; επωμις epōmis, επωμιδος epōmidos  point of the shoulder, shoulder; "Euchrepomis genus nov.  Type species. Formicivora callinota Sclater, 1855.  ... Etymology. Feminine generic name derived from the Greek euchrôs (ruddy, bright-colored) and epômis (point of the shoulder).  This refers to the bright yellow or bright orange-rufous coloration of the lesser secondary coverts of males; a character that, within Thamnophilidae, is unique to members of the genus" (Bravo et al. 2012); "Euchrepomis Bravo, Remsen, Whitney and Brumfield, 2012, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 65 (1), p. 287+.  Type, by original designation, Formicivora callinota P. Sclater, 1855." (JAJ 2021).

spodioptila
Gr. σποδιος spodios  ash-coloured  < σποδος spodos  ashes; πτιλον ptilon  wing.

SUBSPECIES

Ash-winged Antwren (signata)
SCI Name: Euchrepomis spodioptila signata
signata / signatum / signatus
L. signatus  distinct, marked, well marked  < signare  to mark or inscribe  < signum  sign.
● ex “Petit Perroquet vert” of Levaillant 1801-1805 (syn. Amazona agilis).
● ex “Perruche à tête rouge” of Sonnerat 1776 (syn. Psittacula cyanocephala).

Ash-winged Antwren (spodioptila)
SCI Name: Euchrepomis spodioptila spodioptila
spodioptila
Gr. σποδιος spodios  ash-coloured  < σποδος spodos  ashes; πτιλον ptilon  wing.

Ash-winged Antwren (meridionalis)
SCI Name: Euchrepomis spodioptila meridionalis
meridionale / meridionalis
L. meridionalis  southern  < meridies  south.
● Cayenne; ex “Rufous-headed Falcon” of Latham 1787 (Heterospizias).
● South Island, New Zealand; ex “Southern brown Parrot” of Latham 1781 (Nestor).
● Erroneous TL. Bahamas (= Trinidad) (syn. Trogon violaceus).