Banded Wren

SCI Name:  Thryophilus pleurostictus
Protonym:  Thryothorus pleurostictus Ibis p.30
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Troglodytidae / Thryophilus
Taxonomy Code:  banwre1
Type Locality:  'Verapaz'', Guatemala; Gualan, Zacapa, Guatemala designated by Griscom, 1932, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 64, p. 291.
Author:  Sclater, PL
Publish Year:  1860
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

THRYOPHILUS
(Troglodytidae; † Rufous-and-white Wren T. rufalbus) Gr. θρυον thruon  reed; φιλος philos  lover; this name reflects the relationship with Thryothorus, rather than a preferred habitat; "Thryophilus: rufalbus, poliopleura, sinaloa, modestus, albipectus, galbraithi, striolatus, longirostris, castaneus, nigricapillus, schottii.   ...   THRYOPHILUS, BAIRD.   Thryophilus, BAIRD.  (Type Thryothorus rufalbus.)   ...   In the introductory remarks on the Troglodytidæ I have already alluded to a genus of American Wrens, the species of which have hitherto been included in the genus Thryothorus.  They differ, however, in having a much more distinctly notched bill, and in the peculiarly open nostrils, which seem to lack the overhanging scale or membrane of Thryothorus and Pheugopedius, leaving the nasal aperture to occupy the anterior extremity of the nasal groove, with the internal lateral septum exposed, but vertical, and extending forward to the anterior extremity of the nostril, not ending abruptly behind.  This is a peculiarity very easily appreciated in most cases.  ...  Finding, therefore, no name ready at hand for this group, I am compelled to make a new one." (Baird 1864); "Thryophilus Baird, 1864, Review Amer. Birds Mus. Smithson. Inst., I, p. 127.  Type, by original designation, Thryothorus rufalbus de La Fresnaye, 1845." (JAJ 2020).

thryophilus
Gr. θρυον thruon  reed; φιλος philos  loving  < φιλεω phileō  to love  < φιλος philos  lover.

pleurostictus
Gr. πλευρα pleura side, flank; στικτος stiktos spotted < στιζω stizō to tattoo.

SUBSPECIES

Banded Wren (nisorius)
SCI Name: Thryophilus pleurostictus nisorius
nisoria / nisorium / nisorius
Mod. L. nisorius  hawk-like (mainly applied to birds which, like the sparrowhawk, are grey above or barred beneath)  < Med. L. nisus  sparrowhawk  < Gr. myth. Nisus, king of Megara metamorphosed into a hawk (subsp. Edolisoma remotum, subsp. Lonchura punctulata, ?syn. Myzomela erythrocephala infuscata, syn. Surnia ulula, Sylvia, subsp. Thryophilus pleurostictus).

Banded Wren (oaxacae)
SCI Name: Thryophilus pleurostictus oaxacae
oaxacae
Oaxaca, southern Mexico.

Banded Wren (acaciarum)
SCI Name: Thryophilus pleurostictus acaciarum
acaciae / acaciarum
Botanical genus Acacia Miller, 1754, acacia  < Gr. ακακια akakia  acacia, shittah-tree.

Banded Wren (oblitus)
SCI Name: Thryophilus pleurostictus oblitus
oblita / oblitus
L. oblitus forgotten < oblivisci to forget.

Banded Wren (pleurostictus)
SCI Name: Thryophilus pleurostictus pleurostictus
pleurostictus
Gr. πλευρα pleura side, flank; στικτος stiktos spotted < στιζω stizō to tattoo.

Banded Wren (lateralis)
SCI Name: Thryophilus pleurostictus lateralis
laterale / lateralis
L. lateralis  of the side, lateral  < latus  side  (cf. Late L. lateralis  of brick  < L. later  brick).
● ex “Rusty-sided Warbler” of Latham 1801 (Zosterops).

Banded Wren (ravus)
SCI Name: Thryophilus pleurostictus ravus
ravus
L. ravus  greyish, grey-yellow, tawny.