Black-bellied Gnateater / Conopophaga melanogaster
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Black-bellied Gnateater
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Protonym: Conopophaga melanogaster Mem.Acad.Imp.Sci.St.Petersb.(6), 1 p.537 pl.15 fig.2
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Conopophagidae / Conopophaga
Taxonomy Code: blbgna1
Type Locality: Cuiaba; Rio Madeira substituted as type locality by Hellmayr, 1924, p. 27.
Author: Ménétries
Publish Year: 1835
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CONOPOPHAGA
(Conopophagidae; † Chestnut-belted Gnateater C. aurita) Gr. κωνωψ kōnōps, κωνωπος kōnōpos gnat; -φαγος-phagos -eating < φαγειν phagein to eat; "CONOPOPHAGE, Conopophaga. Pipra, Turdus, Gm. Lath. Bec nu à la base, droit, tendu, déprimé sur toute sa longueur, un peu caréné en dessus, échancré et courbé vers le bout; mandibule inférieure plate en dessous. Esp. Fourmillier à ailes blanches, — tacheté, Buff. ... Conopophaga [κωνωψ, culex, φαγω, edo]." (Vieillot 1816); "Conopophaga Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 39. Type, by subsequent designation, Turdus auritus Gmelin (G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 41)." (Peters, 1951, VII, p. 273).
Var. Conopophagus, Conophaga.
Synon. Brachyurus, Ceraphanes, Myagrus, Pseudoconopophaga.
melanogaster / melanogastra / melanogastris / melanogastrus
Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos black; γαστηρ gastēr, γαστρος gastros belly.
● ex “Black-bellied Grosbeak” of Latham 1783 (syn. Euplectes afer).
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)
