Buff-breasted Wren

SCI Name:  Cantorchilus leucotis
Protonym:  Thryothorus leucotis Rev.Zool. 8 p.338
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Troglodytidae / Cantorchilus
Taxonomy Code:  bubwre1
Type Locality:  'in Colombia aut Mexico'' ; restricted to Honda, Rio Magdalena, Tolima, Colombia by Hellmayr, 1934, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 7, p. 165.
Author:  Lafresnaye
Publish Year:  1845
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CANTORCHILUS
(Troglodytidae; † Long-billed Wren T. longirostris) L. cantus  song    < canere  to sing; Gr. ορχιλος orkhilos  wren; "Wren song has long been the subject of scientific study ... as this group exhibits impressive diversity in such features as song structure, repertoire size, presence of female song, and sex-specific patterns of song use  ...  Cantorchilus, gen. nov.  Type: Thryothorus longirostris (Vieillot).  Etymology: cantus, song; orchilos, wren" (Mann et al. 2006); "Cantorchilus Mann, Barker, Graves, Dingess-Mann and Slater, 2006, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 40 (3), p. 750+.  Type, by original designation, Thryothorus longirostris Vieillot, 1818." (JAJ 2021).

leucotis
Gr. λευκος leukos white; -ωτις -ōtis -eared < ους ous, ωτος ōtos ear.
● ex “Fourmilier à oreilles blanches de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 822, and “White-eared Manakin” of Latham 1783 (syn. Conopophaga aurita).

SUBSPECIES

Buff-breasted Wren (galbraithii)
SCI Name: Cantorchilus leucotis galbraithii
galbraithii
John R. Galbraith (fl. 1865) US taxidermist, collector in Panama (subsp. Cantorchilus leucotis).

Buff-breasted Wren (conditus)
SCI Name: Cantorchilus leucotis conditus
conditus
L. conditus  stored away, hidden  < condere  to store away.
● The Grey-winged Cotinga was described from a museum specimen that had been collected thirty years earlier (Lipaugus).

Buff-breasted Wren (leucotis)
SCI Name: Cantorchilus leucotis leucotis
leucotis
Gr. λευκος leukos white; -ωτις -ōtis -eared < ους ous, ωτος ōtos ear.
● ex “Fourmilier à oreilles blanches de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 822, and “White-eared Manakin” of Latham 1783 (syn. Conopophaga aurita).

Buff-breasted Wren (collinus)
SCI Name: Cantorchilus leucotis collinus
collinus
L. collinus of a hill, found on a hill < collis hill, high ground.

Buff-breasted Wren (venezuelanus)
SCI Name: Cantorchilus leucotis venezuelanus
venezuelae / venezuelana / venezuelanus / venezuelense / venezuelensis
Venezuela (Italian Venezuola, a diminutive of Venezia Venice, alluding to native houses on stilts in the waters of Lake Maracaibo).

Buff-breasted Wren (zuliensis)
SCI Name: Cantorchilus leucotis zuliensis
zuliae / zuliana / zulianus / zuliensis
Zulia State, Venezuela.

Buff-breasted Wren (peruanus)
SCI Name: Cantorchilus leucotis peruanus
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).

Buff-breasted Wren (bogotensis)
SCI Name: Cantorchilus leucotis bogotensis
bogotense / bogotensis
Bogotá (formerly Santa Fé de Bogotá), Colombia. In early ornithology “Bogotá” was used to designate a species of unknown provenance but, from the distinctive way in which the trade-skin had been prepared, presumed to be from the Spanish Main (= Spanish-held Mainland), the hinterland of north-western tropical America.

Buff-breasted Wren (hypoleucus)
SCI Name: Cantorchilus leucotis hypoleucus
hypoleucus
Gr. ὑπο hupo  beneath; λευκος leukos  white (cf. ὑπολευκος hupoleukos  whitish).

Buff-breasted Wren (albipectus)
SCI Name: Cantorchilus leucotis albipectus
albipectus
L. albus  white; pectus, pectoris  breast.

Buff-breasted Wren (rufiventris)
SCI Name: Cantorchilus leucotis rufiventris
rufiventer / rufiventra / rufiventre / rufiventris
Mod. L. rufiventris  red-bellied  < L. rufus  ruddy, rufous; venter, ventris  belly.
● ex “Pepoazá vientre roxizo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 205, and “Pepoaza à ventre rougeâtre” of Vieillot 1819 (Neoxolmis).
● ex “Grignet” of Levaillant 1803, pl. 126 (syn. Parisoma subcaeruleum).
● ex “Traquet à Cul Roux” of Levaillant 1806, pl. 188, fig. 2 (syn. Saxicoloides fulicatus).
● ex “Gobe-mouche de l’île de Bourbon” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 572, fig. 3, and “Rufous-vented Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (syn. Setophaga ruticilla).
● ex “Velvet-headed Flycatcher” of Latham 1823 (Terpsiphone).