Cactus Wren

SCI Name:  Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
Protonym:  Picolaptes brunneicapillus Mag.Zool. 5 cl.2 [p.23] pl.47
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Troglodytidae / Campylorhynchus
Taxonomy Code:  cacwre
Type Locality:  California, error = coast region of southern Sonora, Mexico designated by Bangs, 1930, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 70, p. 313.
Author:  Lafresnaye
Publish Year:  1835
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CAMPYLORHYNCHUS
(Troglodytidae; Ϯ Thrush-like Wren C. turdinus) Gr. καμπυλος kampulos  curved, bent  < καμπτω kamptō  to bend; ῥυγχος rhunkhos  bill; "GENUS I. CAMPYLORHYNCHUS.  Turdinus; rostro longiusculo, arcuato, crassiusculo, ad basin latiusculo, versus apicem cylindrico; naribus ovatis, subbasalibus, non obtectis; digito postico reliquis crassiore; alis breviusculis; rictu oris usque ad oculos elongato.   SPECIES 1. CAMPYLORHYNCHUS SCOLOPACEUS.   ...   Habitat in sylvis Rio de Janeiro.   SPECIES 2. CAMPYLORHYNCHUS STRIOLATUS.   ...   Habitat in provincia Bahiae." (von Spix 1824); "Campylorhynchus Spix, 1824, Av. Brasil., 1, p. 77. Type, by subsequent designation, Opetiorhynchus turdinus Wied (G. R. Gray, 1840, List Gen. Birds, p.25. (Not preoccupied by Campylirhynchus "Mergerle", 1821.)" (Paynter in Peters, 1960, IX, p. 379).
Var. Kampilorynchus, Kampylorhynchus, Campilorhynchus.
Synon. Buglodytes, Heleodytes, Psalter.

brunneicapilla / brunneicapillum / brunneicapillus
Mod. L. brunneus  brown  < Med. L. brunius  brown; L. -capillus -capped  < capillus  hair of the head.

SUBSPECIES

Cactus Wren (brunneicapillus Group)
SCI Name: Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus [brunneicapillus Group]
CAMPYLORHYNCHUS
(Troglodytidae; Ϯ Thrush-like Wren C. turdinus) Gr. καμπυλος kampulos  curved, bent  < καμπτω kamptō  to bend; ῥυγχος rhunkhos  bill; "GENUS I. CAMPYLORHYNCHUS.  Turdinus; rostro longiusculo, arcuato, crassiusculo, ad basin latiusculo, versus apicem cylindrico; naribus ovatis, subbasalibus, non obtectis; digito postico reliquis crassiore; alis breviusculis; rictu oris usque ad oculos elongato.   SPECIES 1. CAMPYLORHYNCHUS SCOLOPACEUS.   ...   Habitat in sylvis Rio de Janeiro.   SPECIES 2. CAMPYLORHYNCHUS STRIOLATUS.   ...   Habitat in provincia Bahiae." (von Spix 1824); "Campylorhynchus Spix, 1824, Av. Brasil., 1, p. 77. Type, by subsequent designation, Opetiorhynchus turdinus Wied (G. R. Gray, 1840, List Gen. Birds, p.25. (Not preoccupied by Campylirhynchus "Mergerle", 1821.)" (Paynter in Peters, 1960, IX, p. 379).
Var. Kampilorynchus, Kampylorhynchus, Campilorhynchus.
Synon. Buglodytes, Heleodytes, Psalter.

Cactus Wren (affinis Group)
SCI Name: Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus [affinis Group]
CAMPYLORHYNCHUS
(Troglodytidae; Ϯ Thrush-like Wren C. turdinus) Gr. καμπυλος kampulos  curved, bent  < καμπτω kamptō  to bend; ῥυγχος rhunkhos  bill; "GENUS I. CAMPYLORHYNCHUS.  Turdinus; rostro longiusculo, arcuato, crassiusculo, ad basin latiusculo, versus apicem cylindrico; naribus ovatis, subbasalibus, non obtectis; digito postico reliquis crassiore; alis breviusculis; rictu oris usque ad oculos elongato.   SPECIES 1. CAMPYLORHYNCHUS SCOLOPACEUS.   ...   Habitat in sylvis Rio de Janeiro.   SPECIES 2. CAMPYLORHYNCHUS STRIOLATUS.   ...   Habitat in provincia Bahiae." (von Spix 1824); "Campylorhynchus Spix, 1824, Av. Brasil., 1, p. 77. Type, by subsequent designation, Opetiorhynchus turdinus Wied (G. R. Gray, 1840, List Gen. Birds, p.25. (Not preoccupied by Campylirhynchus "Mergerle", 1821.)" (Paynter in Peters, 1960, IX, p. 379).
Var. Kampilorynchus, Kampylorhynchus, Campilorhynchus.
Synon. Buglodytes, Heleodytes, Psalter.