Canebrake Wren / Cantorchilus zeledoni

Canebrake Wren / Cantorchilus zeledoni

Canebrake Wren

SCI Name:  Cantorchilus zeledoni
Protonym:  Thryophilus zeledoni Proc.U .S.Natl.Mus. 3 p. 252
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Troglodytidae /
Taxonomy Code:  plawre3
Type Locality:  'Atlantic lowlands of Costa Rica [= Talamanca], Costa Rica.
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Publish Year:  1878
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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).

zeledoni
José Castulo Zeledón (1846-1923) Costa Rican businessman, naturalist, collector (Cantorchilus, syn. Chlorospingus pileatus, subsp. Cochlearius cochlearius, subsp. Cyanocorax affinis, Hafferia, Phyllomyias, subsp. Pittasoma michleri).