Canyon Canastero / Asthenes pudibunda
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Canyon Canastero
SCI Name:
Protonym: Synallaxis pudibunda Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt3 p.445 pl.58 fig.1
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Furnariidae / Asthenes
Taxonomy Code: cancan1
Type Locality: Obrailla, near Canta, Lima, Peru.
Author: Sclater, PL
Publish Year: 1874
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
ASTHENES
(Furnariidae; Ϯ Sharp-billed Canastero A. pyrrholeuca sordida) Gr. ασθενης asthenēs insignificant (an epithet of the bird βουδυτης boudutēs, now associated with the Yellow Wagtail, but formerly variously identified) < negative prefix α- a- ; σθενος sthenos power; "LXXXVII. Asthenes RCHB. Nat. Syst. d. Vögel t. suppl. — Schnabel vollkommen gerade und spitz, Schwanzfedern gesteigert, verschmälert und abgerundet. Kleid einfarbig ungefleckt. — Den Drosselrohrsänger, Junco arundinaceus, hier deutlich repräsentirend. 374. A. sordida (Synall. — LESS. Rev. 1839. 105.) RCHB. t. DXX. 3606. ... 375. A. brunnea (Synall. — GOULD Beagle 78.6.) RCHB. ... 376. A. striaticollis (Anumbius — D'ORBG. LAFR. syn. Voy. p. 255.) RCHB. ... 377. A. rubra (Anumbius ruber D'ORBG. LAFR.) RCHB. ... 378. A. aradoides (Anabates — LAFR. Mag. Zool. 1832. t. 8.) RCHB. t. DXXVII. 2642." (Reichenbach 1853); "Asthenes Reichenbach, Handb. spec. Orn., cont. x, 1853, Scansoriae A. Sittinae, p. 146, 168. Type, by subsequent designation, Synallaxis sordida Lesson (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 27)." (Peters, 1951, VII, p. 103).
Var. Astheres.
Synon. Eusiptornoides, Oreophylax, Pseudosiptornis, Schizoeaca, Siptornoides.
pudibunda / pudibundus
L. pudibundus bashful, shamefaced, modest < pudere to be ashamed.
SUBSPECIES
Canyon Canastero (neglecta)
SCI Name: Asthenes pudibunda neglecta
neglecta / neglectum / neglectus
L. neglectus ignored, overlooked, neglected, disregarded < neglegere to neglect.
Canyon Canastero (pudibunda)
SCI Name: Asthenes pudibunda pudibunda
pudibunda / pudibundus
L. pudibundus bashful, shamefaced, modest < pudere to be ashamed.
Canyon Canastero (grisior)
SCI Name: Asthenes pudibunda grisior
grisior
Mod. L. grisior, grisioris more grey < comp. Med. L. griseum grey.
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)
