Chestnut-breasted Wren

SCI Name:  Cyphorhinus thoracicus
Protonym:  Cyphorhinus thoracicus Arch.Naturgesch. 10 p.282
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Troglodytidae / Cyphorhinus
Taxonomy Code:  chbwre1
Type Locality:  Peru.
Author:  von Tschudi
Publish Year:  1844
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

CYPHORHINUS
(Troglodytidae; Ϯ Southern Chestnut-breasted Wren C. thoracicus) Gr. κυφος kuphos  hunch, hump  < κυπτω kuptō  to stoop; ῥις rhis, ῥινος rhinos  nose; "38. Cyphorhinus Cab. ¹)  Habitus et characteres fere ut in Merulaxidibus, rostrum vero multo magis compressum, mesorhinium culminatum, gibbosum; nares non fornicatae (ut in caeteris hujus familiae generibus) sed patulae, rotundae, membrana circumdatae; podotheca non squamata vel reticulata, sed caligata.   115. 1. C. thoracicus Tsch.   ...   ¹) κυφος gibba, ῥιν nasus." (Cabanis 1844); "Cyphorhinus Cabanis, 1844, Arch. f. Naturg., 10 (1), p. 282. Type, by monotypy, Cyphorhinus thoracicus Tschudi. (Not preoccupied by Cyphorhina Lesson, 1843)." (Paynter in Peters, 1960, IX, p. 437).
Var. Cyphorina, Cyphorinus.
Synon. Leucolepis, Rhinorchilus.

thoracica / thoracicus
Med. L. thoracicus  pectoral, of the chest  < Gr. θωρακικος thōrakikos  suffering in the chest  < θωραξ thōrax, θωρακος thōrakos  breastplate.
● ex “Plastron Noir” of Levaillant 1803, pl. 123 (Apalis).
● ex “Alconcillo aplomado” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 39 (syn. Falco femoralis).

SUBSPECIES

Chestnut-breasted Wren (Northern)
SCI Name: Cyphorhinus thoracicus dichrous
dichrous
Gr. dikhrous  two-coloured  < δι- di-  double  < δις dis  twice  < δυο duo  two; χροα khroa, χροας khroas  colour, appearance  < χρως khrōs, χρωτος khrōtos  complexion.

Chestnut-breasted Wren (Southern)
SCI Name: Cyphorhinus thoracicus thoracicus
thoracica / thoracicus
Med. L. thoracicus  pectoral, of the chest  < Gr. θωρακικος thōrakikos  suffering in the chest  < θωραξ thōrax, θωρακος thōrakos  breastplate.
● ex “Plastron Noir” of Levaillant 1803, pl. 123 (Apalis).
● ex “Alconcillo aplomado” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 39 (syn. Falco femoralis).