Delta Amacuro Softtail / Thripophaga amacurensis

Delta Amacuro Softtail / Thripophaga amacurensis

Delta Amacuro Softtail

SCI Name:  Thripophaga amacurensis
Protonym:  Thripophaga amacurensis Condor 115 (1) 143-154
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Furnariidae /
Taxonomy Code:  deasof1
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Publish Year:  2013
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DEFINITIONS

THRIPOPHAGA
(Furnariidae; Ϯ Striated Soft-tail T. macroura) Gr. θριποφαγος thripophagos  eating woodworms  < θριψ thrips, θριπος thripos  woodworm; -φαγος -phagos  -eating  < φαγειν phagein  to eat; "Die Gattung Thripophaga (θριψ, Holzwurm; φαγειν, fressen) unterscheidet sich von Anabates und den verwandten Gattungen [Xenops, Schizura, Sphenopyga] schon genügend durch die nicht offenen, sondern durch eine Haut fast ganz bedeckten Nasenlöcher (nares fornicatae).   Als Arten gehören hierher:  1. Th. striolata. Sphenura striolata Licht. Doubl. No. 465. Anabates striatus Spix. Anabates macrourus Pr. Max. Xenops ruficollaris Less.   2. Th. aurita. Anabates auritus Licht. Tschudi Consp. No. 192." (Cabanis 1847); "Thripophaga Cabanis, Arch. Naturg., 13, 1847, Bd. 1, p. 338. Type, by subsequent designation, Anabates macrourus Wied (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 28)." (Peters 1951, VII, 110).
Var. Tripophaga.

amacurense / amacurensis
Delta Amacuro, north-eastern Venezuela.