Giant Wren / Campylorhynchus chiapensis
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Giant Wren
SCI Name:
Protonym: Campylorhynchus chiapensis Ibis p.609
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Troglodytidae / Campylorhynchus
Taxonomy Code: giawre1
Type Locality: Tonala, Chiapas, Mexico.
Author: Salvin & Godman
Publish Year: 1891
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.
chiapensis
Chiapas, Mexico.
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)
