Hairy-crested Antbird / Rhegmatorhina melanosticta
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Hairy-crested Antbird
SCI Name:
Protonym: Pithys melanosticta Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt2 p.160
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thamnophilidae / Rhegmatorhina
Taxonomy Code: hacant1
Type Locality: Sarayacu, Ecuador.
Author: Sclater & Salvin
Publish Year: 1880
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
RHEGMATORHINA
(Thamnophilidae; Ϯ Bare-eyed Antbird R. gymnops) Gr. ῥηγμα rhēgma, ῥηγματος rhēgmatos fissure, cleft; ῥις rhis, ῥινος rhinos nostril; “12. RhegmatorhinaϮ gymnops, sp. nov. ... Ϯ Rhegmatorhina, genus novem Formicariidarum (ῥηγμα = fissura; ῥις = nasus). GEN. CHAR.—Similar to Phlogopsis but differing very materially in the form of the nostril, which consists of a narrow longitudinal slit-like opening, overhung by a broad, rather thickened, membrane or operculum. Orbital region entirely naked, the bare space broadly oval, slightly pointed anteriorly (about midway of the lores), but rounded posteriorly. Feathers of pileum lengthened, narrow, decurved, rather stiff, and distinctly individualized, forming a loose crest when erected; those of the forehad and lores (anterior half) shorter, straighter, and more dense. Tail more than two-thirds as long as wing, slightly rounded, the feathers broad and rounded. Wing about three times as long as tarsus, much rounded (fifth and sixth quills longest). Tarsus more than twice as long as bill from nostril, booted. Colors plain. Type, R. gymnops, sp. nov.” (Ridgway 1888).
melanosticta
Gr. μελανοστικτος melanostiktos black-spotted < μελας melas, μελανος melanos black; στικτος stiktos spotted < στιζω stizō to tattoo.
SUBSPECIES
Hairy-crested Antbird (melanosticta)
SCI Name: Rhegmatorhina melanosticta melanosticta
melanosticta
Gr. μελανοστικτος melanostiktos black-spotted < μελας melas, μελανος melanos black; στικτος stiktos spotted < στιζω stizō to tattoo.
Hairy-crested Antbird (brunneiceps)
SCI Name: Rhegmatorhina melanosticta brunneiceps
brunneiceps
Mod. L. brunneus brown < Med. L. brunius brown; L. –ceps -crowned < caput, capitis head.
Hairy-crested Antbird (purusiana)
SCI Name: Rhegmatorhina melanosticta purusiana
purusensis / purusiana / purusianus
Rio Purús, Brazil.
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)
