Happy Wren

SCI Name:  Pheugopedius felix
Protonym:  Thryothorus felix Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1859) (1859), Pt(27)3 p.371
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Troglodytidae / Pheugopedius
Taxonomy Code:  hapwre1
Type Locality:  Juquila (Santa Catarina), Oaxaca, Mexico.
Author:  Sclater, PL
Publish Year:  1860
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

PHEUGOPEDIUS
(Troglodytidae; Ϯ Moustached Wren P. genibarbis) Gr. φευγω pheugō  to shun; πεδιον pedion  open country, plain, field  < πεδον pedon  ground  < πους pous, ποδος podos  foot; "Gen. PHEUGOPEDIUS **) nov. gen.  Coraya.   450. 1. P. genibarbis Nob.***) Sphenura coraya Licht. (nec Buff. Gm.) Doubl. p. 42. No. 464. — Myiothera coraya Spix. Av. Bras. I. tab. 73. fig. 2.   ...  **) Von φευγω, flüchten; πεδιον offenes Land.  In der Schnabelbildung der Gattung Cyphorhinus am nächsten, aber mit weniger zusammengedrücktem an der Basis breiterem, an der Spitze stärker gebogenem Schnabel mit weniger runden Nasenlöchern; Flügel und Schwanz stärker entwickelt.    ***)Wir halten den in Brasilien vorkommenden Vogel von dem Coraya des Buffon P. coraya Nob. Turdus coraya G. Lath. verschieden. Letzterer scheint vorzüglich nur in Cayenne und Guiana vorzukommen, ist kleiner als der brasilische und lebhafter gefärbt. Der brasilische Vogel ist in allen Körperverhältnissen grösser.  Das Rothbraune des Rückens und der Flügeldecken ist heller." (Cabanis 1853); "Pheugopedius Cabanis, Mus. Hein., 1, p. 79, 1851 [= 1853]—type, by monotypy, Thryothorus genibarbis Swainson." (Hellmayr 1934, VII, 155).
Var. Pheugopodius.
Synon. Sphenura.

felix
● L. felix, felicis  lucky, happy, fortunate (Pheugopedius).
● L. Arabia Felix a name for what is now the western coastal portion of the Arabian Peninsula (i.e. the Saudi Hijāz and Asīr, and the Yemen) (subsp. Saxicola torquatus).

SUBSPECIES

Happy Wren (sonorae)
SCI Name: Pheugopedius felix sonorae
sonorae / sonorana / sonoriensis
Sonora, northern Mexico.

Happy Wren (pallidus)
SCI Name: Pheugopedius felix pallidus
pallidum / pallidus
L. pallidus  pallid, pale, wan, sallow  < pallere  to be pale.
● ex “Pale Thrush” of Latham 1783 (Turdus).

Happy Wren (lawrencii)
SCI Name: Pheugopedius felix lawrencii
lawrencii
George Newbold Lawrence (1806-1895) US businessman, collector, ornithologist (subsp. Cichlherminia lherminieri, subsp. Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus, syn. Gymnocichla nudiceps (ex Myrmelastes corvinus Lawrence, 1863), subsp. Icterus leucopteryx, Margarobyas, syn. Mimus gilvus gracilis, syn. Nesoctites micromegas, syn. Pelagodroma marina (ex Thalassidroma fregetta Lawrence, 1852), subsp. Peucaea ruficauda, Pheugopedius, Pseudocolaptes, syn. Sclerurus caudacutus umbretta, syn. Tachyphonus luctuosus (ex Tachyphonus atricapillus Lawrence, 1868), Turdus, syn. Vermivora pinus x chrysoptera, Zentrygon).

Happy Wren (magdalenae)
SCI Name: Pheugopedius felix magdalenae
magdalenae / magdalenensis
● Río Magdalena, Colombia (subsp. Malacoptila panamensis, subsp. Microbates cinereiventris, subsp. Pachyramphus cinnamomeus, subsp. Thamnophilus nigriceps, subsp. Thripadectes virgaticeps).
● Bahía Magdalena, Baja California, Mexico (subsp. Passerculus sandwichensis, syn. Rallus longirostris beldingi).
● Isla María Magdalena, Las Tres Marías Is., Mexico (subsp. Pheugopedius felix).
● Etymology undiscovered; an eponym or a toponym, but no clue is given (Wolters 1949, Beitr. Gattungssyst. Vögel, 13) (OD per Martin Schneider) (syn. Serinus mozambicus barbatus).
● Llanos de Magdalena, Baja California, Mexico (subsp. Thryomanes bewickii).

Happy Wren (felix)
SCI Name: Pheugopedius felix felix
felix
● L. felix, felicis  lucky, happy, fortunate (Pheugopedius).
● L. Arabia Felix a name for what is now the western coastal portion of the Arabian Peninsula (i.e. the Saudi Hijāz and Asīr, and the Yemen) (subsp. Saxicola torquatus).

Happy Wren (grandis)
SCI Name: Pheugopedius felix grandis
grandis
L. grandis  large.
● ex “Lori de la Nouvelle Guinée” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 683, “Purpur-roode Lori” of Vosmaer 1769, “Grand Lori” of de Buffon 17770-1783, and “Grand Lory” of Latham 1781 (syn. Eclectus roratus).
● ex “Great Jacamar” of Latham 1782 (syn. Jacamerops aurea).
● ex “Ibijau” or “American Goatsucker” of Ray 1713, “Grand Tette-chèvre tacheté du Brésil” of Brisson 1760, “Grand Crapaud volant de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 325, “Grand Ibijau” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Grand Goatsucker” of Latham 1783 (Nyctibius).
● ex “Grand Barbu de la Chine” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 871, “Grand Barbu” of de Buffon 1770-1786, and “Grand Barbet” of Latham 1783 (syn. Psilopogon virens).