Isthmian Wren / Cantorchilus elutus

Isthmian Wren / Cantorchilus elutus

Isthmian Wren

SCI Name:  Cantorchilus elutus
Protonym:  Thryophilus modestus elutus Proc.NewEngl.Zool.Cl. 3 p.51
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Troglodytidae /
Taxonomy Code:  istwre1
Type Locality:  Loma del Leon, Panama.
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Publish Year:  1902
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DEFINITIONS

CANTORCHILUS
(Troglodytidae; Long-billed Wren T. longirostris) L. cantus  song    < canere  to sing; Gr. ορχιλος orkhilos  wren; "Wren song has long been the subject of scientific study ... as this group exhibits impressive diversity in such features as song structure, repertoire size, presence of female song, and sex-specific patterns of song use  ...  Cantorchilus, gen. nov.  Type: Thryothorus longirostris (Vieillot).  Etymology: cantus, song; orchilos, wren" (Mann et al. 2006); "Cantorchilus Mann, Barker, Graves, Dingess-Mann and Slater, 2006, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 40 (3), p. 750+.  Type, by original designation, Thryothorus longirostris Vieillot, 1818." (JAJ 2021).

eluta / elutus
L. elutus washed out, insipid < eluere to wash out.