Marañon Crescentchest / Melanopareia maranonica
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Marañon Crescentchest
SCI Name:
Protonym: Melanopareia maranonicus Am.Mus.Novit. no.123 p.3
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Melanopareiidae / Melanopareia
Taxonomy Code: marcre1
Type Locality: Perico, Rio Chinchipe, Peru.
Author: Chapman
Publish Year: 1924
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
MELANOPAREIA
(Melanopareiidae; Ϯ Olive-crowned Crescentchest M. maximiliani) Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos black; παρηιον parēion cheek; "LXXXII. Melanopareia RCHB. Nat. Syst. d. Vögel t. suppl. — Schnabel etwas stärker, ein wenig gekrümmt, Schwanz stark abgerundet, fast gestutzt. Kleid eigenthümlich: Wangen und Gurgelquerband schwarz, Schulterfederchen weiß, Beine fleischfarben gelblich.— Andeutung der Gattung Thamnophilus, nach des Beobachters D'ORBIGNY eigener Bemerkung. 367. M. Maximiliani (Synall. — D'ORBG. voy. 247. S. torquata Synops. et pl. 15. 1.) RCHB. t. DXXIII. 3619. ... 368. M. torquata (Synall. —us M. N.-W. Beitr. III. 697.) RCHB. t. DXXIII. 3620." (Reichenbach 1853); "Melanopareia Reichenbach, Handb. spec. Orn., cont. x, 1853, Scansoriae A. Sittinae, p. 146, 164. Type, by subsequent designation, Synallaxis maximiliani d'Orbigny (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 27)." (Peters 1951, VII, 281).
Synon. Rhoporchilis.
maranonica / smaranonicum / maranonicus
Río Marañón, Peru. The Tupí originally applied the name Maranon to the Rio Parana in Brazil; it was later used of the main Amazon, and is now the name of the upper or Peruvian reaches of that river.
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)
