Pale-billed Hornero / Furnarius torridus
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Pale-billed Hornero
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Protonym: Furnarius torridus Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt2 p.183
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Furnariidae / Furnarius
Taxonomy Code: pabhor2
Type Locality: Rio Ucayali, Peru.
Author: Sclater & Salvin
Publish Year: 1866
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
FURNARIUS
(Furnariidae; Ϯ Rufous Hornero F. rufus) L. furnarius baker < furnus oven. The birds in this genus were formerly and generally given the name ‘ovenbird,’ with reference to the distinctive oven-shaped nest of the Rufous Hornero (cf. Spanish hornero baker); "164. FOURNIER, Furnarius. Merops, Linn. Gm. Lath. Bec plus court que la tête, aussi haut que large, comprimé latéralement, peu arqué, entier, pointu. — Langue médiocre, étroite, usée à la pointe. — Ailes foibles. Esp. Fournillier, Buff." (Vieillot 1816); "Furnarius Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 47. Type, by monotypy, "Fournillier" Buffon = Merops rufus Gmelin." (Peters, 1951, VII, p. 69).
Synon. Figulus, Ipnodomus, Opetiorynchos.
torrida / torridus
L. torridus scorched, torrid, burnt < torrere to burn.
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)
