Pale-browed Treehunter

SCI Name:  Cichlocolaptes leucophrus
Protonym:  Anabates leucophrus Ill.Orn. 2 pl.93
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Furnariidae / Cichlocolaptes
Taxonomy Code:  pabtre1
Type Locality:  Brazil.
Author:  Jardine & Selby
Publish Year:  1830
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

CICHLOCOLAPTES
(Furnariidae; Ϯ Large Pale-browed Treehunter C. leucophrus) Gr. κιχλη kikhlē  thrush; κολαπτης kolaptēs  chiseller  < κολαπτω kolaptō  to peck; "*XCIV. Cichlocolaptes RCHB. Nat. Syst. d. Vögel t. suppl. — Von voriger verschieden durch stärkeren, unten vom Kinn an deutlich aufsteigenden Schnabel und geflecktes Kleid nach Art der Dendrocolaptinae, die sie hier andeuten, während sie aus der Reihe der Trepidatores viellicht Crateropus repräsentiren. — Drossel-Baumhacker.    *393. C. ferruginolentus (Anabates — MAXIM. N.-W. Beitr. 1166.1.) RCHB. t. DXXVII. 3637.   ...   *394. C. ochroblepharus RCHB. t. DXXVII. 3638.   ...   *395. C. adspersus (Anabates — Mus. Berol.) RCHB." (Reichenbach 1853); "Cichlocolaptes Reichenbach, Handb. spec. Orn., cont. x, 1853, Scansoriae A. Sittinae, p. 146, 174. Type, by subsequent designation, Anabates ferruginolentus Wied = Anabates leucophrus Jardine and Selby (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 28)." (Peters, 1951, VII, p. 140).

leucophris / leucophrus
Gr. λευκοφρυς leukophrus, λευκοφρυος leukophruos  white-browed  < λευκος leukos  white; οφρυς ophrus, οφρυος ophruos  eyebrow.

SUBSPECIES

Pale-browed Treehunter (Pale-tailed)
SCI Name: Cichlocolaptes leucophrus leucophrus
leucophris / leucophrus
Gr. λευκοφρυς leukophrus, λευκοφρυος leukophruos  white-browed  < λευκος leukos  white; οφρυς ophrus, οφρυος ophruos  eyebrow.

Pale-browed Treehunter (Rufous-tailed)
SCI Name: Cichlocolaptes leucophrus holti
holti / holtii
● Ernest Golson Holt (1889-1983) US explorer in tropical America 1926-1947 (Cichlocolaptes, subsp. Cyanerpes cyaneus, syn. Sicalis flaveola brasiliensis).
● Prof. Henry Frederick William Holt (1838-1890) British consular service in China, linguist, numismatist, colleague of Robert Swinhoe (subsp. Ixos mcclellandii).