Rufescent Antshrike

SCI Name:  Thamnistes rufescens
Protonym:  Thamnistes rufescens J.Orn. 21 no.121 p.65
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Thamnophilidae / Thamnistes
Taxonomy Code:  rufant12
Type Locality:  Monterico, Peru.
Author:  Cabanis
Publish Year:  1873
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

THAMNISTES
(Thamnophilidae; Ϯ Russet Antshrike T. anabatinus) Gr. θαμνος thamnos  bush, shrub (cf. θαμνιτις thamnitis  shrubby); ἱζω hizō  to sit; "5. THAMNISTES ANABATINUS.   Thamnistes genus novum ex familia Formicariidarum, Thamnophilo generi affinis: characteres generales Thamnophili habet, sed rostro crassiore, basi latiore, et ptilosi anabatino differt.   Typus. T. anabatinus." (P. Sclater & Salvin 1860).

rufescens
L. rufescens, rufescentis  reddish  < rufescere  to become reddish  < rufus  red.
● ex “Aigrette rousse de la Louisiane” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 902, “Aigrette rousse” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Reddish Egret” of Pennant 1785, and Latham 1785 (Egretta).
● ex “Gobe-mouche roux de Cayenne” (= ♀) of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 453, fig. 1, and de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Rufous Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (syn. Pachyramphus rufus).
● ex “Red-backed Pelican” of Latham 1785 (Pelecanus).
● ex Tringa fulicaria Linnaeus, 1758, and “Phalarope roussâtre” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Phalaropus fulicarius).
● ex “Ynambú guazú” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 326 (Rhynchotus).
● ex “Crombec” or “Figuier à Bec Courbi” of Levaillant 1803, pl. 135 (Sylvietta).