Rufous Gnateater

SCI Name:  Conopophaga lineata
Protonym:  Myiagrus lineatus Beitr.Naturgesch.Brasil. 3 p.1046
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Conopophagidae / Conopophaga
Taxonomy Code:  rufgna3
Type Locality:  near Arraial da Conquista, Baia.
Author:  zu Wied
Publish Year:  1831
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CONOPOPHAGA
(Conopophagidae; † Chestnut-belted Gnateater C. aurita) Gr. κωνωψ kōnōps, κωνωπος kōnōpos  gnat; -φαγος-phagos  -eating  < φαγειν phagein  to eat; "CONOPOPHAGE, Conopophaga.  Pipra, Turdus, Gm. Lath.  Bec nu à la base, droit, tendu, déprimé sur toute sa longueur, un peu caréné en dessus, échancré et courbé vers le bout; mandibule inférieure plate en dessous.   Esp. Fourmillier à ailes blanches, — tacheté, Buff.   ...   Conopophaga [κωνωψ, culex, φαγω, edo]." (Vieillot 1816); "Conopophaga Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 39.  Type, by subsequent designation, Turdus auritus Gmelin (G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 41)." (Peters, 1951, VII, p. 273).
Var. Conopophagus, Conophaga.
Synon. Brachyurus, Ceraphanes, Myagrus, Pseudoconopophaga.

lineata
L. lineatus  marked with lines, lined  < linea  line  < linum  thread  < Gr. λινον linon  flax, linen.
● ex “Pitpit à coëffe bleue” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Blue-striped Warbler” of Latham 1783 (Dacnis).
● ex “Lineated Pheasant” of Latham 1823 (Lophura).
● ex “Fourmilier grivelé de Cayenne” (= ♀) of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 823, fig. 1, “Petit béfroi” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Speckled Thrush” of Latham 1783 (syn. Sclateria naevia).
● ex “Radiated Grosbeak” of Latham 1785 (?syn. Sporophila americana).

SUBSPECIES

Rufous Gnateater (lineata)
SCI Name: Conopophaga lineata lineata
lineata
L. lineatus  marked with lines, lined  < linea  line  < linum  thread  < Gr. λινον linon  flax, linen.
● ex “Pitpit à coëffe bleue” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Blue-striped Warbler” of Latham 1783 (Dacnis).
● ex “Lineated Pheasant” of Latham 1823 (Lophura).
● ex “Fourmilier grivelé de Cayenne” (= ♀) of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 823, fig. 1, “Petit béfroi” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Speckled Thrush” of Latham 1783 (syn. Sclateria naevia).
● ex “Radiated Grosbeak” of Latham 1785 (?syn. Sporophila americana).

Rufous Gnateater (vulgaris)
SCI Name: Conopophaga lineata vulgaris
vulgaris
L. vulgaris  common, ordinary  < vulgus  people, multitude, the mob.
● ex “Caracara” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 4 (syn. Caracara plancus).
● ex “Chasse-Fiente” of Levaillant 1796 (syn. Gyps coprotheres).
● ex “Pie de la Jamaïque” of de Buffon 1770-1785 (syn. Quiscalus niger crassirostris).
● "94. STURNUS.  ...  vulgaris.  1. S. rostro flavescente, corpore nigro punctis albis. Fn. svec. 183.  Sturnus. Gesn. av. 747. Bell. av. 81. a. Aldr. orn. l. 16. c. 19. Will. orn. 144. t. 37. Raj. av. 67. n. 1. Alb. av. 1. p. 38. t. 40. Olin. av. 18. Hasselqv itin. 284.  Habitat in Europa, Africa, victitans insectis. Nidificat in cavis arborum; migrat in Scaniam; garrula imitatrix; Mas nitens; gregaria avis." (Linnaeus 1758) (Sturnus).