Rufous-headed Tanager

SCI Name:  Hemithraupis ruficapilla
Protonym:  Nemosia ruficapilla Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 22 p.493
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Hemithraupis
Taxonomy Code:  ruhtan1
Type Locality:  apporte du Bresil par M. de Lalande fils [= vicinity of Rio de Janeiro] .
Author:  Vieillot
Publish Year:  1818
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

HEMITHRAUPIS
(Thraupidae; † Rufous-headed Tanager H. ruficapilla) Gr. ἡμι- hēmi-  half-, small < ἡμισυς hēmisus  half; θραυπις thraupis  unknown small bird, perhaps some sort of finch. In ornithology thraupis signifies tanager. "Gen. HEMITHRAUPIS nov. gen. **) Halb-Tangara.  (Hylophilus Temm. Pr. Max. part.)    145. 1. H. ruficeps Nob. — Hylophilus ruficeps Pr. Max. Beitr. III. p. 725.    146. 2. H. melanoxantha Nob. — Sylvia melanoxantha Licht. (1819) Doubl. No. 394 et 395.  Tanagra speculifera Temm. (1821) pl. col. 36. fig. 1. 2.  Nemosia flavicollis Vieill. Encycl. méth p. 788;  id. Gal. Ois. tab. 75.    147. 3. H. Guira Nob. — Tanagra guira Lin. — Tanagra nigricollis Gm. — Nemosia nigricollis Vieill. — Hylophilus guira Pr. Max.   ...   **) Von ἡμι, halb und θραυπις, nom. prop.  Die Gattung unterscheidet sich von Hylophilus höchst aufallend schon durch den Mangel der ersten kurzen Schwinge. Die weniger, als bei den Sylvicolinen, entwickelten Läufe und Zehen bringen die Gruppe in nahe Verwandtschaft mit Nemosia; doch unterscheidet sie sich von dieser durch geraderen, nur an der Spitze etwas gebognen Schnabel, durch verhältnissmässig etwas längere Flügel und längeren Schwanz sowie durch weniger verlängerte Armschwingen.  Typus der Gattung ist Hylophilus ruficeps Pr. Max." (Cabanis 1853); "Hemithraupis Cabanis, 1850, Mus. Heineanum, 1 (1851) [1853], p. 21.  Type, by original designation, Hylophilus ruficeps Wied = Nemosia ruficapilla Vieillot." (Storer in Peters, 1970, XIII, p. 271).
• (Thraupidae; syn. Tangara † Red-necked Tanager T. cyanocephala) "Genus Hemithraupis. (Type, Aglaia cyanocephala Lafresnaye and D'Orbigny.)  Similar to Tanagra Linnæus, 1 but tail much longer (equal to length of wing to tip of secondaries), wing more rounded (first primary shorter than seventh instead of longer than sixth), and rictal bristles much stronger.   ...   1 The type of Tanagra Linnæus is, according to the "process of elimination," T. episcopus" (Ridgway 1898); "Hemithraupis (not of Cabanis, 1851) Ridgway, Auk, 15, p. 226, 1898 — type, by orig. desig., Aglaia cyanocephala Lafresnaye and d'Orbigny." (Hellmayr, 1936, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. IX, p. 205).

ruficapilla / ruficapillum / ruficapillus
L. rufus  red, ruddy, rufous; -capillus  -capped  < capillus  hair of the head.
● ex “Tutu” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 52, and “Motmot Oranroux” of Levaillant 1806 < French orange orange; roux red (Baryphthengus).
● ex “Tordo del corona de canela” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 72 (Chrysomus).
● ex “Rousse-Tête” of Levaillant 1803, pl. 124 (syn. Cisticola fulvicapillus).
● ex “Ficedula martinicana” of Brisson 1760, “Figuier à tête rousse” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Bloody-side Warbler” of Latham 1783 and Pennant 1785 (subsp. Dendroica petechia).
● ex “Tachurí corona de canela” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 164 (syn. Euscarthmus meloryphus).
● ex “Suirirí cabeza y rabadilla de canela” (= ♀) of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 178 (syn. Knipolegus cyanirostris).
● ex “Guêpier Rousse Tête” or “Guêpier Bonelli” of Levaillant 1814, pl. 19 (syn. Merops superciliosus).
● ex “Ortolan de la Louisiane” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 158, fig. 1 (syn. Zonotrichia leucophrys).

SUBSPECIES

Rufous-headed Tanager (ruficapilla)
SCI Name: Hemithraupis ruficapilla ruficapilla
ruficapilla / ruficapillum / ruficapillus
L. rufus  red, ruddy, rufous; -capillus  -capped  < capillus  hair of the head.
● ex “Tutu” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 52, and “Motmot Oranroux” of Levaillant 1806 < French orange orange; roux red (Baryphthengus).
● ex “Tordo del corona de canela” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 72 (Chrysomus).
● ex “Rousse-Tête” of Levaillant 1803, pl. 124 (syn. Cisticola fulvicapillus).
● ex “Ficedula martinicana” of Brisson 1760, “Figuier à tête rousse” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Bloody-side Warbler” of Latham 1783 and Pennant 1785 (subsp. Dendroica petechia).
● ex “Tachurí corona de canela” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 164 (syn. Euscarthmus meloryphus).
● ex “Suirirí cabeza y rabadilla de canela” (= ♀) of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 178 (syn. Knipolegus cyanirostris).
● ex “Guêpier Rousse Tête” or “Guêpier Bonelli” of Levaillant 1814, pl. 19 (syn. Merops superciliosus).
● ex “Ortolan de la Louisiane” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 158, fig. 1 (syn. Zonotrichia leucophrys).

Rufous-headed Tanager (bahiae)
SCI Name: Hemithraupis ruficapilla bahiae
bahiae
Bahia, Brazil.