Russet Antshrike

SCI Name:  Thamnistes anabatinus
Protonym:  Thamnistes anabatinus Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt(28)2 p.299
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Thamnophilidae / Thamnistes
Taxonomy Code:  rusant1
Type Locality:  Vera Paz, Guatemala.
Author:  Sclater & Salvin
Publish Year:  1860
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).

anabatina / anabatinus
● Gr. αναβατης anabatēs  climber, mounter  < αναβαινω anabainō  to mount, to ascend (Dendrocincla).
● Specific name Dendrocincla anabatina P. Sclater, 1859; from the woodcreeper-like plumage of the Russet Antshrike (Thamnistes).

SUBSPECIES

Russet Antshrike (Tawny)
SCI Name: Thamnistes anabatinus [anabatinus Group]
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).

Russet Antshrike (Andean)
SCI Name: Thamnistes anabatinus aequatorialis/gularis
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).