Schwartz’s Antthrush / Chamaeza turdina
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Schwartz's Antthrush
SCI Name:
Protonym: Chamoezosa turdina Mus.Hein. 2 p.6
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Formicariidae / Chamaeza
Taxonomy Code: schant1
Type Locality: Colombia; type from Bogota.
Author: Cabanis & Heine
Publish Year: 1860
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CHAMAEZA
(Formicariidae; Ϯ Short-tailed Ant-thrush C. campanisona) Gr. χαμαι khamai on the ground; ζαω zaō to live (cf. χαμαζη khamazē on the ground); "Uncommon to locally fairly common on or near the ground in humid and montane forest and mature secondary woodland" (Ridgely & Tudor 1994); "*CHAMÆZA. Rostrum subbreve, subforte, culmine leviter arcuato; naribus basalibus, oblongo-ovalibus, longitudinalibus, plumis parvulis obtectis. Alæ brevissimæ, rotundatæ; remige 1ma brevi, 2da et 7ma, 3ta et 6ta æqualibus, longissimis; pogoniis utrinque fere integris. Pedes subgraciles; tarsis elongatis; acrotarsiis scutellatis, in scuta novem divisis; paratarsiis in scutula plurima divisis; digitis subelongatis, gracilibus, duobus extimis ad basin connexis, unguibus gracilibus, compressis; halluce subelongato, subforti, ungue subelongato, arcuato, maxime compresso. Cauda brevis, rotundata, Obs. Genus subfamilias Myiotherinam, Swains., et Merulinam eximie connectens. MERULOIDES. ... Habitat in Brasilia." (Vigors 1825); "Chamaeza Vigors, Zool. Journ., 2, 1825, p. 395. Type, by monotypy, Chamaeza meruloides Vigors = Turdus brevicaudus Vieillot = Myiothera campanisona Lichtenstein." (Peters, 1951, VII, p. 242).
Var. Chamoeza, Chamaezosa (Gr. ζωη zōē manner of life), Chamaezusa, Chanmzu, Chemaeza, Chemoeza.
turdina / turdinea / turdineum / turdineus
Mod. L. turdinus or turdineus thrush-like < L. turdus thrush.
SUBSPECIES
Schwartz's Antthrush (chionogaster)
SCI Name: Chamaeza turdina chionogaster
chionogaster
Gr. χιων khiōn, χιονος khionos snow; γαστηρ gastēr, γαστρος gastros belly.
Schwartz's Antthrush (turdina)
SCI Name: Chamaeza turdina turdina
turdina / turdinea / turdineum / turdineus
Mod. L. turdinus or turdineus thrush-like < L. turdus thrush.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
