Slaty Gnateater / Conopophaga ardesiaca

Slaty Gnateater / Conopophaga ardesiaca

Slaty Gnateater

SCI Name:  Conopophaga ardesiaca
Protonym:  Conopophaga ardesiaca Mag.Zool. 7 cl.2 p.13
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Conopophagidae /
Taxonomy Code:  slagna1
Type Locality:  Yungas, Bolivia.
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Publish Year:  1837
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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, culexφαγω, 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.

ardesiaca / ardesiacea / ardesiacus
Mod. L. ardesiacus  slate-coloured, slaty  < French ardoisé  slate-grey.

SUBSPECIES

Slaty Gnateater (saturata)
SCI Name: Conopophaga ardesiaca saturata
saturata
L. saturatus  richly coloured, darker coloured  < satur, satura  rich, copious  < satis  enough.

Slaty Gnateater (ardesiaca)
SCI Name: Conopophaga ardesiaca ardesiaca
ardesiaca / ardesiacea / ardesiacus
Mod. L. ardesiacus  slate-coloured, slaty  < French ardoisé  slate-grey.