Superciliated Wren

SCI Name:  Cantorchilus superciliaris
Protonym:  Thryothorus superciliaris Ann.Lyc.Nat.Hist.N.Y. 9(1870) p.235
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Troglodytidae / Cantorchilus
Taxonomy Code:  supwre1
Type Locality:  Isla de Puna, Ecuador.
Author:  Lawrence
Publish Year:  1869
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CANTORCHILUS
(Troglodytidae; † Long-billed Wren T. longirostris) L. cantus  song    < canere  to sing; Gr. ορχιλος orkhilos  wren; "Wren song has long been the subject of scientific study ... as this group exhibits impressive diversity in such features as song structure, repertoire size, presence of female song, and sex-specific patterns of song use  ...  Cantorchilus, gen. nov.  Type: Thryothorus longirostris (Vieillot).  Etymology: cantus, song; orchilos, wren" (Mann et al. 2006); "Cantorchilus Mann, Barker, Graves, Dingess-Mann and Slater, 2006, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 40 (3), p. 750+.  Type, by original designation, Thryothorus longirostris Vieillot, 1818." (JAJ 2021).

superciliare / superciliaris
Mod. L. superciliaris  eye-browed  < L. supercilium  eyebrow.
● ex “Janfréderic” of Levaillant 1801-1804, pl. 111 (syn. Cossypha caffra).
● ex “Sourcirou” of Levaillant 1799 (syn. Cyclarhis gujanensis).
● ex “Ypacahá ceja blanca” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 377 (syn. Hapalocrex flaviventer).
● ex “Hatí ceja blanca” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 415 (Sternula).
● ex “White-browed Tern” of Latham 1824 (syn. Sternula superciliaris).

SUBSPECIES

Superciliated Wren (superciliaris)
SCI Name: Cantorchilus superciliaris superciliaris
superciliare / superciliaris
Mod. L. superciliaris  eye-browed  < L. supercilium  eyebrow.
● ex “Janfréderic” of Levaillant 1801-1804, pl. 111 (syn. Cossypha caffra).
● ex “Sourcirou” of Levaillant 1799 (syn. Cyclarhis gujanensis).
● ex “Ypacahá ceja blanca” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 377 (syn. Hapalocrex flaviventer).
● ex “Hatí ceja blanca” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 415 (Sternula).
● ex “White-browed Tern” of Latham 1824 (syn. Sternula superciliaris).

Superciliated Wren (baroni)
SCI Name: Cantorchilus superciliaris baroni
baroni
Oscar Theodor Baron (1847-1926) German engineer, collector in California, Mexico, Ecuador and Peru (subsp. Atlapetes latinuchus, subsp. Cantorchilus superciliaris, Cranioleuca, syn. Eutoxeres aquila heterurus, Metallura, Phaethornis, syn. Sakesphorus bernardi cajamarcae).