Thorn-tailed Rayadito

SCI Name:  Aphrastura spinicauda
Protonym:  Motacilla spinicauda Syst.Nat. 1 pt2 p.978
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Furnariidae / Aphrastura
Taxonomy Code:  thtray1
Type Locality:  Tierra del Fuego.
Author:  Gmelin, JF
Publish Year:  1789
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

APHRASTURA
(Furnariidae; † Thorn-tailed Rayadito A. spinicauda) Gr. αφραστος aphrastos  marvellous  < intensive prefix α- a- ; φραζω phrazō  to show; ουρα oura  tail; "Oxyurus is, however, untenable in ornithology, by reason of Oxyurus Rafinesque for a genus of fishes.  No other name being available, it may be known as Aphrastura, from αφραστος, mirabilis, and ουρα, cauda, the type being Motacilla spinicauda Gmelin." (Oberholser 1899); "Aphrastura Oberholser, 1899, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, p. 210.  New name for Oxyurus Swainson, 1837, preoccupied by Oxyurus Rafinesque, 1810 (Pisces)." (JAJ 2021).
Synon. Oxyurus.

spinicauda / spinicaudus
L. spina thorn; cauda tail.
● ex “Pato cola aguda” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 429 (Anas).
● ex “Thorn-tailed Warbler” of Latham 1783 (Aphrastura).
● ex “Hirondelle à queue pointue de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 726, fig. 1, and “Hirondelle acutipenne de Cayenne” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Chaetura).
● ex “Pie-grièche à queue épineuse” of Hombron & Jacquinot 1843 (Pachycephala).

SUBSPECIES

Thorn-tailed Rayadito (spinicauda)
SCI Name: Aphrastura spinicauda spinicauda
spinicauda / spinicaudus
L. spina thorn; cauda tail.
● ex “Pato cola aguda” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 429 (Anas).
● ex “Thorn-tailed Warbler” of Latham 1783 (Aphrastura).
● ex “Hirondelle à queue pointue de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 726, fig. 1, and “Hirondelle acutipenne de Cayenne” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Chaetura).
● ex “Pie-grièche à queue épineuse” of Hombron & Jacquinot 1843 (Pachycephala).

Thorn-tailed Rayadito (bullocki)
SCI Name: Aphrastura spinicauda bullocki
bullocki / bullockii
● Dr Dillman Samuel Bullock (1878-1971) US missionary to Chile 1902-1912, teacher in USA 1912-1921, agronomist in Argentina 1921, Director of Escuela Agricola de El Vergel, Angol, Chile 1922-1958 (subsp. Aphrastura spinicauda).
● William Bullock, Sr. (?1773-1849) English naturalist, traveller, entrepreneur, and his son William Bullock, Jr. (?1796-?1827) mine agent, artist, collector in Mexico (syn. Cyanocorax formosus (ex Pica formosa Swainson, 1827, “A Synopsis of the Birds discovered in Mexico by W. Bullock, F.L.S. and H.S., and Mr William Bullock, jun.”), Icterus).
● William Bullock, Sr. (?1773-1849) English naturalist, traveller, entrepreneur (syn. Hydrobates leucorhous).

Thorn-tailed Rayadito (fulva)
SCI Name: Aphrastura spinicauda fulva
fulva
L. fulvus  tawny, yellowish-brown, brown.
● "41. FALCO.  ...  fulvus.  5. F. cera flava, pedibus lanatis, dorso fusco, cauda fascia alba.  Aquila fulva s. Chrysaëtos, cauda annulo albo cincta. Will. orn. 28. t. 1. Raj. av. 6. n. 2.  Habitat in Europa." (Linnaeus 1758). This epithet is the ninth name in avian nomenclature (syn. Aquila chrysaetos).
● ex “Quapachcanauhtli” of Hernandez 1651, “Penelope mexicana” of Brisson 1760, and “Mexican Pochard” of Latham 1785 (syn. Dendrocygna bicolor).
● ex “Figuier à gorge jaune” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Orange-bellied Warbler” of Latham 1783, and Pennant 1785 (unident.; ?syn. Geothlypis trichas).
● ex “Alouette noire de la Encénade” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 738, fig. 2, and “Alouette noire à dos fauve” of de Buffon 1770-1785 (syn. Lessonia rufa).
● ex “Fulvous Plover” of Latham 1785 (Pluvialis).
● "71. RYNCHOPS.  ...  fulva.  2. R. fulva, rostro nigro.  Ryngchopsalia fulva, rostro nigro. Barr. av. 20.  Habitat in America." (Linnaeus 1758) (syn. Rynchops nigra).