White-chinned Woodcreeper

SCI Name:  Dendrocincla merula
Protonym:  Dendrocolaptes Merula Abh.Konigl.Akad.Wiss.Berlin p.208
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Furnariidae / Dendrocincla
Taxonomy Code:  whcwoo1
Type Locality:  Cayenne.
Author:  Lichtenstein, MHC
Publish Year:  1820
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

DENDROCINCLA
(Furnariidae; Ϯ Plain-winged Woodcreeper D. turdina) Gr. δενδρον dendron  tree; Mod. L. cinclus  thrush  < Gr. κιγκλος kinklos  unidentified bird; "DENDROCINCLA, n.  Dryocopus, Pr. Max.  Dendrocolaptes, Licht.  D. turdinus, (Licht.) n." (G. Gray 1840); "Dendrocincla GRAY, List Genera Birds, p. 18, 1840—type [by original designation] Dendrocolaptes turdinus LICHTENSTEIN." (Hellmayr, 1925, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. IV, p. 364).
Var. Dendrocinda, Dendrocichla (Mod. L. cichla  thrush).
Synon. Dendromanes, Dryocopus.

merula
L. merula  blackbird.
● "95. TURDUS.  ...  Merula.  12. T. ater, rostro palpebrisque fulvis. Fn. svec. 184.  Merula. Bell. av. 30. b. Gesn. av. 603. Aldr. orn. l. 16. c. 6. Will. orn. 140. t. 37. Raj. av. 65. n. 1. Alb. av. I. 35. t. 37. Frisch. av. 27. f. 1. 2. Olin. av. 29.  Habitat in Europæ sylvis, Juniperi disseminator. Femina fusca est. Pullus primo anno, etiam masculus, rostro nigro." (Linnaeus 1758) (Turdus).

Merula
L. merula  blackbird.
• (Momotidae; syn. Momotus † Amazonian Motmot M. momota) "112. MERVLA.  Guira Guainumbi. MARGGR. ap. WILL. Orn. 103. t. 24.  ...  Rectricum binæ mediæ longissimæ, dimidio nudæ: ad extremum plumosæ." (Moehring 1752); "Merula Moehring, 1752, Avium Genera, p. 84.  A pre-Linnaean name, but both G. Gray, 1841, List Genera Birds, p. 12, and G. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds Brit. Mus., p. 14, treat it as a synonym of Momotus, with Momotus brasiliensis Latham, 1790 = Ramphastos momota Linnaeus, 1766, as type." (JAJ 2021).
• (Sturnidae; syn. Pastor † Rose-coloured Starling P. roseus) "Gattung. Staaramsel. Merula.  ...  Eine Art. Rosenfarbige Staaramsel. Merula rosea" (Koch 1816); "Merula Koch, 1816, System der baierischen Zoologie, I, p. 242.  Type, by monotypy, Merula rosea, i.e. Turdus roseus Linnaeus, 1758." (JAJ 2021).
• (Thraupidae; syn. Piranga † Summer Tanager P. rubra) "*Merula flammula; sand-hill red bird of Carolina.   *M. Marilandica; the summer red bird" (Bartram 1792).
• (Pittidae; syn. Pitta † Indian Pitta P. brachyura) "258. Breve de Bengale BUFF. VI. p. 123. 3.  Merle vert de Bengale BRISS. Ornith. II. p. 316. Merula (Corvus) Brachyurus, LINN. Gen. 50. 15. short tailed Crow. LATH. birds I. p. 398" (Boddaert 1783).
• (Turdidae; syn. Turdus † Ring Ouzel T. torquatus) "182. Merle de Montagne, BUFF. VI. p. 16. BRISS. Ornith. p. 232. pl. XXI. 1. Merula montana, LINN. syst. VI" (Boddaert 1783); "Merula BODDAERT, Table Pl. Enl., 1783, p. 11 (No. 182), p. 16 (No. 258).  Type, "Merula montana, LINN. syst. VI." [= Turdus torquatus LINNAEUS].  (Present designation.)" (Richmond 1917).
• (Turdidae; syn. Turdus † Common Blackbird T. merula) "grives (ou baccivori), les merles qui ont le plumage tacheté, et merles proprement dits (merulæ) ceux qui ont le plumage à-peu-près d'une même teinte" (Duméril 1805).
• (Turdidae; syn. Turdus † Common Blackbird T. merula) "Merula nigra, ♂.  Black Ouzel, male" (Leach 1816 (ed. Salvin 1882)); "Merula Leach, 1816, Syst. Cat. Spec. Mamm. Birds Brit. Mus., p. 20. Type, by monotypy, Merula nigra Leach = Turdus merula Linnaeus." (Ripley in Peters, 1964, X, p. 177).
• (Turdidae; syn. Turdus † Common Blackbird T. merula) Specific name Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758; "44. Gattung. Merula.3  87. merula   88. torquata.   ...   3 Unterscheidendes Kennzeichen der Gattung: die mehr oder weniger schwarze Farbe des Gefieders ohne Glanz" (Boie 1822).

SUBSPECIES

White-chinned Woodcreeper (bartletti)
SCI Name: Dendrocincla merula bartletti
bartletti / bartlettii
● Edward Bartlett (1844-1908) English zoologist, collector in Amazonia 1865-1869, Curator of Maidstone Mus. 1875-1890, Curator of Sarawak Mus. 1895-1897 (Amazilia, Crypturellus, subsp. Dendrocincla merula, syn. Momotus momota ignobilis).
● Abraham Dee Bartlett (1812-1897) English zoologist, taxidermist, Superintendent of the Zoological Society London 1859-1897 (syn. Cuculus poliocephalus, subsp. Gallicolumba crinigera, syn. Malimbus rubricollis, syn. Paradisaea x).
● Prof. Harley Harris Bartlett (1886-1960) US botanist, ethnographer, collector in Tibet, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines (syn. Delichon nipalense, syn. Nyctyornis athertoni).
● Capt. Robert Abram Bartlett (1875-1946) Canadian mariner, sealer, Arctic explorer, collector, naturalist (subsp. Poecile atricapillus).

White-chinned Woodcreeper (merula)
SCI Name: Dendrocincla merula merula
merula
L. merula  blackbird.
● "95. TURDUS.  ...  Merula.  12. T. ater, rostro palpebrisque fulvis. Fn. svec. 184.  Merula. Bell. av. 30. b. Gesn. av. 603. Aldr. orn. l. 16. c. 6. Will. orn. 140. t. 37. Raj. av. 65. n. 1. Alb. av. I. 35. t. 37. Frisch. av. 27. f. 1. 2. Olin. av. 29.  Habitat in Europæ sylvis, Juniperi disseminator. Femina fusca est. Pullus primo anno, etiam masculus, rostro nigro." (Linnaeus 1758) (Turdus).

White-chinned Woodcreeper (obidensis)
SCI Name: Dendrocincla merula obidensis
obidensis
Obidos, Pará, Brazil.

White-chinned Woodcreeper (remota)
SCI Name: Dendrocincla merula remota
remota / remotum / remotus
L. remotus  distant, remote  < removere  to put away.

White-chinned Woodcreeper (olivascens)
SCI Name: Dendrocincla merula olivascens
olivascens
Mod. L. olivascens, olivascentis  somewhat olive  < L. oliva  olive.

White-chinned Woodcreeper (castanoptera)
SCI Name: Dendrocincla merula castanoptera
castanoptera / castanopterum / castanopterus
Gr. καστανον kastanon  chestnut; -πτερος -pteros  -winged  < πτερον pteron  wing.
● ex “Chesnut Coucal” of Latham 1822 (syn. Centropus sinensis).

White-chinned Woodcreeper (badia)
SCI Name: Dendrocincla merula badia
badia
L. badius chestnut-coloured, brown.
● ex “Cancrophagus castaneus” of Brisson 1760, “Crabier roux” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Chesnut Heron” of Latham 1785 (syn. Nycticorax nycticorax).