White-eared Solitaire
White-eared Solitaire
Here the details of the White-eared Solitaire named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Ptilogonys leucotis Arch.Naturgesch. 10 p.270
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Turdidae / Entomodestes
Taxonomy Code: whesol1
Type Locality: Peru.
Author: von Tschudi
Publish Year: 1844
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
ENTOMODESTES
(Turdidae; Ϯ White-eared Solitaire E. leucotis) Gr. εντομα entoma insects < εντομη entomē notch; εδεστης edestēs eater < εδω edō to eat; "Myadestinæ ... The earlier placing of these birds within the Ampelidæ is only due to their "resemblance in general appearance," and the differences have already been pointed out so exhaustively by Professor Baird, that it is unnecessary to repeat them here. The group will not, however, be naturally limited or clearly defined without removing the species Myadestes leucotis (Tschudi), which is widely different, from the Myadestinæ, being a true member of the Ptilogonatidæ. As its characters do not agree with those of any other genus, it will be necessary to make it the type of a new genus.Ϯ ... ϮENTOMODESTES, n. g. (*Eντομα = insects, εδεστης = an eater). Type—Entomodestes leucotis (Tschudi)— Head without crest. Outer primaries broad, not attenuated nor pointed at end; 1st about half the 2nd. Tail graduated, the feathers acute and acuminate at tips, the outer tapering from about its middle. Bill somewhat lengthened, rather weak, broad at base; nostrils large, rounded, much exposed; frontal feathers not reaching by far to the posterior margin. Tarsus scutellate anteriorly, as long as middle toe and claw." (Stejneger 1883); "Entomodestes Stejneger, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 5, "1882," p. 456, Feb., 1883—type, by monotypy, Ptilogonys leucotis Tschudi." (Hellmayr, 1934, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. VII, p. 444).
Var. Entomedestes.
leucotis
Gr. λευκος leukos white; -ωτις -ōtis -eared < ους ous, ωτος ōtos ear.
● ex “Fourmilier à oreilles blanches de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 822, and “White-eared Manakin” of Latham 1783 (syn. Conopophaga aurita).
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)