Orange-breasted Thornbird
Orange-breasted Thornbird
Here the details of the Orange-breasted Thornbird named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Anumbius ferrugineigula Sitz.K.Akad.Wiss.Wien 31 p.322
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Furnariidae / Phacellodomus
Taxonomy Code: orbtho1
Type Locality: Cape Horn; error, State of Sao Paulo, Brazil, suggested by Hellmayr, antea, p. 157.
Author: von Pelzeln
Publish Year: 1858
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PHACELLODOMUS
(Furnariidae; Ϯ Rufous-fronted Thornbird P. rufifrons) Gr. φακελλος phakellos bundle of twigs; δομος domos house; the large stick-nests of the familiar thornbirds are conspicuous features of arid and semi-arid countryside in tropical America; "*LXXXVIII. Phacellodomus RCHB. Syst. d. Vögel t. suppl. ... *379. Ph. rufifrons (Sylvia — ILLIG) RCHB. t. DXXI. 3611—12. .... Zuerst beschreibt SWAINSON das von ihm beobachtete merkwürdige Nest, welches so groß ist, daß es zur Staffage der Landschaft um Bahia beiträgt. Es hängt an niedern Sträuchern, außerlich aus trockenen Stäben ohne alle Verwebung zusammengesetzt, 3—4 Fuß lang, von fern wie ein dickes Gewirre von Bohnenstroh, wie zufällig gestaltet aussehend." (Reichenbach 1853); "Phacellodomus Reichenow [sic], Handb. spec. Orn., cont. x, 1853, Scansoriae A. Sittinae, p. 146, 169. Type, by monotypy, Anabates rufifrons Wied." (Peters 1951, VII, 111).
Var. Phacellodromus, Phacelodomus, Placellodomus.
Synon. Drioctistes, Phaceloscenus.
ferrugineigula
L. ferrugineus rusty < ferrugo, ferruginis iron rust < ferrum iron; gula throat.
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)