Pink-legged Graveteiro
Pink-legged Graveteiro
Here the details of the Pink-legged Graveteiro named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Acrobatornis fonsecai WilsonBull. 108 p.405-408
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Furnariidae / Acrobatornis
Taxonomy Code: pilgra1
Type Locality:
Author: Pacheco, Whitney & Gonzaga
Publish Year: 1996
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
ACROBATORNIS
(Furnariidae; † Pink-legged Graveteiro A. fonsecai) Gr. ακροβατης akrobatēs acrobat < ακρος akros highest, topmost < ακη akē point; βατης batēs walker < βατεω bateō to tread < βαινω bainō to walk (cf. ακροβατος akrobatos walking on tip-toe); ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos bird; "Acrobatornis gen. nov. TYPE-SPECIES: Acrobatornis fonsecai Pacheco, Whitney, and Gonzaga. DIAGNOSIS. —A small, arboreal furnariid (weight 14 g) completely lacking rufous in definitive plumage, and largely orange-tawny in juvenal plumage. Adults basically gray with black wings, tail, and cap ... ETYMOLOGY. —From the Greek words akróbatos, and órnis, referring to the acrobatic climbing and hanging foraging behavior of this bird; the root akróbatos is immedicately understood in a remarkably diverse set of languages. The name is masculine in gender. Acrobatornis fonsecai sp. nov. Pink-legged Graveteiro Acrobata (Portuguese) ... We designate the English name Pink-legged Graveteiro to call attention to conspicuous morphological and ecological features of the bird: the stout, bright-pink legs and feet, and the fact that it gathers twigs and sticks ("gravetos" in Portuguese) to construct its nest, as do several other groups of furnariids, such as the canasteros ("basket-makers" in Spanish). Indeed, to call Acrobatornis a "canastero" or "thornbird" or "spinetail" or any other existing English name seems inappropriate, regardless of its phylogenetic affinities." (Pacheco et al. 1996); "Acrobatornis Pacheco, Whitney and Gonzaga, 1996, Wilson Bulletin, 108 (3), p. 400. Type, by original designation, Acrobatornis fonsecai Pacheco, Whitney and Gonzaga, 1996." (JAJ 2019).
fonsecai
Paulo Sérgio Moreira da Fonseca (fl. 1996) Brazilian ornithologist, collector (Acrobatornis).
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)