Ovenbird

Ovenbird / Seiurus aurocapilla

Ovenbird

Here the details of the Ovenbird named bird below:

SCI Name:  Seiurus aurocapilla
Protonym:  Motacilla aurocapilla Syst.Nat.ed.12 ed.12 p.334
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Parulidae /
Taxonomy Code:  ovenbi1
Type Locality:  Pennsylvania (teste Linnaeus) ; ''on the coast of Hispaniola, about ten leagues from land'' (teste Edwards).
Author:  
Publish Year:  1766
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

SEIURUS
(Parulidae; Ϯ Ovenbird S. aurocapilla) Gr. σειουρος seiouros another name for the σεισουρα seisoura or “wag-tail”  < σειω seiō  to shake; ουρα oura  tail; "GOLDEN-CROWNED THRUSH.  ...  It is altogether an inhabitant of the woods, runs along the ground like a lark, and even along the horizontal branches, frequently moving its tail in the manner of the Wagtails" (A. Wilson 1810); "G. SEIURUS. Swains. in Zool. Journ. No. 10.    35. Seiurus aurocapillus. Golden-crowned Thrush. Wilson ii. pl. 14. f. 2. Table land?    36. Seiurus tenuirostris. Above olive brown, beneath pale yellow with triangular blackish spots; stripe above the eye pale. Table land? Size of the last." (Swainson 1827 (May)); "SEIÜRUS.  Rostrum breve, compressum, rectum, emarginatum; gonyde sub-ascendente. Alæ longiusculæ, remigibus 1ma et 3tia æqualibus, 2da longissima. Cauda æqualis. Pedes mediocres, pallidi, tarsorum squamis fere integris.  ...  Type. Turdus aurocapilla. Wilson, 2. pl. 14, f. 2." (Swainson 1827 (July)); "Seiurus Swainson, 1827 (May), Philos. Mag., new ser., 1, fasc. 5, p. 369. Type, by subsequent designation (Swainson, 1827 (July), Zool. Journ., 3, p. 171), Motacilla aurocapilla Linnaeus." (Lowery & Monroe in Peters 1968, XIV, 34).  
Var. Sciurus, SejurusSenurus, Siurus (“It is hardly necessary to change the name Seiurus, Sw. (N.B. It should be written Siurus). This word seems to be quite sufficiently distinct in sound from Seisura, Vig. (which ought to be spelled Sisura), not to be confounded with it” (Strickland 1841)).  
Var. Sejurus.
Synon. Enicocichla, Exochocichla.

aurocapilla / aurocapillus
L. aurum  gold; -capillus  -crowned  < capillus  hair.
● "114. MOTACILLA.  ...  aurocapilla.  29. M. olivacea, subtus alba, vertice aureo, superciliis nigris, pectore nigro maculato.  Ficedula pensilvanica aurocapilla. Briss. av. 3. p. 504. Edw. av. 91. t. 252.  Habitat in Pensylvania." (Linnaeus 1766) (Seiurus).

SUBSPECIES

Ovenbird (aurocapilla)
SCI Name: Seiurus aurocapilla aurocapilla
aurocapilla / aurocapillus
L. aurum  gold; -capillus  -crowned  < capillus  hair.
● "114. MOTACILLA.  ...  aurocapilla.  29. M. olivacea, subtus alba, vertice aureo, superciliis nigris, pectore nigro maculato.  Ficedula pensilvanica aurocapilla. Briss. av. 3. p. 504. Edw. av. 91. t. 252.  Habitat in Pensylvania." (Linnaeus 1766) (Seiurus).

Ovenbird (cinereus)
SCI Name: Seiurus aurocapilla cinereus
cinereum / cinereus
L. cinereus  ash-grey, ash-coloured  < cinis, cineris  ashes.
● ex “Cinereous or Ash-coloured Vulture” of Willughby 1676, and Latham 1781, “Vultur cinereus” of Ray 1713, “Vultur fusco-nigricans” of Brisson 1760, and “Vautour” or “Grand Vautour” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 425, and de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Aegypius monachus).
● ex “Maracana” of Willughby 1676, “Maracana Brasiliensibus” of Ray 1713, “Psittacus brasiliensis cinereus” of Brisson 1760, and “Cinereous Parrot” of Latham 1781 (?syn. Anodorhynchus glaucus).
● ex “Gobe-mouche roux de Cayenne” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Attila rufus).
● ex “Falco freti Hudsonis” of Brisson 1760, “Faucon de la Baie d’Hudson” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Ash-coloured Buzzard” of Latham 1781 (syn. Buteo buteo).
● ex “Cinereous Wattle-bird” of Latham 1781 (Callaeas).
● ex “Ash-bellied Humming-bird” of Latham 1782 (syn. Campylopterus largipennis).
● ex “Gavilan del campo ceniciento” of de Azara 1802-1805, nos.32, 33 (Circus).
● ex “Grive de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 515 (?Cotinga sp.).
● ex “Tinamou cendré” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Cinereous Tinamou” of Latham 1785 (Crypturellus).
● ex “Cotinga Cendré” of Levaillant 1801 (syn. Lipaugus vociferans).
ex “Wax-billed Barbet” of Latham, 1782 (syn. Monasa niger).
● (Boddaert 1783) ex “Manakin cendré de Cayenne” (= ♂) of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 687, fig. 1, and “Oiseau cendré de la Guyane” of de Buffon 1770-1785 (syn. Pachyramphus rufus).
● (J. Gmelin 1789) ex “Cinereous Manakin” of Latham 1783 (syn. Pachyramphus rufus).
● ex “Mésange Grise au Joue Blanche” of Levaillant 1804, pl. 139, fig. 2 (Parus).
● ex “Oiseaux grises” or “Oies de plein” of Pernety 1769, “Race horse Duck” of Pernety 1771, and “Loggerhead Goose” of Latham 1785 (syn. Tachyeres brachypterus).
● ex “Grey and Yellow Flycatcher” of Edwards 1751 (Todirostrum).
● "57. MEROPS.  ...  cinereus.  3. M. rubro flavoque variegatus, subtus flavo-rubescens, rectricibus duabus longissimis rubris.  Avicula de gvauheilui [= Quauhcilui]. Seb. mus. I. p. 50. t. 30. f. 10.  Habitat in America." (Linnaeus 1758) (unident.; nom. dub.)
● (Forster 1781) ex “Merula Indica cinerea” of Brisson 1760 (unident.).
● (J. Gmelin 1789) ex “Merula Indica cinerea” of Brisson 1760, “Merle cendré des Indes” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Ash-coloured Thrush” of Latham 1783 (unident.).

Ovenbird (furvior)
SCI Name: Seiurus aurocapilla furvior
furvior
L. furvior, furvioris  darker, more dark  < comp. furvus  dark.