Bay Wren

Here the details of the Bay Wren named bird below:

SCI Name:  Cantorchilus nigricapillus
Protonym:  Thryothorus nigricapillus Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt(28)1 p.84
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Troglodytidae / Cantorchilus
Taxonomy Code:  baywre1
Type Locality:  Nanegal (alt. ca. 4,000 ft.), Pichincha, Ecuador.
Author:  Sclater, PL
Publish Year:  1860
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CANTORCHILUS
(Troglodytidae; † Long-billed Wren T. longirostris) L. cantus  song    < canere  to sing; Gr. ορχιλος orkhilos  wren; "Wren song has long been the subject of scientific study ... as this group exhibits impressive diversity in such features as song structure, repertoire size, presence of female song, and sex-specific patterns of song use  ...  Cantorchilus, gen. nov.  Type: Thryothorus longirostris (Vieillot).  Etymology: cantus, song; orchilos, wren" (Mann et al. 2006); "Cantorchilus Mann, Barker, Graves, Dingess-Mann and Slater, 2006, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 40 (3), p. 750+.  Type, by original designation, Thryothorus longirostris Vieillot, 1818." (JAJ 2021).

nigricapilla / nigricapillus
L. niger black; -capillus -capped < capillus hair of the head.
● ex “Merle à Calotte Noire” of Levaillant 1802, pl. 108 (Lioptilus).

SUBSPECIES

Bay Wren (Central American)
SCI Name: Cantorchilus nigricapillus [castaneus Group]
CANTORCHILUS
(Troglodytidae; † Long-billed Wren T. longirostris) L. cantus  song    < canere  to sing; Gr. ορχιλος orkhilos  wren; "Wren song has long been the subject of scientific study ... as this group exhibits impressive diversity in such features as song structure, repertoire size, presence of female song, and sex-specific patterns of song use  ...  Cantorchilus, gen. nov.  Type: Thryothorus longirostris (Vieillot).  Etymology: cantus, song; orchilos, wren" (Mann et al. 2006); "Cantorchilus Mann, Barker, Graves, Dingess-Mann and Slater, 2006, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 40 (3), p. 750+.  Type, by original designation, Thryothorus longirostris Vieillot, 1818." (JAJ 2021).

Bay Wren (South American)
SCI Name: Cantorchilus nigricapillus nigricapillus/connectens
CANTORCHILUS
(Troglodytidae; † Long-billed Wren T. longirostris) L. cantus  song    < canere  to sing; Gr. ορχιλος orkhilos  wren; "Wren song has long been the subject of scientific study ... as this group exhibits impressive diversity in such features as song structure, repertoire size, presence of female song, and sex-specific patterns of song use  ...  Cantorchilus, gen. nov.  Type: Thryothorus longirostris (Vieillot).  Etymology: cantus, song; orchilos, wren" (Mann et al. 2006); "Cantorchilus Mann, Barker, Graves, Dingess-Mann and Slater, 2006, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 40 (3), p. 750+.  Type, by original designation, Thryothorus longirostris Vieillot, 1818." (JAJ 2021).