Carpentarian Grasswren
Carpentarian Grasswren
Here the details of the Carpentarian Grasswren named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Magnamytis woodwardi dorotheae AustralAv.Rec. 2 p.99
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Maluridae / Amytornis
Taxonomy Code: cargra2
Type Locality: McArthur River, Gulf of Carpentaria, Northern Territory.
Author: Mathews
Publish Year: 1914
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
AMYTORNIS
(Maluridae; Ϯ Thick-billed Grasswren A. textilis) Genus Amytis Lesson, 1831, grasswren; Gr. ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos bird; "Textile Wren ... its mode of progression on the ground is such as no description can convey an accurate conception of, and must be seen to be understood: I cannot perhaps compare it with anything, unless with the motion of an Indian-rubber ball when thrown forcibly along the ground. While stealing from bush to bush, with this rapid movement, its head low and tail perfectly erect, it presents an exceedingly droll appearance" (Gould 1865); "Malurinæ ... Amytornis textilis, with two allied species, also from Australia, belong here, wren-like birds of brown plumage, with curious whitish longitudinal streaks" (Stejneger 1885); "Amytornis Stejneger, 1885, in Kingsley, Standard Nat. Hist., 4, p. 499. New name for Amytis Lesson, 1831, preoccupied by Amytis Savigny, 1822." (Mayr in Peters, 1986, XI, p. 404).
Synon. Amictus, Amytis, Cryptamytis, Diaphorillas, Eyramytis, Magnamytis, Mytisa.
dorotheae
● Dorothy Ebsworth White (1888-1959) daughter of Australian oologist Henry Luke White (syn. Acanthiza nana, Amytornis, subsp. Phaethon lepturus, syn. Psephotellus dissimilis).
● Dorothea Minola Alice Bate (1879-1951) British palaeontologist, pioneer archaeozoologist, explorer (subsp. Certhia brachydactyla).
● Female eponym; dedicatee not yet identified (Wolters 1980, Die Vogelarten der Erde, pt. 6, 407) (subsp. Turdus lherminieri).
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)