Rio Branco Antbird
Rio Branco Antbird
Here the details of the Rio Branco Antbird named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Cercomacra carbonaria Nomen.Av.Neotrop. p.73,161
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thamnophilidae / Cercomacra
Taxonomy Code: ribant1
Type Locality: Rio Branco, Brazil.
Author: Sclater & Salvin
Publish Year: 1873
IUCN Status: Critically Endangered
DEFINITIONS
CERCOMACRA
(Thamnophilidae; Ϯ Rio de Janeiro Antbird C. brasiliana) Gr. κερκος kerkos tail; μακρος makros long; "GENUS VI. CERCOMACRA. Statura major: ptilosis magis unicolor: forma validior: rostrum ad basin dilatatum: cauda longa e rectricibus plerumque decem multum graduatis: acrotarsiis divisis, paratarsiis integris. These birds form a transition between Formicivora and Pyriglena. I have sometimes been inclined to unite them to the latter; but they differ in their broad flattened bill, which in Pyriglena is compressed throughout. 1. CERCOMACRA CÆRULESCENS. Myrmothera cærulescens, Vieill. Nouv. Dict. xvii. p. 311. ... 2. CERCOMACRA CINERASCENS. Formicivora cærulescens, Sclater, P.Z.S. 1854, p. 112. Formicivora cinerascens, Sclater, P.Z.S. 1859, p. 131. ... 3. CERCOMACRA TYRANNINA. Pyriglena tyrannina, Sclater, P.Z.S. 1855, p. 90. pl. 98. et p. 147. ... 4. CERCOMACRA NIGRICANS, sp. nov. ... 5. CERCOMACRA ATROTHORAX. L'Alapi de Cayenne, Buff. Pl. Enl. 701. fig. 2. Turdus atrothorax, Bodd. Table d. Pl. Enl. Turdus alapi, Gm. et auct." (P. Sclater 1858); "Cercomacra Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, pt. 26, 1858, p. 244. Type, by subsequent designation, Cercomacra caerulescens Sclater not Myrmothera caerulescens Vieillot = Cercomacra brasiliana Hellmayr (Sclater, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., 15, 1890, p. 263)." (Peters, 1951, VII, p. 213).
Var. Ceromacra.
carbonaria / carbonarium
L. carbonarius charcoal-burner (i.e. black, blackened) < carbo, carbonis charcoal.
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)