Rufous-capped Antthrush
Rufous-capped Antthrush
Here the details of the Rufous-capped Antthrush named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Formicarius Colma TablePlanchesEnlum. p.43,44,50
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Formicariidae / Formicarius
Taxonomy Code: rucant2
Type Locality: Cayenne, ex Daubenton, pi. 703, fig. 1.
Author: Boddaert
Publish Year: 1783
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
FORMICARIUS
(Formicariidae; Ϯ Rufous-capped Ant-thrush F. colma) Mod. L. formicarius of the ant < Med. L. formicarium ant-hill < L. formica ant. The antbirds received their name from the habit of a few species of trailing ant armies and feeding on the insects thus disturbed or put to flight; “This bird inhabits South America ... in the neighbourhood of large ant-hills, on the inhabitants of which it chiefly feeds, as do several other species; many sorts of which unite together into bands: but what is observable in this species, it is seldom seen except one in a flock of the others, or at most a pair. These birds for the most part keep on the ground, and appear less active than those which it keeps company with” (Latham 1783). The ant-thrushes are shy, terrestrial birds, much more often heard than seen and sometimes occur on the periphery of ant swarms; "700. 1.Palikour BUFF. VIII. p. 238. BRISS. Ornith. o. LINN. o. Formicarius torquatus, mihi. 2.Carillonneur BUFF. VIII. p. 246. BRISS. Ornith. o. LINN. o. Formicarius Cantatar, mihi. ... 703. 1.Colma, BUFF. VIII. p. 241. BRISS. Ornith. o. LINN. o. Formicarius Colma. ... 821. Tetema de Cayenne, BUFF. VIII. p. 240. BRISS. Ornith. o. LINN. Gen. o. Formicarius Cayanensis." (Boddaert 1783); "Formicarius Boddaert, Tabl Pl. enlum., 1783, p. 43, 44, 50. Type, by subsequent designation, Formicarius cayanensis Boddaert = Formicarius colma Boddaert (G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 26)." (Peters, 1951, VII, p. 239).
Synon. Eriodora, Formicicapa, Myiothera, Myocincla, Myrmecophaga, Tetema.
colma
Homophone < French collier necklace; marque mark (cf. L. collum neck; maculatus spotted); ex “Colma de Cayenne” of de Buffon 1770-1785: “une espèce de demi-collier roux et le gorge blanche piquetée de gris-brun; c’est de ce dernier caractère que nous lui avons donné le nom de colma” (Formicarius).
SUBSPECIES
Rufous-capped Antthrush (colma)
SCI Name: Formicarius colma colma
colma
Homophone < French collier necklace; marque mark (cf. L. collum neck; maculatus spotted); ex “Colma de Cayenne” of de Buffon 1770-1785: “une espèce de demi-collier roux et le gorge blanche piquetée de gris-brun; c’est de ce dernier caractère que nous lui avons donné le nom de colma” (Formicarius).
Rufous-capped Antthrush (nigrifrons)
SCI Name: Formicarius colma nigrifrons
nigrifrons
L. niger black; frons, frontis forehead, brow.
● ex “Black-fronted Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (unident.).
Rufous-capped Antthrush (amazonicus)
SCI Name: Formicarius colma amazonicus
amazonica / amazonicus / amazonina / amazoninum
Mod. L. Amazonicus or Amazoninus Amazonian, of Amazonia.
● ex “Ajuru Curuca” of Marcgrave 1648, and “Psittacus amazonicus” of Brisson 1760 (Amazona).
Rufous-capped Antthrush (ruficeps)
SCI Name: Formicarius colma ruficeps
ruficeps
L. rufus red, ruddy; -ceps -headed < caput, capitis head.
● ex “Tordo del corona de canela” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 72 (syn. Chrysomus ruficapillus).
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)