Streak-backed Antshrike
Streak-backed Antshrike
Here the details of the Streak-backed Antshrike named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Thamnophilus insignis Ibis p.450
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thamnophilidae / Thamnophilus
Taxonomy Code: stbant1
Type Locality: Mt. Roraima, 5000 feet.
Author: Salvin & Godman
Publish Year: 1884
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
THAMNOPHILUS
(Thamnophilidae; Ϯ Barred Antshrike T. doliatus) Gr. θαμνος thamnos bush; φιλος philos lover; "BATARA (DE AZARA), Thamnophilus. Lanius, Turdus, Lin. Gm. Lath. Bec droit à la base, robuste, convexe en dessus, comprimé latéralement; mandibule supérieure échancrée, ou dentée, et crochue vers le bout; l'inférieure entaillée, aiguë et retroussée à la pointe. — Bouche ciliée. Ailes courtes arrondies. Esp. Pie-Grièche rayée. — Fourmillier huppé, Buff. ... Tamnophilus [ταμνος, frutex, φιλεω, gaudeo]." (Vieillot 1816); "Thamnophilus Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 40. Type, by subsequent designation, Lanius doliatus Linné (Swainson, Zool. Journ., 1, 1824, p. 301)." (Peters 1951, VII, 162).
Var. Thamnoplius, Tamnophilus.
Synon. Abalius, Erionotus, Rhopochares.
thamnophilus
Gr. θαμνος thamnos bush; φιλος philos loving < φιλεω phileō to love < φιλος philos lover.
insignis
L. insignis extraordinary, remarkable, notable (e.g. very large) < in towards; signum mark.
SUBSPECIES
Streak-backed Antshrike (nigrofrontalis)
SCI Name: Thamnophilus insignis nigrofrontalis
nigrofrontalis
L. niger black; frontalis fronted, frontal < frontalia or frontale frontlet < frons, frontis forehead, brow.
Streak-backed Antshrike (insignis)
SCI Name: Thamnophilus insignis insignis
insignis
L. insignis extraordinary, remarkable, notable (e.g. very large) < in towards; signum mark.
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)