White-tipped Plantcutter
White-tipped Plantcutter
Here the details of the White-tipped Plantcutter named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Phytotoma rutila Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 26 p.64
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Cotingidae / Phytotoma
Taxonomy Code: whtpla1
Type Locality: Paraguay (probably in southwest).
Author: Vieillot
Publish Year: 1818
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PHYTOTOMA
(Cotingidae; Ϯ Chilean Plantcutter P. rara) Gr. φυτον phuton plant < φυω phuō to grow; τομος tomos cutting < τεμνω temnō to cut; "8. La Rara, Phytotoma Rara gen. nov. (2*) ... (2*) Phytotoma. Rostrum conicum, rectum, serratum. Nares ovatæ. Lingua brevis, obtusa" (Molina 1782); "Phytotoma Molina, 1782, Saggio Stot. Nat. Chili, pp. 254, 345. Type, by monotypy, Phytotoma rara Molina." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 309). The distinctive plantcutters were formerly treated in a monogeneric family, the Phytotomidae, but are now considered allied to Zaratornis, Doliornis and Ampelion.
Var. Phytotome, Phitotoma.
Synon. Ptytotoma.
rutila
L. rutilus golden, red, auburn.
● ex “African Heron” of Latham 1787 (?syn. Ardea sp.)
● ex “Habia dentudo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 91 (Phytotoma).
SUBSPECIES
White-tipped Plantcutter (angustirostris)
SCI Name: Phytotoma rutila angustirostris
angustirostris
L. angustus narrow; -rostris -billed < rostrum beak.
● ex “Trepadore comun” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 242 (Lepidocolaptes).
White-tipped Plantcutter (rutila)
SCI Name: Phytotoma rutila rutila
rutila
L. rutilus golden, red, auburn.
● ex “African Heron” of Latham 1787 (?syn. Ardea sp.)
● ex “Habia dentudo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 91 (Phytotoma).
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)