Bicolored Antvireo

Bicolored Antvireo / Dysithamnus occidentalis

Bicolored Antvireo

Here the details of the Bicolored Antvireo named bird below:

SCI Name:  Dysithamnus occidentalis
Protonym:  Thamnophilus aethiops occidentalis Am.Mus.Novit. no.86 p.2
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Thamnophilidae /
Taxonomy Code:  bicant4
Type Locality:  Cocal, 4000 feet, Western Andes, Colombia.
Author:  
Publish Year:  1923
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

DYSITHAMNUS
(Thamnophilidae; Ϯ Spot-breasted Antvireo D. stictothorax) Gr. δυω duō  to plunge; θαμνος thamnos  bush; "Gen. Dysithamnus n. gen.  (δυω, hineinbegeben; θαμνος, Gebüsch).  Die hierher gehörigen Arten sind bisher bald zu Thamnophilus, bald zu Myiothera oder Formicivora gestellt worden. Eine generische Absonderung scheint gerechtfertigt und ist schon von Swainson (Zool. Journ. I. 1824. p. 146) unter der Bezeichnung "short-tailed Thamnophili" angedeutet.  ...  1. D. guttulatusLanius guttulatus Licht. Doubl. (1823) No. 500 mas, No. 501 fem.  Myiothera strictothorax Temm. pl. col. 179. F. 2. mas, F. 1 fem.  Thamnophilus strictothorax Pr. Max. Beitr. III. p. 1013.   2. D. mentalis.   ...   *3. D. olivaceus.   ...   4. D. stellaris." (Cabanis 1847); "Dysithamnus Cabanis, Arch. Naturg., 13, 1847, Band 1, p. 223. Type, by subsequent designation, Myothera strictothorax Temminck (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 42)." (Peters, 1951, VII, p. 181).
Var. Disythamnus, Dasythamnus.
Synon. Silvestrius.

occidentale / occidentalis
L. occidentalis  western  < occidens, occidentis  west  < occidere  to set. This toponym was frequently given to taxa discovered in locations west of previously known populations.
● Cocal, Western Andes, Colombia (Dysithamnus).
● Jamaica; ex “Onocrotalus” or “Pelecanus fuscus” of Sloane 1725, “Pelican of America” of Edwards 1747, and “Pelecanus” of Browne 1756 (Pelecanus).
● TL. Day Dawn, Western Australia; "Westralian Wedgebill" (Mathews 1912) (Psophodes).

SUBSPECIES

Bicolored Antvireo (occidentalis)
SCI Name: Dysithamnus occidentalis occidentalis
occidentale / occidentalis
L. occidentalis  western  < occidens, occidentis  west  < occidere  to set. This toponym was frequently given to taxa discovered in locations west of previously known populations.
● Cocal, Western Andes, Colombia (Dysithamnus).
● Jamaica; ex “Onocrotalus” or “Pelecanus fuscus” of Sloane 1725, “Pelican of America” of Edwards 1747, and “Pelecanus” of Browne 1756 (Pelecanus).
● TL. Day Dawn, Western Australia; "Westralian Wedgebill" (Mathews 1912) (Psophodes).

Bicolored Antvireo (punctitectus)
SCI Name: Dysithamnus occidentalis punctitectus
punctitectus
L. punctum  spot  < pungere  to puncture; tectus  covered, concealed  < tegere  to cover.