Rufous-backed Treehunter
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Rufous-backed Treehunter
Here the details of the Rufous-backed Treehunter named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Thripadectes scrutator Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt1 p.137
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Furnariidae / Thripadectes
Taxonomy Code: rubtre1
Type Locality: Maraynioc, Junin, Peru.
Author: Taczanowski
Publish Year: 1874
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
THRIPADECTES
(Furnariidae; Ϯ Flammulated Treehunter T. flammulatus) Gr. θριψ thrips, θριπος thripos woodworm; δηκτης dēktēs biter < δακνω daknō to bite; "Genus THRIPADECTES. 958. THRIPADECTES FLAMMULATUS. Anabates flammulatus, Eyton, Contr. Orn. 1849, p. 131; Sclater, P.Z.S. 1855, p. 141. Thripadectes flammulatus, Sclater, MS." (P. Sclater 1862); "Thripadectes Sclater, Cat. Am. Bds., 1862, p. 157. Type, by monotypy, Anabates flammulatus Eyton." (Peters 1951, VII, 141).
Synon. Rhopoctites.
scrutator
L. scrutator, scrutatoris searcher, investigator < scrutari to examine throroughly, to hunt out.
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)
