Masafuera Rayadito

Masafuera Rayadito / Aphrastura masafuerae

Masafuera Rayadito

Here the details of the Masafuera Rayadito named bird below:

SCI Name:  Aphrastura masafuerae
Protonym:  Synallaxis Masafucrae Arch.Naturgesch. 32 p.127
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Furnariidae /
Taxonomy Code:  masray1
Type Locality:  Mas Afuera Island.
Author:  
Publish Year:  1866
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

APHRASTURA
(Furnariidae; Thorn-tailed Rayadito A. spinicauda) Gr. αφραστος aphrastos  marvellous  < intensive prefix α- a- ; φραζω phrazō  to show; ουρα oura  tail; "Oxyurus is, however, untenable in ornithology, by reason of Oxyurus Rafinesque for a genus of fishes.  No other name being available, it may be known as Aphrastura, from αφραστος, mirabilis, and ουρα, cauda, the type being Motacilla spinicauda Gmelin." (Oberholser 1899); "Aphrastura Oberholser, 1899, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, p. 210.  New name for Oxyurus Swainson, 1837, preoccupied by Oxyurus Rafinesque, 1810 (Pisces)." (JAJ 2021).
Synon. Oxyurus.

masafuerae
Más Afuera I., Juan Fernández Is.