Ash-throated Gnateater

Here the details of the Ash-throated Gnateater named bird below:

SCI Name:  Conopophaga peruviana
Protonym:  Conopophaga Peruviana Exped.Am.Sud.Zool.[Castelnau] 1 Ois.(1855) p.50 pl.16 fig.1
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Conopophagidae / Conopophaga
Taxonomy Code:  astgna1
Type Locality:  Pebas and Nauta, Peru.
Author:  Des Murs
Publish Year:  1856
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CONOPOPHAGA
(Conopophagidae; † Chestnut-belted Gnateater C. aurita) Gr. κωνωψ kōnōps, κωνωπος kōnōpos  gnat; -φαγος-phagos  -eating  < φαγειν phagein  to eat; "CONOPOPHAGE, Conopophaga.  Pipra, Turdus, Gm. Lath.  Bec nu à la base, droit, tendu, déprimé sur toute sa longueur, un peu caréné en dessus, échancré et courbé vers le bout; mandibule inférieure plate en dessous.   Esp. Fourmillier à ailes blanches, — tacheté, Buff.   ...   Conopophaga [κωνωψ, culex, φαγω, edo]." (Vieillot 1816); "Conopophaga Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 39.  Type, by subsequent designation, Turdus auritus Gmelin (G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 41)." (Peters, 1951, VII, p. 273).
Var. Conopophagus, Conophaga.
Synon. Brachyurus, Ceraphanes, Myagrus, Pseudoconopophaga.

peruana / peruanum / peruanus / peruvia / peruviana / peruvianus / peruviensis
Peru. Said to be named after Biru, a local Inca encountered by the conquistadores (although the name is also accredited to a Panamanian cazique). Until the early 18^th century the Viceroyalty of Peru included all Spanish possessions in South America.
● ex “Geai du Pérou” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 625, and de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Peruvian Jay” of Latham 1781 (syn. Cyanocorax yncas).
● ex “Coq de Roche du Pérou” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 745, and de Buffon 1770-1783 (Rupicola).
● Erroneous TL. Peru (= Brazil) (Tangara).
● Erroneous TL. Peru (= Tahiti) (Vini).