Cactus Wren
Cactus Wren
Here the details of the Cactus Wren named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Picolaptes brunneicapillus Mag.Zool. 5 cl.2 [p.23] pl.47
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Troglodytidae / Campylorhynchus
Taxonomy Code: cacwre
Type Locality: California, error = coast region of southern Sonora, Mexico designated by Bangs, 1930, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 70, p. 313.
Author: Lafresnaye
Publish Year: 1835
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CAMPYLORHYNCHUS
(Troglodytidae; Ϯ Thrush-like Wren C. turdinus) Gr. καμπυλος kampulos curved, bent < καμπτω kamptō to bend; ῥυγχος rhunkhos bill; "GENUS I. CAMPYLORHYNCHUS. Turdinus; rostro longiusculo, arcuato, crassiusculo, ad basin latiusculo, versus apicem cylindrico; naribus ovatis, subbasalibus, non obtectis; digito postico reliquis crassiore; alis breviusculis; rictu oris usque ad oculos elongato. SPECIES 1. CAMPYLORHYNCHUS SCOLOPACEUS. ... Habitat in sylvis Rio de Janeiro. SPECIES 2. CAMPYLORHYNCHUS STRIOLATUS. ... Habitat in provincia Bahiae." (von Spix 1824); "Campylorhynchus Spix, 1824, Av. Brasil., 1, p. 77. Type, by subsequent designation, Opetiorhynchus turdinus Wied (G. R. Gray, 1840, List Gen. Birds, p.25. (Not preoccupied by Campylirhynchus "Mergerle", 1821.)" (Paynter in Peters, 1960, IX, p. 379).
Var. Kampilorynchus, Kampylorhynchus, Campilorhynchus.
Synon. Buglodytes, Heleodytes, Psalter.
brunneicapilla / brunneicapillum / brunneicapillus
Mod. L. brunneus brown < Med. L. brunius brown; L. -capillus -capped < capillus hair of the head.
SUBSPECIES
Cactus Wren (brunneicapillus Group)
SCI Name: Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus [brunneicapillus Group]
CAMPYLORHYNCHUS
(Troglodytidae; Ϯ Thrush-like Wren C. turdinus) Gr. καμπυλος kampulos curved, bent < καμπτω kamptō to bend; ῥυγχος rhunkhos bill; "GENUS I. CAMPYLORHYNCHUS. Turdinus; rostro longiusculo, arcuato, crassiusculo, ad basin latiusculo, versus apicem cylindrico; naribus ovatis, subbasalibus, non obtectis; digito postico reliquis crassiore; alis breviusculis; rictu oris usque ad oculos elongato. SPECIES 1. CAMPYLORHYNCHUS SCOLOPACEUS. ... Habitat in sylvis Rio de Janeiro. SPECIES 2. CAMPYLORHYNCHUS STRIOLATUS. ... Habitat in provincia Bahiae." (von Spix 1824); "Campylorhynchus Spix, 1824, Av. Brasil., 1, p. 77. Type, by subsequent designation, Opetiorhynchus turdinus Wied (G. R. Gray, 1840, List Gen. Birds, p.25. (Not preoccupied by Campylirhynchus "Mergerle", 1821.)" (Paynter in Peters, 1960, IX, p. 379).
Var. Kampilorynchus, Kampylorhynchus, Campilorhynchus.
Synon. Buglodytes, Heleodytes, Psalter.
Cactus Wren (affinis Group)
SCI Name: Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus [affinis Group]
CAMPYLORHYNCHUS
(Troglodytidae; Ϯ Thrush-like Wren C. turdinus) Gr. καμπυλος kampulos curved, bent < καμπτω kamptō to bend; ῥυγχος rhunkhos bill; "GENUS I. CAMPYLORHYNCHUS. Turdinus; rostro longiusculo, arcuato, crassiusculo, ad basin latiusculo, versus apicem cylindrico; naribus ovatis, subbasalibus, non obtectis; digito postico reliquis crassiore; alis breviusculis; rictu oris usque ad oculos elongato. SPECIES 1. CAMPYLORHYNCHUS SCOLOPACEUS. ... Habitat in sylvis Rio de Janeiro. SPECIES 2. CAMPYLORHYNCHUS STRIOLATUS. ... Habitat in provincia Bahiae." (von Spix 1824); "Campylorhynchus Spix, 1824, Av. Brasil., 1, p. 77. Type, by subsequent designation, Opetiorhynchus turdinus Wied (G. R. Gray, 1840, List Gen. Birds, p.25. (Not preoccupied by Campylirhynchus "Mergerle", 1821.)" (Paynter in Peters, 1960, IX, p. 379).
Var. Kampilorynchus, Kampylorhynchus, Campilorhynchus.
Synon. Buglodytes, Heleodytes, Psalter.
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)