Black-bellied Gnateater

Black-bellied Gnateater / Conopophaga melanogaster

Black-bellied Gnateater

Here the details of the Black-bellied Gnateater named bird below:

SCI Name:  Conopophaga melanogaster
Protonym:  Conopophaga melanogaster Mem.Acad.Imp.Sci.St.Petersb.(6), 1 p.537 pl.15 fig.2
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Conopophagidae /
Taxonomy Code:  blbgna1
Type Locality:  Cuiaba; Rio Madeira substituted as type locality by Hellmayr, 1924, p. 27.
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Publish Year:  1835
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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, culexφαγω, 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.

melanogaster / melanogastra / melanogastris / melanogastrus
Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos  black; γαστηρ gastēr, γαστρος gastros  belly.
● ex “Black-bellied Grosbeak” of Latham 1783 (syn. Euplectes afer).