Cabanis’s Wren

Cabanis\'s Wren / Cantorchilus modestus

Cabanis's Wren

Here the details of the Cabanis's Wren named bird below:

SCI Name:  Cantorchilus modestus
Protonym:  Thryothorus modestus J.Orn. 8(1860) p.409
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Troglodytidae /
Taxonomy Code:  plawre1
Type Locality:  San Jose, Costa Rica.
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Publish Year:  1861
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DEFINITIONS

CANTORCHILUS
(Troglodytidae; Long-billed Wren T. longirostris) L. cantus  song    < canere  to sing; Gr. ορχιλος orkhilos  wren; "Wren song has long been the subject of scientific study ... as this group exhibits impressive diversity in such features as song structure, repertoire size, presence of female song, and sex-specific patterns of song use  ...  Cantorchilus, gen. nov.  Type: Thryothorus longirostris (Vieillot).  Etymology: cantus, song; orchilos, wren" (Mann et al. 2006); "Cantorchilus Mann, Barker, Graves, Dingess-Mann and Slater, 2006, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 40 (3), p. 750+.  Type, by original designation, Thryothorus longirostris Vieillot, 1818." (JAJ 2021).

modesta / modestum / modestus
L. modestus  plain, modest, unassuming  < modus  measure, standard.