Short-billed Leaftosser

Short-billed Leaftosser / Sclerurus rufigularis

Short-billed Leaftosser

Here the details of the Short-billed Leaftosser named bird below:

SCI Name:  Sclerurus rufigularis
Protonym:  Sclerurus rufigularis Orn.Brasil. Abth.2 p.87
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Furnariidae /
Taxonomy Code:  shblea1
Type Locality:  Borba and Marabitanas, Brazil; type from Borba, Rio Madeira.
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Publish Year:  1868
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

SCLERURUS
(Furnariidae; Ϯ Black-tailed Leaftosser S. caudacutus) Gr. σκληρος sklēros  stiff; ουρα oura  tail; "The shaft of the tail feathers is stiff and its tip is very sharp" (Vaurie 1980); "SCLERURUS.  Rostrum sub-elongatum vel longiusculum, emarginatum, obtusum; culmine versusapicem leviter arcuato.  Alæ mediocres, rotundatæ, remigibus 1ma et 2da gradatis, 3tia, 4ta et 5ta æqualibus, longissimis.  Cauda lata, rigida, rotundata.  Pedes graciles, breves, digito exteriore prima phalange tenus medio conjuncto, interiore ad basin connexo; halluce gracili, subcurvato, leviter emarginato." (Swainson 1827); "Sclerurus Swainson, Zool. Journ., 3, 1827, p. 356. Generic characters only; species added,2 Cabanis, Arch. Naturg., 13, 1847, Bd. 1, p. 231. Type, by subsequent designation, Thamnophilus caudacutus Vieillot (Cabanis, loc. cit.).   ...   2 The two specific names associated with this genus by Swainson in Classif. Bds., 2, 1837, p. 315 are both nomina nuda." (Peters 1951, VII, 148).
Var. Scelurus.
Synon. Geooecia, Oxypyga, Tinactor.

rufigulare / rufigularis
L. rufus red, rufous; Mod. L. gularis throated < L. gula throat.
● ex “Orange-breasted Hobby” of Latham 1781 (Falco).

SUBSPECIES

Short-billed Leaftosser (fulvigularis)
SCI Name: Sclerurus rufigularis fulvigularis
fulvigularis
L. fulvus tawny; Mod. L. gularis throated < L. gula throat.

Short-billed Leaftosser (brunnescens)
SCI Name: Sclerurus rufigularis brunnescens
brunnescens
Mod. L. brunnescens, brunnescentis  somewhat brown, brownish  < brunneus  brown  < Med. L. brunius  brown.

Short-billed Leaftosser (rufigularis)
SCI Name: Sclerurus rufigularis rufigularis
rufigulare / rufigularis
L. rufus red, rufous; Mod. L. gularis throated < L. gula throat.
● ex “Orange-breasted Hobby” of Latham 1781 (Falco).