Brownish-headed Antbird

Brownish-headed Antbird / Myrmelastes brunneiceps

Brownish-headed Antbird

Here the details of the Brownish-headed Antbird named bird below:

SCI Name:  Myrmelastes brunneiceps
Protonym:  Schistocichla leucostigma brunneiceps Am.Mus.Novit. no.500 p. 19
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Thamnophilidae /
Taxonomy Code:  brhant1
Type Locality:  Chaquimayo, 3000 feet, Andes of Carabaya, Peru.
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Publish Year:  1931
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DEFINITIONS

MYRMELASTES
(Thamnophilidae; Ϯ Plumbeous Antbird M. hyperythrus) Gr. μυρμηξ murmēx, μυρμηκος murmēkos  ant; λαστης lastēs  robber  < λῃστευω lēisteuō  to rob; "MYRMELASTES.  Rostrum forte, ad basin latum, loris et regione oculari denudatis: alæ modicæ ad caudæ dimidium attingentes: cauda modica, rotundata: pedes validi, tarsis modice longis, acrotarsiis divisis, paratarsiis integris; digitis elongatis, validiusculis ... MYRMELASTES PLUMBEUS, sp. nov. ... The British Museum possesses both sexes of this fine, strong Ant-thrush ... The female has so nearly the same general appearance as Thamnophilus hyperythrus ♂, that they might easily be confounded at first sight" (P. Sclater 1858).
Synon. Schistocichla.

brunneiceps
Mod. L. brunneus  brown  < Med. L. brunius  brown; L. –ceps -crowned  < caput, capitis  head.