Tepui Antpitta

Tepui Antpitta / Myrmothera simplex

Tepui Antpitta

Here the details of the Tepui Antpitta named bird below:

SCI Name:  Myrmothera simplex
Protonym:  Grallaria simplex Ibis p.451
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Grallariidae /
Taxonomy Code:  tepant1
Type Locality:  Mt. Roraima, 5000 feet, ''British Guiana,'' i.e. Venezuela.
Author:  
Publish Year:  1884
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

MYRMOTHERA
(Grallariidae; Ϯ Thrush-like Antpitta M. campanisona) Gr. μυρμος murmos  ant; -θηρας -thēras  hunter  < θηραω thēraō  to hunt  < θηρ thēr, θηρος thēros  beast, animal; "MYRMOTHÈRE, ou FOURMILLIER, Myrmothera.  Turdus, Linn. Gm. Lath.  Bec plus haut que large à la base, presque rond, un peu fort, convexe en dessus; mandibule supérieure échancrée et crochue vers le bout; l'inférieure entaillée, aiguë et retroussée à la pointe. — Queue courte.   Esp. Béfroi, et quelques autres fourmilliers de Buffon.   ....   Myrmothera [μυρμος, formica, θηραω, venor]." (Vieillot 1816); "Myrmothera Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 43. Type, by subsequent designation, G. brevicauda = Formicarius brevicauda Boddaert = Myrmornis campanisona Hermann (Sclater, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., 15, 1890, p. 321)." (Peters 1951, VII, 260).
Var. Myrmecothera.
Synon. Codonistris.

simplex
L. simplex, simplicis  simple, plain.
● ex “Simple Tern” of Latham 1785 (Phaetusa ☼).

SUBSPECIES

Tepui Antpitta (duidae)
SCI Name: Myrmothera simplex duidae
duidae
Cerro Duida, Amazonas, Venezuela.

Tepui Antpitta (guaiquinimae)
SCI Name: Myrmothera simplex guaiquinimae
guaiquinimae
Cerro Guaiquinima, Bolívar, Venezuela.

Tepui Antpitta (simplex)
SCI Name: Myrmothera simplex simplex
simplex
L. simplex, simplicis  simple, plain.
● ex “Simple Tern” of Latham 1785 (Phaetusa ☼).

Tepui Antpitta (pacaraimae)
SCI Name: Myrmothera simplex pacaraimae
pacaraimae
Sierra de Pacaraima, Bolívar, Venezuela.