Chestnut-tailed Antbird
Chestnut-tailed Antbird
Here the details of the Chestnut-tailed Antbird named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Myrmeciza hemimelaena Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt25 no.329 p.48
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thamnophilidae / Sciaphylax
Taxonomy Code: chtant2
Type Locality: Bolivia; restricted to Mapiri, La Paz, by Gyldenstolpe, K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl, 23, 1945, no. 1, p. 179.
Author: Sclater, PL
Publish Year: 1857
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
SCIAPHYLAX
(Thamnophilidae; Ϯ Chestnut-tailed Antbird S. hemimelaena) Gr. σκια skia, σκιας skias shadow, shade; φυλαξ phulax, φυλακος phulakos watcher, sentinel < φυλασσω phulassō to keep watch; "Sciaphylax Bravo, Isler, and Brumfield gen. nov. Type species. Myrmeciza hemimelaena Sclater, 1857. ... Distinguished from Cercomacra tyrannina clade by deep yellowish-red-brown posterior coloration, including tail, and bold wing covert pattern; by short, narrow tail and relation proportions ... and by cup nest; supported by near-ground foraging behavior. Etymology. The feminine generic name is taken from the Greek skia (shade, shadow) and phylax (a watcher, a guardian), meaning "a guardian of the shade," reflecting habitat preference and conspicuous singing behavior" (Isler et al. 2013).
hemimelaena
Gr. ἡμι- hēmi- half-, small < ἡμισυς hēmisus half; μελας melas, μελαινα melaina black.
SUBSPECIES
Chestnut-tailed Antbird (hemimelaena)
SCI Name: Sciaphylax hemimelaena hemimelaena
hemimelaena
Gr. ἡμι- hēmi- half-, small < ἡμισυς hēmisus half; μελας melas, μελαινα melaina black.
Chestnut-tailed Antbird (pallens)
SCI Name: Sciaphylax hemimelaena pallens
pallens
L. pallens, pallentis pale-coloured, greenish, yellowish < pallere to be pale.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)