Caura Antbird

Here the details of the Caura Antbird named bird below:

SCI Name:  Myrmelastes caurensis
Protonym:  Sclateria schistacea caurensis Bull.Br.Orn.Club 19 p.9
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Thamnophilidae / Myrmelastes
Taxonomy Code:  cauant2
Type Locality:  Caura River Valley [= Turagua Mts.], Venezuela.
Author:  Hellmayr
Publish Year:  1906
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

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.

caurensis
Río Caura, Venezuela.

SUBSPECIES

Caura Antbird (caurensis)
SCI Name: Myrmelastes caurensis caurensis
caurensis
Río Caura, Venezuela.

Caura Antbird (australis)
SCI Name: Myrmelastes caurensis australis
australe / australis
L. australis  southern  < auster, austri  south.
● Tierra del Fuego; ex “Thorn-tailed Warbler” of Latham 1783 (syn. Aphrastura spinicauda).
● Cayenne; ex “Southern Sandpiper” of Latham 1785 (?syn. Calidris canutus).
● Erroneous TL "Friendly Islands" (= Tasmania); ex "South-Sea Raven" of Latham 1781 (syn. Corvus coronoides).
● Erroneous TL. New Guinea (= Luzon, Philippines); ex “Manikor de la Nouvelle Guinée” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Dicaeum).
● Australia; ex “New Holland Snipe” of Latham 1801 (syn. Gallinago hardwickii).
● Australia; ex “Pacific Paroquet (var.)” of Phillip 1789 (syn. Glossopsitta concinna).
● Australia; ex “New Holland Pelican” of Latham 1824 (syn. Pelecanus conspicillatus).
● Australia; ex “Cold-river Goatsucker” of Latham 1823 (syn. Podargus strigoides).
● Australia; ex “New Holland Quail” of Latham 1802 (Synoicus).
● Tasmania; ex Brown MS (syn. Lathamus discolor).
● Dusky Sound, New Zealand (syn. Nestor meridionalis).
● Staten I., off Tierra del Fuego (= Isla de los Estados, Argentina); ex “Statenland Eagle” of Latham 1781 (Phalcoboenus).
● Christmas I.; ex "Southern Tern" of Latham 1785 (syn. Procelsterna caerulea) (so identified by Stresemann 1950).
● Kerguelen I.; ex “Southern Tern” of Latham 1785 (?syn. Sterna vittata).
● Madagascar; ex “Palumbus viridis Madagascariensis” of Brisson 1760 (Treron).
● Erroneous TL. Sandwich Is. (= Samoa); ex “Blue-crested Parrakeet” of Latham 1781 (Vini).
● Tierra del Fuego; ex “Rusty-collared Finch” of Latham 1783 (subsp. Zonotrichia capensis).