Chestnut-backed Antbird
Chestnut-backed Antbird
Here the details of the Chestnut-backed Antbird named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Myrmeciza exsul Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1858) (1858), Pt26 no.380 p.540
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thamnophilidae / Poliocrania
Taxonomy Code: chbant1
Type Locality: Panama and Nicaragua.
Author: Sclater, PL
Publish Year: 1859
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
POLIOCRANIA
(Thamnophilidae; Ϯ Chestnut-backed Antbird P. exsul) Gr. πολιος polios grey, ash-grey; κρανιον kranion skull, head; "Poliocrania Bravo, Isler, and Brumfield gen. nov. Type species. Myrmeciza exsul Sclater, 1858b. ... Distinguished from Ampelornis and Sipia by blue periorbital patch, by lack of spots or streaks on throat or underparts of female, and by loudsong structure. Differs from Ampelornis in numerous morphometric measures and proportions such as tail/wing length ratio; differences in foraging behavior supportive. Nest architecture differs from Sipia. Etymology. The feminine generic name is taken from the Greek polios (ashy-gray) and kranion (skull, head), reflecting the gray head of the type species" (Isler et al. 2013).
exsul
L. exsul exile < ex out of; solum country, land (i.e. remote, isolated, insular).
SUBSPECIES
Chestnut-backed Antbird (Chestnut-backed)
SCI Name: Poliocrania exsul [exsul Group]
POLIOCRANIA
(Thamnophilidae; Ϯ Chestnut-backed Antbird P. exsul) Gr. πολιος polios grey, ash-grey; κρανιον kranion skull, head; "Poliocrania Bravo, Isler, and Brumfield gen. nov. Type species. Myrmeciza exsul Sclater, 1858b. ... Distinguished from Ampelornis and Sipia by blue periorbital patch, by lack of spots or streaks on throat or underparts of female, and by loudsong structure. Differs from Ampelornis in numerous morphometric measures and proportions such as tail/wing length ratio; differences in foraging behavior supportive. Nest architecture differs from Sipia. Etymology. The feminine generic name is taken from the Greek polios (ashy-gray) and kranion (skull, head), reflecting the gray head of the type species" (Isler et al. 2013).
Chestnut-backed Antbird (Short-tailed)
SCI Name: Poliocrania exsul maculifer/cassini
POLIOCRANIA
(Thamnophilidae; Ϯ Chestnut-backed Antbird P. exsul) Gr. πολιος polios grey, ash-grey; κρανιον kranion skull, head; "Poliocrania Bravo, Isler, and Brumfield gen. nov. Type species. Myrmeciza exsul Sclater, 1858b. ... Distinguished from Ampelornis and Sipia by blue periorbital patch, by lack of spots or streaks on throat or underparts of female, and by loudsong structure. Differs from Ampelornis in numerous morphometric measures and proportions such as tail/wing length ratio; differences in foraging behavior supportive. Nest architecture differs from Sipia. Etymology. The feminine generic name is taken from the Greek polios (ashy-gray) and kranion (skull, head), reflecting the gray head of the type species" (Isler et al. 2013).
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)