Squamate Antbird
Squamate Antbird
Here the details of the Squamate Antbird named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Myrmeciza squamosa Orn.Brasil. Abth.2 p.87,162
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thamnophilidae / Myrmoderus
Taxonomy Code: squant1
Type Locality: Mattodentro and Ypanema, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Author: von Pelzeln
Publish Year: 1868
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
MYRMODERUS
(Thamnophilidae; Ϯ White-bibbed Antbird M. loricatus) Gr. μυρμος murmos ant; δερω derō to thrash, to cudgel; "Myrmoderus gen. nov. (Formicariidæ.) Related to Myrmeciza Gray but tail much longer (more than five-sixths as long, sometimes longer than, wing, bill more slender, nostril larger and more longitudinal, and forehead more densely feathered, with feathers more compactly webbed, more decumbent; style of coloration very different. Type.— Myiothera loricata Lichtenstein. (Mυρμηξ, an ant; δερω, I flay, cudgel.)" (Ridgway 1909).
Synon. Myrmedestes.
squamosa / squamosus
L. squamosus scaly < squama scale.
● ex “Pigeon Ramier de la Guadeloupe” of Holandre 1790 (Patagioenas).
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)