White-cheeked Antbird
White-cheeked Antbird
Here the details of the White-cheeked Antbird named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Myrmeciza leucaspis Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1854) (1854), Pt22 no.275 p.253 pl.70
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thamnophilidae / Gymnopithys
Taxonomy Code: whcant1
Type Locality: Chamicuros, Peru, ''Bogota''; and Cobati on the Rio Negro. Villavicencio suggested as type locality by Niceforo, Caldasia, 4, no. 19, 1947, p. 345.
Author: Sclater, PL
Publish Year: 1855
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
GYMNOPITHYS
(Thamnophilidae; Ϯ Rufous-throated Antbird G. rufigula) Gr. γυμνος gumnos bare, naked; genus Pithys Vieillot, 1818, antbird; "Bare orbital ring imparts startled, 'wide-eyed' look" (Hilty 2003); "Myiothereæ. ... 1264. Gymnopithys, Schiff." (Bonaparte 1854); "TYRANNINÆ ... 71. Pithys albifrons, Vieill. ex Gm. 72. Gymnopithys pectoralis, Schiff, ex Lath." (Bonaparte 1857); "Gymnopithys Bonaparte,1 Bull. Soc. Linn. Normandie, 2, 1857, p. 35. Type, by monotypy Gymnopithys pectoralis "Schiff, ex Lath." = Turdus pectoralis Latham = Turdus rufigula Boddaert. ... 1 This name is a nomen nudum in Ann. Sci. Nat., Zool. (4), 1, 1854, p. 132." (Peters, 1951, VII, p. 246).
Synon. Anoplops.
leucaspis
Gr. λευκασπις leukaspis, λευκασπιδος leukaspidos white-shielded < λευκος leukos white; ασπις aspis, ασπιδος aspidos shield.
SUBSPECIES
White-cheeked Antbird (leucaspis)
SCI Name: Gymnopithys leucaspis leucaspis
leucaspis
Gr. λευκασπις leukaspis, λευκασπιδος leukaspidos white-shielded < λευκος leukos white; ασπις aspis, ασπιδος aspidos shield.
White-cheeked Antbird (castaneus)
SCI Name: Gymnopithys leucaspis castaneus
castaneum / castaneus
L. castaneus chestnut-coloured < castanea chestnut < Gr. καστανον kastanon chestnut.
● ex “Carouge de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 343 (syn. Icterus spurius).
White-cheeked Antbird (lateralis)
SCI Name: Gymnopithys leucaspis lateralis
laterale / lateralis
L. lateralis of the side, lateral < latus side (cf. Late L. lateralis of brick < L. later brick).
● ex “Rusty-sided Warbler” of Latham 1801 (Zosterops).
White-cheeked Antbird (peruanus)
SCI Name: Gymnopithys leucaspis peruanus
peruana / peruanum / peruanus / peruvia / peruviana / peruvianus / peruviensis
Peru. Said to be named after Biru, a local Inca encountered by the conquistadores (although the name is also accredited to a Panamanian cazique). Until the early 18th century the Viceroyalty of Peru included all Spanish possessions in South America.
● ex “Geai du Pérou” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 625, and de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Peruvian Jay” of Latham 1781 (syn. Cyanocorax yncas).
● ex “Coq de Roche du Pérou” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 745, and de Buffon 1770-1783 (Rupicola).
● Erroneous TL. Peru (= Brazil) (Tangara).
● Erroneous TL. Peru (= Tahiti) (Vini).
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)