Ash-browed Spinetail / Cranioleuca curtata
Ash-browed Spinetail
SCI Name:
Protonym: Synallaxis curtata Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1869) (1869), Pt3 p.636 pl.49 fig.1
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Furnariidae / Cranioleuca
Taxonomy Code: asbspi1
Type Locality: Bogota.
Author: Sclater, PL
Publish Year: 1870
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
CRANIOLEUCA
(Furnariidae; Ϯ Light-crowned Spinetail C. albiceps) Gr. κρανιον kranion skull, head < καρα kara, καρατος karatos head; λευκος leukos white; "LXXXV. Cranioleuca RCHB. Nat. Syst. d. Vög t. sppl. — Von der nahe stehenden Melanopareia verschieden durch einen stark gesteigerten Schwanz, noch kürzer als die Flügel, dessen einzelne Federn an der Spitze gerundet sind. Vierte Schwinge am längsten. Schnabel ziemlich gestreckt, Firste sanft gebogen, kiellos. Lauf ziemlich kurz, Nägel stark gekrümmt. — Das eigenthümliche Kleid des etwas größeren Vogels wird unten beschrieben. 372. C. albiceps (Synall. — D'ORBG. voy. 244. pl. 16. 2.) RCHB. t. DXXII. 3616. — Graulich olivengrün, Oberkopf gelblichweiß" (Reichenbach 1853); "Cranioleuca Reichenbach, Handb. spec. Orn., cont. x, 1853, Scansoriae A. Sittinae, p. 167. Type, by monotypy [and by virtual tautonymy], Synallaxis albiceps d'Orbigny and Lafresnaye." (Peters, 1951, VII, p. 97).
Var. Craniolenca.
Synon. Acrorchilus.
curtata / curtatus
L. curtatus shortened, abbreviated < curtare to shorten < curtus short.
SUBSPECIES
Ash-browed Spinetail (curtata)
SCI Name: Cranioleuca curtata curtata
curtata / curtatus
L. curtatus shortened, abbreviated < curtare to shorten < curtus short.
Ash-browed Spinetail (cisandina)
SCI Name: Cranioleuca curtata cisandina
cisandina
L. cis on this side; Mod. L. Andinus of the Andes < French Andes Andes.
Ash-browed Spinetail (debilis)
SCI Name: Cranioleuca curtata debilis
debilis
L. debilis feeble, weak, powerless < preposition de away from; habilis suitable, fit < habere to hold.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
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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)