Ash-throated Crake

SCI Name:  Mustelirallus albicollis
Protonym:  Rallus albicollis Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 28 p.561
Taxonomy:  Gruiformes / Rallidae / Mustelirallus
Taxonomy Code:  astcra1
Type Locality:  Paraguay, ex Azara, based on a single specimen from Villa Curuguati del Paraguay.
Author:  Vieillot
Publish Year:  1819
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

Mustelirallus
(syn. Porzana Ϯ Ash-throated Crake P. albicollis) Specific name Crex mustelina Lichtenstein, 1823 (= syn. Porzana albicollis); genus Rallus Linnaeus, 1758, rail; "116. Mustelirallus, Bp.   353. albicollis, Vieill.  (gularis, Jard. nec Cuv.  mustelina, Licht.  cinereus, Less.)" (Bonaparte 1856); "Mustelirallus Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, 43, p. 599, 1856—type, by monotypy, Rallus albicollis Vieillot." (Hellmayr & Conover 1942, XIII, 361).   Var. Mustellirallus.

albicolle / albicollis
L. albus white; Mod. L. -collis -necked, -throated < L. collum neck.
● ex “Gavilan de estero chorreado” (= ☼) of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 12 (syn. Circus buffoni).
● ex “South-Sea Raven” of Latham 1787 (Corvus).
● ex “Ficedula dominicensis. Figuier de S. Domingue” of Brisson 1760, “Figuier à gorge blanche” of de Buffon 1760-1783, and “St Domingo Warbler” of Latham 1783 (subsp. Dendroica petechia).
● ex “Suirirí chorreado sin roxo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 186 (syn. Legatus leucophaius).
● ex “Guêpier à Gorge Blanche” or “Guêpier Cuvier”of Levaillant 1807 (Merops).
● ex “White-throated Goatsucker” of Latham 1783 (Nyctidromus).
● ex “Cravatte Blanche” of Levaillant 1804, pl. 115 (syn. Pachycephala pectoralis).
● ex “Ypacahá aplomado y pardo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 374 (Porzana).
● ex “White-necked Falcon” of Latham 1787 (Pseudastur).
● ex “Cravatte Blanche” of Levaillant 1802 (Streptocitta).
● ex “Courlis à col blanc de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 976, “Grand Courlis de Cayenne” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “White-necked Ibis” of Latham 1785 (syn. Theristicus caudatus).
● ex “White-throated Sparrow” of Edwards 1760 (Zonotrichia).

SUBSPECIES

Ash-throated Crake (typhoeca)
SCI Name: Mustelirallus albicollis typhoeca
typhoeca
Gr. τυφη tuphē  reedmace, bulrush; οικος oikos  dwelling  < οικεω oikeō  to inhabit.

Ash-throated Crake (albicollis)
SCI Name: Mustelirallus albicollis albicollis
albicolle / albicollis
L. albus white; Mod. L. -collis -necked, -throated < L. collum neck.
● ex “Gavilan de estero chorreado” (= ☼) of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 12 (syn. Circus buffoni).
● ex “South-Sea Raven” of Latham 1787 (Corvus).
● ex “Ficedula dominicensis. Figuier de S. Domingue” of Brisson 1760, “Figuier à gorge blanche” of de Buffon 1760-1783, and “St Domingo Warbler” of Latham 1783 (subsp. Dendroica petechia).
● ex “Suirirí chorreado sin roxo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 186 (syn. Legatus leucophaius).
● ex “Guêpier à Gorge Blanche” or “Guêpier Cuvier”of Levaillant 1807 (Merops).
● ex “White-throated Goatsucker” of Latham 1783 (Nyctidromus).
● ex “Cravatte Blanche” of Levaillant 1804, pl. 115 (syn. Pachycephala pectoralis).
● ex “Ypacahá aplomado y pardo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 374 (Porzana).
● ex “White-necked Falcon” of Latham 1787 (Pseudastur).
● ex “Cravatte Blanche” of Levaillant 1802 (Streptocitta).
● ex “Courlis à col blanc de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 976, “Grand Courlis de Cayenne” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “White-necked Ibis” of Latham 1785 (syn. Theristicus caudatus).
● ex “White-throated Sparrow” of Edwards 1760 (Zonotrichia).