Band-tailed Earthcreeper / Ochetorhynchus phoenicurus
Band-tailed Earthcreeper
SCI Name:
Protonym: Eremobius phoenicurus Zool.Voy.Beagle[Darwin] pt11 p.69 pl.21
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Furnariidae / Ochetorhynchus
Taxonomy Code: batear1
Type Locality: Port Desire, San Julian and Santa Cruz, east coast of Patagonia.
Author: Gould
Publish Year: 1839
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
OCHETORHYNCHUS
(Furnariidae; Ϯ Straight-billed Earthcreeper O. ruficaudus) Gr. οχετος okhetos channel, conduit, groove < οχεω okheō to carry; ῥυγχος rhunkhos bill; "OCHETORHYNCHUS Meyen. Zwischen Trichodroma und Synallaxis Temm. und Vieill. stehend. Schnabel um 1/3 länger, als der Kopf, im vordersten Drittel etwas gebogen, sowohl der Ober-, als der Unterkiefer; Letzterer etwas kürzer als der Erstere, von dem er gedeckt wird. Mundwinkel bis in die Nähe der Augen reichend. Ober- und Unterkiefer fast dreieckig, aber rinnenförmig ausgehöhlt. Nasenlöcher länglich, in einer Rinne liegend, an der Basis des Schnabels und am innern und hintern Theile mit kleinen Federchen besetzt, die an der Seite des Schnabel-Rückens bis zur Basis hinlaufen. ... Ochetorhynchus ruficaudus Meyen." (Meyen 1834); "Ochetorhynchus Meyen, Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol., 16, Suppl. 1, 1834, p. 80. Type, by monotypy, Ochetorhynchus ruficaudus Meyen." (Peters 1951, VII, 63).
Var. Ochethiorhynchus.
Synon. Chilia, Enicornis, Eremobius.
PHOENICURUS
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ Common Redstart P. phoenicurus) L. phoenicurus redstart < Gr. φοινικουρος phoinikouros redstart < φοινιξ phoinix, φοινικος phoinikos crimson, red; -ουρος -ouros -tailed < ουρα oura tail (cf. specific name Motacilla phoenicurus Linnaeus, 1758); "SYLVIA PHOENICVRVS. Phoenicurus Ruficilla? Redstart, Redtail, or Shaketail." (T. Forster 1817); "Phoenicurus Forster, 1817, Synopt. Cat. Brit. Birds, 16, p. 53. Type, by tautonymy, Motacilla phoenicurus Linnaeus." (Ripley in Peters 1964, X, 74). According to Aristotle, the Common Redstart changed into the European Robin during the winter, and some of the shared synonyms reflect this old folkloric wisdom.
Var. Phenicura, Phoenicura, Phaenicura, Phaenicurus.
Synon. Adelura, Chaimarrornis, Diplootocus, Dorisornis, Kawabitakia, Nymphaeus, Phaeca, Rhyacornis, Rhondella, Rubecula, Ruticilla, Torrentaria.
● (syn. Phaethon Ϯ Red-tailed Tropicbird P. rubricauda) Gr. φοινιξ phoinix, φοινικος phoinikos red; ουρα oura tail (cf. specific name Phaethon phoenicurus J. Gmelin, 1789 (= syn. Phaethon rubricauda)); "Subf. 7. Phaetoninæ. ... 19. Phœnicurus, Bp. 70 rubricauda, Bodd. (erubescens, Brandt.)" (Bonaparte 1855).
phoenicurus
L. phoenicurus redstart < Gr. φοινικουρος phoinikouros redstart < φοινιξ phoinix, φοινικος phoinikos crimson, red; -ουρος -ouros -tailed < ουρα oura tail.
● ex “Red-tailed Thrush” of Latham 1783 (?syn. Dessonornis caffer).
● "99. MOTACILLA. ... Phœnicurus. 21. M. gula nigra, abdomine rufo, capite dorsoque cano. Fn. svec. 2. 4. Ruticilla. Will. orn. 159. Raj. av. 78. n. 5. Alb. av. I. p. 48. t. 50. Phœnicurus media, penna caudæ subnigra. Frisch. av. t. 20. f. 3. Habitat in Europa." (Linnaeus 1758) (Phoenicurus).
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)