Bewick’s Wren / Thryomanes bewickii
Bewick's Wren
SCI Name:
Protonym: Troglodytes bewickii BirdsAm. 1 pl.18 1831Orn.Biogr. 1 p.96
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Troglodytidae / Thryomanes
Taxonomy Code: bewwre
Type Locality: Five miles from St. Francis ville, Louisiana.
Author: Audubon
Publish Year: 1827
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
THRYOMANES
(Troglodytidae; Ϯ Bewick's Wren T. bewickii) Gr. θρυον thruon reed;
-μανης -manēs passionately fond of < μανια mania passion < μαινομαι mainomai to rage; this name reflects affinity to Thryothorus rather than to a favoured habitat; "Genus THRYOTHORUS. ... c. Thryomanes. 141. THRYOTHORUS BEWICKII. Troglodytes bewickii, Aud. Orn. Biogr. i. p. 96. ... Troglodytes leucogaster, Gould, P.Z.S. 1836, p. 89. ... Troglodytes spilurus, Vig. Zool. Beechey's Voy. p. 18. pl. 4. f. 1."(P. Sclater 1862); "Thryomanes Sclater, 1862, Cat. Coll. Amer. Birds, p. 22. Type, by monotypy, Troglodytes bewickii Audubon." (Paynter in Peters 1960, IX, 395).
bewickii
Thomas Bewick (1753-1828) English woodcut engraver (subsp. Cygnus columbianus, Thryomanes, syn. Tringa totanus).
SUBSPECIES
Bewick's Wren (bewickii)
SCI Name: Thryomanes bewickii bewickii
bewickii
Thomas Bewick (1753-1828) English woodcut engraver (subsp. Cygnus columbianus, Thryomanes, syn. Tringa totanus).
Bewick's Wren (mexicanus Group)
SCI Name: Thryomanes bewickii [mexicanus Group]
THRYOMANES
(Troglodytidae; Ϯ Bewick's Wren T. bewickii) Gr. θρυον thruon reed;
-μανης -manēs passionately fond of < μανια mania passion < μαινομαι mainomai to rage; this name reflects affinity to Thryothorus rather than to a favoured habitat; "Genus THRYOTHORUS. ... c. Thryomanes. 141. THRYOTHORUS BEWICKII. Troglodytes bewickii, Aud. Orn. Biogr. i. p. 96. ... Troglodytes leucogaster, Gould, P.Z.S. 1836, p. 89. ... Troglodytes spilurus, Vig. Zool. Beechey's Voy. p. 18. pl. 4. f. 1."(P. Sclater 1862); "Thryomanes Sclater, 1862, Cat. Coll. Amer. Birds, p. 22. Type, by monotypy, Troglodytes bewickii Audubon." (Paynter in Peters 1960, IX, 395).
Bewick's Wren (spilurus Group)
SCI Name: Thryomanes bewickii [spilurus Group]
THRYOMANES
(Troglodytidae; Ϯ Bewick's Wren T. bewickii) Gr. θρυον thruon reed;
-μανης -manēs passionately fond of < μανια mania passion < μαινομαι mainomai to rage; this name reflects affinity to Thryothorus rather than to a favoured habitat; "Genus THRYOTHORUS. ... c. Thryomanes. 141. THRYOTHORUS BEWICKII. Troglodytes bewickii, Aud. Orn. Biogr. i. p. 96. ... Troglodytes leucogaster, Gould, P.Z.S. 1836, p. 89. ... Troglodytes spilurus, Vig. Zool. Beechey's Voy. p. 18. pl. 4. f. 1."(P. Sclater 1862); "Thryomanes Sclater, 1862, Cat. Coll. Amer. Birds, p. 22. Type, by monotypy, Troglodytes bewickii Audubon." (Paynter in Peters 1960, IX, 395).
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)