Black Antshrike / Thamnophilus nigriceps
WBN 
Black Antshrike
SCI Name:
Protonym: Thamnophilus nigriceps Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1868) (1868), Pt3 p.571
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thamnophilidae / Thamnophilus
Taxonomy Code: blaant1
Type Locality: Bogota, error = Barranquilla (P) 1
Author: Sclater, PL
Publish Year: 1869
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
THAMNOPHILUS
(Thamnophilidae; Ϯ Barred Antshrike T. doliatus) Gr. θαμνος thamnos bush; φιλος philos lover; "BATARA (DE AZARA), Thamnophilus. Lanius, Turdus, Lin. Gm. Lath. Bec droit à la base, robuste, convexe en dessus, comprimé latéralement; mandibule supérieure échancrée, ou dentée, et crochue vers le bout; l'inférieure entaillée, aiguë et retroussée à la pointe. — Bouche ciliée. Ailes courtes arrondies. Esp. Pie-Grièche rayée. — Fourmillier huppé, Buff. ... Tamnophilus [ταμνος, frutex, φιλεω, gaudeo]." (Vieillot 1816); "Thamnophilus Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 40. Type, by subsequent designation, Lanius doliatus Linné (Swainson, Zool. Journ., 1, 1824, p. 301)." (Peters 1951, VII, 162).
Var. Thamnoplius, Tamnophilus.
Synon. Abalius, Erionotus, Rhopochares.
thamnophilus
Gr. θαμνος thamnos bush; φιλος philos loving < φιλεω phileō to love < φιλος philos lover.
nigriceps
L. niger black; -ceps -headed < caput, capitis head.
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)
