Blue-lored Antbird

SCI Name:  Hafferia immaculata
Protonym:  Thamnophilus immaculatus Rev.Zool. 8 p.340
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Thamnophilidae / Hafferia
Taxonomy Code:  immant1
Type Locality:  Bogota, Colombia.
Author:  Lafresnaye
Publish Year:  1845
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

HAFFERIA
(Thamnophilidae; † Blue-lored Antbird H. immaculata) Dr Jürgen Haffer (1932-2010) German geologist, palaeontologist, ornithologist. "Hafferia Isler, Bravo, and Brumfield gen. nov.  Type species. Thamnophilus immaculatus Lafresnaye, 1845.  ...  Distinguished from other genera in longipes clade except Pyriglena and Inundicola by plumage.  Male black or grayish black; female brown or brown and gray, both lacking wing covert spots.  Differs from Pyriglena by having bare periorbital patch and lacking white interscapular patch.  Differs from Inundicola by longer tail and shorter wings resulting in substantially larger tail length/wing length ratio.  Dome-shaped nest differs from nest of Myrmeciza  ...  We are pleased to name this genus for the late Jürgen Haffer, whose seminal contributions to Neotropical ornithology are summed up elsewhere (Winkler 2011) and whose brilliant mind and willingness to share enriched us personally over the years.  The name Hafferia is feminine in gender.  If Hafferia and Inundicola are united, we would afford priority to Hafferia" (Isler et al. 2013); "Hafferia Isler, Bravo & Brumfield, 2013, Zootaxa, 3717 (4), p. 491.  Type, by original designation, Thamnophilus immaculatus de La Fresnaye, 1845." (JAJ 2020) (see Akletos and Inundicola).

immaculata / immaculatus
L. immaculatus  immaculate, spotless, unstained  < in-  without; macula  spot.
● ex “Ypacahá obscuro” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 371 (syn. Pardirallus nigricans).

SUBSPECIES

Blue-lored Antbird (Andean)
SCI Name: Hafferia immaculata immaculata
immaculata / immaculatus
L. immaculatus  immaculate, spotless, unstained  < in-  without; macula  spot.
● ex “Ypacahá obscuro” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 371 (syn. Pardirallus nigricans).

Blue-lored Antbird (Concepcion)
SCI Name: Hafferia immaculata concepcion
concepcion
“Spanish-language word concepcion ... The full species and subspecies name taken together are intended to constitute a memorable name, referring to a religious concept recognised by the main branch of Christianity followed in the study region” (Donegan 2012). The Immaculate Conception is a dogma of the Catholic Church (subsp. Hafferia immaculata).