Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge

SCI Name:  Dendrortyx leucophrys
Protonym:  Ortyx leucophrys Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1843) (1843), Pt11 no.128 p.132
Taxonomy:  Galliformes / Odontophoridae / Dendrortyx
Taxonomy Code:  bcwpar1
Type Locality:  Coban, Guatemala.
Author:  Gould
Publish Year:  1844
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

DENDRORTYX
(Odontophoridae; Ϯ Long-tailed Wood Partridge D. macroura) Gr. δενδρον dendron  tree; ορτυξ ortux, ορτυγος ortugos  quail; "DENDRORTYX MACROURUS.  Large-tailed Partridge.  ...  THIS species, the largest of the family yet discovered, is a native of Mexico" (Gould 1844); "DENDRORTYX  ...  Judging from the more slender structure of their tarsi and feet, I believe them to be arboreal in their habits, and the delicate but bright colouring of their bill and legs seems to me to indicate that they affect situations very different from those resorted to by the members of the genus Odontophorus" (Gould 1850); "Dendrortyx Gould, Monogr. Odontoph., pt. 1, 1844, pl.[3] and text (= pl. 20 of bound volume). Type, by monotypy, Ortyx macroura Jardine and Selby." (Peters, 1934, II, p. 42).

leucophrys
Gr. λευκοφρυς leukophrus, λευκοφρυος leukophruos  white-browed  < λευκος leukos  white; οφρυς ophrus, οφρυος ophruos  eyebrow.
● ex “Pato ceja blanca” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 442 (Callonetta).
● ex “Grivetin” of Levaillant 1802, pl. 118 (Cercotrichas).

Leucophrys
(syn. Plocepasser Ϯ White-browed Sparrow Weaver P. mahali) Gr. λευκοφρυς leukophrus, λευκοφρυος leukophruos  white-browed  < λευκος leukos  white; οφρυς ophrus, οφρυος ophruos  eyebrow; "Leucophrys, Sw.  Bill unequally conic; the sides not swollen; the tip entire. Nostrils naked, round  ...  L. pileatus. Part 5. No. 199" (Swainson 1837).

SUBSPECIES

Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge (leucophrys)
SCI Name: Dendrortyx leucophrys leucophrys
leucophrys
Gr. λευκοφρυς leukophrus, λευκοφρυος leukophruos  white-browed  < λευκος leukos  white; οφρυς ophrus, οφρυος ophruos  eyebrow.
● ex “Pato ceja blanca” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 442 (Callonetta).
● ex “Grivetin” of Levaillant 1802, pl. 118 (Cercotrichas).

Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge (hypospodius)
SCI Name: Dendrortyx leucophrys hypospodius
hypospodia / hypospodium / hypospodius
Gr. ὑπο hupo  beneath; σποδιος spodios  ash-coloured  < σποδος spodos  ashes.