Capped Conebill

SCI Name:  Conirostrum albifrons
Protonym:  Conirostrum albifrons Rev.Zool. 5 p.301
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Conirostrum
Taxonomy Code:  capcon1
Type Locality:  Colombia ; restricted to Bogota by Hellmayr, 1935, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 8, p. 327.
Author:  Lafresnaye
Publish Year:  1842
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CONIROSTRUM
(Thraupidae; Ϯ Cinereous Conebill C. cinereum) L. conus  cone; rostrum  bill; "G. CONIROSTRUM. Nob.   Hoc novum genus a duobus præcedentibus [Serrirostrum, Coereba], rostro rectissimo, conico, compresso valde discrepans, attamen pedibus, alis, moribusque mellivoris illis affine videtur generisque Dacnis æque vicinum est.   1. Conirostrum cinereum, Nob.  ...  Rostrum rectissimum compresso-conicum acutissimum  ...  Habit. Yungas, rep. Boliviana; Tacna, rep. Peruviana." (d'Orbigny & de La Fresnaye 1838); "Conirostrum Lafresnaye and d'Orbigny, 1838, Mag. Zool. [Paris], 8, cl. 2, p. 25. Type, by monotypy, Conirostrum cinereum Lafresnaye and d'Orbigny." (Lowery & Monroe in Peters, 1968, XIV, p. 82).
Var. Conirostra.
Synon. Ateleodacnis, Oreomanes.

albifrons
L. albus  white; frons, frontis  forehead, brow.
● ex “White-fronted Owl” of Latham 1787 (syn. Aegolius acadicus).
● ex “White-crowned Parrot” of Latham 1781 (Amazona).
● ex “Cola aguda vientre de canela” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 234 (Donacospiza).
● ex “White-fronted Thrush” of Latham 1783 (syn. Miro australis).
● ex “White-faced Manakin” of Edwards 1764 (Pithys).

SUBSPECIES

Capped Conebill (White-capped)
SCI Name: Conirostrum albifrons [albifrons Group]
CONIROSTRUM
(Thraupidae; Ϯ Cinereous Conebill C. cinereum) L. conus  cone; rostrum  bill; "G. CONIROSTRUM. Nob.   Hoc novum genus a duobus præcedentibus [Serrirostrum, Coereba], rostro rectissimo, conico, compresso valde discrepans, attamen pedibus, alis, moribusque mellivoris illis affine videtur generisque Dacnis æque vicinum est.   1. Conirostrum cinereum, Nob.  ...  Rostrum rectissimum compresso-conicum acutissimum  ...  Habit. Yungas, rep. Boliviana; Tacna, rep. Peruviana." (d'Orbigny & de La Fresnaye 1838); "Conirostrum Lafresnaye and d'Orbigny, 1838, Mag. Zool. [Paris], 8, cl. 2, p. 25. Type, by monotypy, Conirostrum cinereum Lafresnaye and d'Orbigny." (Lowery & Monroe in Peters, 1968, XIV, p. 82).
Var. Conirostra.
Synon. Ateleodacnis, Oreomanes.

Capped Conebill (Blue-capped)
SCI Name: Conirostrum albifrons [atrocyaneum Group]
CONIROSTRUM
(Thraupidae; Ϯ Cinereous Conebill C. cinereum) L. conus  cone; rostrum  bill; "G. CONIROSTRUM. Nob.   Hoc novum genus a duobus præcedentibus [Serrirostrum, Coereba], rostro rectissimo, conico, compresso valde discrepans, attamen pedibus, alis, moribusque mellivoris illis affine videtur generisque Dacnis æque vicinum est.   1. Conirostrum cinereum, Nob.  ...  Rostrum rectissimum compresso-conicum acutissimum  ...  Habit. Yungas, rep. Boliviana; Tacna, rep. Peruviana." (d'Orbigny & de La Fresnaye 1838); "Conirostrum Lafresnaye and d'Orbigny, 1838, Mag. Zool. [Paris], 8, cl. 2, p. 25. Type, by monotypy, Conirostrum cinereum Lafresnaye and d'Orbigny." (Lowery & Monroe in Peters, 1968, XIV, p. 82).
Var. Conirostra.
Synon. Ateleodacnis, Oreomanes.