Castelnau’s Antshrike / Thamnophilus cryptoleucus
WBN 
Castelnau's Antshrike
SCI Name:
Protonym: Myrmelastes cryptoleucus Bull.Soc.Philom.(9), 8 p.30
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thamnophilidae / Thamnophilus
Taxonomy Code: casant1
Type Locality: Pebas, Peru-
Author: Menegaux & Hellmayr
Publish Year: 1906
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
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.
cryptoleucus
Gr. κρυπτος kruptos hidden; λευκος leukos white.
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)
