Chestnut-tailed Antbird

SCI Name:  Sciaphylax hemimelaena
Protonym:  Myrmeciza hemimelaena Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt25 no.329 p.48
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Thamnophilidae / Sciaphylax
Taxonomy Code:  chtant2
Type Locality:  Bolivia; restricted to Mapiri, La Paz, by Gyldenstolpe, K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl, 23, 1945, no. 1, p. 179.
Author:  Sclater, PL
Publish Year:  1857
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

SCIAPHYLAX
(Thamnophilidae; Ϯ Chestnut-tailed Antbird S. hemimelaena) Gr. σκια skia, σκιας skias  shadow, shade; φυλαξ phulax, φυλακος phulakos  watcher, sentinel  < φυλασσω phulassō  to keep watch; "Sciaphylax Bravo, Isler, and Brumfield gen. nov.  Type species. Myrmeciza hemimelaena Sclater, 1857.  ... Distinguished from Cercomacra tyrannina clade by deep yellowish-red-brown posterior coloration, including tail, and bold wing covert pattern; by short, narrow tail and relation proportions  ...  and by cup nest; supported by near-ground foraging behavior.  Etymology. The feminine generic name is taken from the Greek skia (shade, shadow) and phylax (a watcher, a guardian), meaning "a guardian of the shade," reflecting habitat preference and conspicuous singing behavior" (Isler et al. 2013).

hemimelaena
Gr. ἡμι- hēmi-  half-, small  < ἡμισυς hēmisus  half; μελας melas, μελαινα melaina  black.

SUBSPECIES

Chestnut-tailed Antbird (hemimelaena)
SCI Name: Sciaphylax hemimelaena hemimelaena
hemimelaena
Gr. ἡμι- hēmi-  half-, small  < ἡμισυς hēmisus  half; μελας melas, μελαινα melaina  black.

Chestnut-tailed Antbird (pallens)
SCI Name: Sciaphylax hemimelaena pallens
pallens
L. pallens, pallentis  pale-coloured, greenish, yellowish  < pallere  to be pale.