Cinereous Conebill

SCI Name:  Conirostrum cinereum
Protonym:  Conirostrum cinereum Mag.Zool. 8 cl.2 p.25 adP
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Conirostrum
Taxonomy Code:  cincon1
Type Locality:  Yungas, Bolivia.
Author:  d''Orbigny & Lafresnaye
Publish Year:  1838
IUCN Status:  

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.

cinereum / cinereus
L. cinereus  ash-grey, ash-coloured  < cinis, cineris  ashes.
● ex “Cinereous or Ash-coloured Vulture” of Willughby 1676, and Latham 1781, “Vultur cinereus” of Ray 1713, “Vultur fusco-nigricans” of Brisson 1760, and “Vautour” or “Grand Vautour” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 425, and de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Aegypius monachus).
● ex “Maracana” of Willughby 1676, “Maracana Brasiliensibus” of Ray 1713, “Psittacus brasiliensis cinereus” of Brisson 1760, and “Cinereous Parrot” of Latham 1781 (?syn. Anodorhynchus glaucus).
● ex “Gobe-mouche roux de Cayenne” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Attila rufus).
● ex “Falco freti Hudsonis” of Brisson 1760, “Faucon de la Baie d’Hudson” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Ash-coloured Buzzard” of Latham 1781 (syn. Buteo buteo).
● ex “Cinereous Wattle-bird” of Latham 1781 (Callaeas).
● ex “Ash-bellied Humming-bird” of Latham 1782 (syn. Campylopterus largipennis).
● ex “Gavilan del campo ceniciento” of de Azara 1802-1805, nos.32, 33 (Circus).
● ex “Grive de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 515 (?Cotinga sp.).
● ex “Tinamou cendré” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Cinereous Tinamou” of Latham 1785 (Crypturellus).
● ex “Cotinga Cendré” of Levaillant 1801 (syn. Lipaugus vociferans).
● ex “Wax-billed Barbet” of Latham, 1782 (syn. Monasa niger).
● (Boddaert 1783) ex “Manakin cendré de Cayenne” (= ♂) of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 687, fig. 1, and “Oiseau cendré de la Guyane” of de Buffon 1770-1785 (syn. Pachyramphus rufus).
● (J. Gmelin 1789) ex “Cinereous Manakin” of Latham 1783 (syn. Pachyramphus rufus).
● ex “Mésange Grise au Joue Blanche” of Levaillant 1804, pl. 139, fig. 2 (Parus).
● ex “Oiseaux grises” or “Oies de plein” of Pernety 1769, “Race horse Duck” of Pernety 1771, and “Loggerhead Goose” of Latham 1785 (syn. Tachyeres brachypterus).
● ex “Grey and Yellow Flycatcher” of Edwards 1751 (Todirostrum).
● "57. MEROPS.  ...  cinereus.  3. M. rubro flavoque variegatus, subtus flavo-rubescens, rectricibus duabus longissimis rubris.  Avicula de gvauheilui [= Quauhcilui]. Seb. mus. I. p. 50. t. 30. f. 10.  Habitat in America." (Linnaeus 1758) (unident.; nom. dub.)
● (Forster 1781) ex “Merula Indica cinerea” of Brisson 1760 (unident.).
● (J. Gmelin 1789) ex “Merula Indica cinerea” of Brisson 1760, “Merle cendré des Indes” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Ash-coloured Thrush” of Latham 1783 (unident.).

SUBSPECIES

Cinereous Conebill (Ochraceous)
SCI Name: Conirostrum cinereum fraseri
fraseri
● Louis Fraser (?1819-?1883) English zoologist, Curator of ZSL Museum 1832-1846, Curator of Knowsley Collection 1848-1851, Vice-Consul to Dahomey 1851-1853, collector in Nigeria 1841-1842, Ecuador 1857, California 1860, and Florida 1883 (syn. Celeus loricatus, Conirostrum, syn. Conirostrum binghami, syn. Cyanomitra obscura, Deleornis, Myiothlypis, Stizorhina, syn. Threnetes ruckeri, syn. Turtur tympanistria).
● Michael Weir Fraser (b. 1957) British ornithologist, conservationist (subsp. Nesospiza acunhae).
● William Thomson Fraser (1841-1880) British diplomat, Vice-Consul at Semarang, Java 1874, Consul in Batavia (= Jakarta), Java 1875, naturalist (syn. Pelargopsis capensis javana).

Cinereous Conebill (Cinereous)
SCI Name: Conirostrum cinereum cinereum/littorale
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.