Coraya Wren

SCI Name:  Pheugopedius coraya
Protonym:  Turdus coraya Syst.Nat. 1 pt2 p.825
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Troglodytidae / Pheugopedius
Taxonomy Code:  corwre1
Type Locality:  Cayenne, French Guiana; based on ''Le Coraya'' of Buffon and Daubenton, Planches Enl., pi. 701, fig. 1.
Author:  Gmelin, JF
Publish Year:  1789
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

PHEUGOPEDIUS
(Troglodytidae; Ϯ Moustached Wren P. genibarbis) Gr. φευγω pheugō  to shun; πεδιον pedion  open country, plain, field  < πεδον pedon  ground  < πους pous, ποδος podos  foot; "Gen. PHEUGOPEDIUS **) nov. gen.  Coraya.   450. 1. P. genibarbis Nob.***) Sphenura coraya Licht. (nec Buff. Gm.) Doubl. p. 42. No. 464. — Myiothera coraya Spix. Av. Bras. I. tab. 73. fig. 2.   ...  **) Von φευγω, flüchten; πεδιον offenes Land.  In der Schnabelbildung der Gattung Cyphorhinus am nächsten, aber mit weniger zusammengedrücktem an der Basis breiterem, an der Spitze stärker gebogenem Schnabel mit weniger runden Nasenlöchern; Flügel und Schwanz stärker entwickelt.    ***)Wir halten den in Brasilien vorkommenden Vogel von dem Coraya des Buffon P. coraya Nob. Turdus coraya G. Lath. verschieden. Letzterer scheint vorzüglich nur in Cayenne und Guiana vorzukommen, ist kleiner als der brasilische und lebhafter gefärbt. Der brasilische Vogel ist in allen Körperverhältnissen grösser.  Das Rothbraune des Rückens und der Flügeldecken ist heller." (Cabanis 1853); "Pheugopedius Cabanis, Mus. Hein., 1, p. 79, 1851 [= 1853]—type, by monotypy, Thryothorus genibarbis Swainson." (Hellmayr 1934, VII, 155).
Var. Pheugopodius.
Synon. Sphenura.

coraya
Homophone < French queue rayée barred tail; ex “Coraya de Cayenne” of de Buffon 1770-1783: “Nous l’avons ainsi nommé parce qu’il a la queue rayée transversalement de noirâtre,” and “Barred-tail Thrush” of Latham 1783 (Pheugopedius).

SUBSPECIES

Coraya Wren (griseipectus)
SCI Name: Pheugopedius coraya griseipectus
griseipecta / griseipectum / griseipectus
Med. L. griseum  grey; L. pectus, pectoris  breast.

Coraya Wren (caurensis)
SCI Name: Pheugopedius coraya caurensis
caurensis
Río Caura, Venezuela.

Coraya Wren (barrowcloughianus)
SCI Name: Pheugopedius coraya barrowcloughianus
barrowcloughiana / barrowcloughianus
Dr George F. Barrowclough (b. 1948) US ornithologist, Associate Curator in Ornithology AMNH, collector (subsp. Pheugopedius coraya).

Coraya Wren (ridgwayi)
SCI Name: Pheugopedius coraya ridgwayi
ridgway / ridgwayi
Robert Ridgway (1850-1929) US ornithologist, Smithsonian Curator of Birds 1880-1929 (Aegolius, syn. Amazona leucocephala, subsp. Anous stolidus, Antrostomus, subsp. Arremonops rufivirgatus, Baeolophus, syn. Basileuterus culicivorus, Buteo, subsp. Buteogallus urubitinga, subsp. Camptostoma imberbe, subsp. Certhidea fusca, subsp. Chasiempis sandwichensis, subsp. Cochlearius cochlearius, subsp. Colinus virginianus, Cotinga, subsp. Cyanocitta stelleri, subsp. Dendrocincla fuliginosa, syn. Dendrocolaptes certhia concolor, syn. Dryobates scalaris parvus, subsp. Fregata minor, subsp. Geothlypis poliocephala, Glaucidium, subsp. Icterus icterus, subsp. Jacamerops aureus, subsp. Lagopus muta, subsp. Leiothlypis ruficapilla (ex Helmithophaga ruficapilla gutturalis Ridgway, 1874), subsp. Loxigilla noctis, syn. Megascops trichopsis, subsp. Myiobius atricaudus, Nesotriccus, subsp. Pandion haliaetus, syn. Passerella iliaca insularis, subsp. Pheugopedius coraya, Plegadis, subsp. Psarocolius wagleri, subsp. Scardafella squammata, Stelgidopteryx, Thalurania, subsp. Thryorchilus browni, subsp. Xenops genibarbis).

Coraya Wren (obscurus)
SCI Name: Pheugopedius coraya obscurus
obscurum / obscurus
L. obscurus  dark, dusky.
● ex “Hook-billed Green Creeper” of Latham 1782 (Akialoa).
● ex “Dusky-crowned Humming-bird” of Latham 1782 (syn. Clytolaema rubricauda).
● ex “Dusky Tody” of Latham 1782, and Pennant 1785 (syn. Contopus virens).
● ex “Pic verd de l’isle de Luçon” of Sonnerat 1776 (syn. Dendropicos griseocephalus).
● ex “Dusky Falcon” of Pennant 1787 (syn. Falco columbarius).
● ex “Dusky Grosbeak” (= ☼) of Pennant, 1784 (syn. Hedymeles ludovicianus).
● ex “Obscure Fly-catcher” of Latham 1823 (syn. Hemipus hirundinaceus).
● "44. PSITTACUS.  ...  obscurus.  3. P. macrourus niger, genis nudis, vertice cinereo-nigrescente vario, cauda cinerea. Hasselq. iter. 236.  Habitat in Africa?" (Linnaeus 1758) (unident.: ?‡syn. Mascarinus mascarin).
● ex “White-rumped Woodpecker” of Latham 1782 (syn. Melanerpes erythrocephalus).
● ex “Tolocatzenatl” of Ray 1713, “Sturnus novae Hispaniae” of Brisson 1760, “Tolcana” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Brown-headed Stare” of Latham 1783 (subsp. Molothrus ater).
● ex “Dusky Rail” of Latham 1785 (syn. Pennula sandwichensis).
● ex “Dusky Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (Phaeornis).
● ex “Black and White Dobchick” of Edwards 1747, “Colymbus minor” of Brisson 1760, “Petit Grèbe” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 942, and “Dusky Grebe” of Pennant 1785, and of Latham 1785 (syn. Podiceps auritus cornutus).
● ex “Dusky Plover” of Latham 1781 (cf. Dusky Bay, New Zealand) (Pluviorhynchus).
● ex “Dusky Petrel” of Latham 1785 (syn. Puffinus assimilis).
● ex “Indian Raven” of Willughby 1676, and “Wreathed Hornbill” of Latham 1781 (syn. Rhyticeros plicatus).
● ex “Dark Thrush” of Latham 1783 (Turdus).
● "This specimen, like many from the Anthony collection, is badly soiled, a condition which may have led Anthony to name a dark race" (Browning 1979) (syn. Vireo huttoni).
● "44. PSITTACUS.   ...   obscurus.  3. P. macrourus niger, genis nudis, vertice cinereo-nigrescente vario, cauda cinerea. Hasselq. iter. 236.  Habitat in Africa ?" (Linnaeus 1758); "Linnæus identified his Psittacus obscurus with P. mascarinus, Briss.  ...  but the evidence is against this identification" (Salvadori 1891) (unident.; nom. dub.). 

Coraya Wren (coraya)
SCI Name: Pheugopedius coraya coraya
coraya
Homophone < French queue rayée barred tail; ex “Coraya de Cayenne” of de Buffon 1770-1783: “Nous l’avons ainsi nommé parce qu’il a la queue rayée transversalement de noirâtre,” and “Barred-tail Thrush” of Latham 1783 (Pheugopedius).

Coraya Wren (herberti)
SCI Name: Pheugopedius coraya herberti
herberti / herbertii
● Edward Grevile Herbert (1870-1951) British businessman with Bombay-Burmah Trading Corporation, naturalist, collector (subsp. Alauda gulgula, syn. Napothera brevicaudata leucosticta, subsp. Prinia inornata, Stachyris).
● Sir Thomas Herbert, Bart. (1606-1682) English traveller and author (syn. Aphanapteryx bonasia).
● Herbert Alexander (1874-1946) English artist, author, brother of explorer Capt. Boyd Alexander (subsp. Campethera nivosa, Phylloscopus, syn. Ploceus preussi).
● Herbert Girton Deignan (1906-1968) US ornithologist (subsp. Harpactes ardens).
● Herbert Ashley Riker (d. 1937) US rubber-plantation owner in Brazil 1867-1937, naturalist (subsp. Pheugopedius coraya).

Coraya Wren (albiventris)
SCI Name: Pheugopedius coraya albiventris
albiventer / albiventre / albiventris
L. albus  white; venter, ventris  belly.
● ex “Drongri à Ventre Blanc” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 171 (syn. Dicrurus leucophaeus).
● ex “Martin-pêcheur de l’Île de Luçon” of Sonnerat 1776 (Halcyon).
● ex “Hirondelle à ventre blanc de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 546, fig. 2 (Tachycineta).

Coraya Wren (amazonicus)
SCI Name: Pheugopedius coraya amazonicus
amazonica / amazonicus / amazonina / amazoninum
Mod. L. Amazonicus or Amazoninus Amazonian, of Amazonia.
● ex “Ajuru Curuca” of Marcgrave 1648, and “Psittacus amazonicus” of Brisson 1760 (Amazona).

Coraya Wren (cantator)
SCI Name: Pheugopedius coraya cantator
cantator / cantatoris
L. cantator, cantatoris  singer  < cantare  to sing  < canere  to sing.
● ex “Carillonneur de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 700, fig. 2 (Hypocnemis).