Crested Spinetail / Cranioleuca subcristata
Crested Spinetail
SCI Name:
Protonym: Synallaxis subcristata Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt1 p.20 pl.4 fig.1
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Furnariidae / Cranioleuca
Taxonomy Code: crespi1
Type Locality: near Caracas, Venezuela.
Author: Sclater, PL
Publish Year: 1874
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CRANIOLEUCA
(Furnariidae; Ϯ Light-crowned Spinetail C. albiceps) Gr. κρανιον kranion skull, head < καρα kara, καρατος karatos head; λευκος leukos white; "LXXXV. Cranioleuca RCHB. Nat. Syst. d. Vög t. sppl. — Von der nahe stehenden Melanopareia verschieden durch einen stark gesteigerten Schwanz, noch kürzer als die Flügel, dessen einzelne Federn an der Spitze gerundet sind. Vierte Schwinge am längsten. Schnabel ziemlich gestreckt, Firste sanft gebogen, kiellos. Lauf ziemlich kurz, Nägel stark gekrümmt. — Das eigenthümliche Kleid des etwas größeren Vogels wird unten beschrieben. 372. C. albiceps (Synall. — D'ORBG. voy. 244. pl. 16. 2.) RCHB. t. DXXII. 3616. — Graulich olivengrün, Oberkopf gelblichweiß" (Reichenbach 1853); "Cranioleuca Reichenbach, Handb. spec. Orn., cont. x, 1853, Scansoriae A. Sittinae, p. 167. Type, by monotypy [and by virtual tautonymy], Synallaxis albiceps d'Orbigny and Lafresnaye." (Peters, 1951, VII, p. 97).
Var. Craniolenca.
Synon. Acrorchilus.
subcristata / subcristatus
L. sub slightly, somewhat; cristatus crested < crista crest.
● ex “Contramaestre capetillo ordinario” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 160 (Serpophaga).
● L. sub near to; specific name Emberiza cristata Vigors, 1831 (= syn. Melophus lathami) (syn. Melophus lathami).
● L. sub near to; specific name Colymbus cristatus Linnaeus, 1758 (syn. Podiceps grisegena).
SUBSPECIES
Crested Spinetail (fuscivertex)
SCI Name: Cranioleuca subcristata fuscivertex
fuscivertex
L. fuscus dusky; vertex, verticis crown of the head.
Crested Spinetail (subcristata)
SCI Name: Cranioleuca subcristata subcristata
subcristata / subcristatus
L. sub slightly, somewhat; cristatus crested < crista crest.
● ex “Contramaestre capetillo ordinario” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 160 (Serpophaga).
● L. sub near to; specific name Emberiza cristata Vigors, 1831 (= syn. Melophus lathami) (syn. Melophus lathami).
● L. sub near to; specific name Colymbus cristatus Linnaeus, 1758 (syn. Podiceps grisegena).
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)