Delta Amacuro Softtail / Thripophaga amacurensis
WBN 
Delta Amacuro Softtail
SCI Name:
Protonym: Thripophaga amacurensis Condor 115 (1) 143-154
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Furnariidae / Thripophaga
Taxonomy Code: deasof1
Type Locality:
Author: Hilty, Ascanio & Whittaker
Publish Year: 2013
IUCN Status: Endangered
DEFINITIONS
THRIPOPHAGA
(Furnariidae; Ϯ Striated Soft-tail T. macroura) Gr. θριποφαγος thripophagos eating woodworms < θριψ thrips, θριπος thripos woodworm; -φαγος -phagos -eating < φαγειν phagein to eat; "Die Gattung Thripophaga (θριψ, Holzwurm; φαγειν, fressen) unterscheidet sich von Anabates und den verwandten Gattungen [Xenops, Schizura, Sphenopyga] schon genügend durch die nicht offenen, sondern durch eine Haut fast ganz bedeckten Nasenlöcher (nares fornicatae). Als Arten gehören hierher: 1. Th. striolata. Sphenura striolata Licht. Doubl. No. 465. Anabates striatus Spix. Anabates macrourus Pr. Max. Xenops ruficollaris Less. 2. Th. aurita. Anabates auritus Licht. Tschudi Consp. No. 192." (Cabanis 1847); "Thripophaga Cabanis, Arch. Naturg., 13, 1847, Bd. 1, p. 338. Type, by subsequent designation, Anabates macrourus Wied (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 28)." (Peters 1951, VII, 110).
Var. Tripophaga.
amacurense / amacurensis
Delta Amacuro, north-eastern Venezuela.
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)
