Flammulated Treehunter

SCI Name:  Thripadectes flammulatus
Protonym:  Anabates flammulatus Contrib.Orn.[Jardine] p.131 ? 1850
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Furnariidae / Thripadectes
Taxonomy Code:  flatre1
Type Locality:  New Grenada = Bogota.
Author:  Eyton
Publish Year:  1849
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

THRIPADECTES
(Furnariidae; Ϯ Flammulated Treehunter T. flammulatus) Gr. θριψ thrips, θριπος thripos woodworm; δηκτης dēktēs biter < δακνω daknō to bite; "Genus THRIPADECTES.  958. THRIPADECTES FLAMMULATUS.  Anabates flammulatus, Eyton, Contr. Orn. 1849, p. 131; Sclater, P.Z.S. 1855, p. 141. Thripadectes flammulatus, Sclater, MS." (P. Sclater 1862); "Thripadectes Sclater, Cat. Am. Bds., 1862, p. 157. Type, by monotypy, Anabates flammulatus Eyton." (Peters 1951, VII, 141).
Synon. Rhopoctites.

flammulata / flammulatus
Mod. L. flammulatus  flammulated, with flame-like markings, ruddy  < L. flammula  little flame  < dim. flamma  flame  < flagrare  to burn.

SUBSPECIES

Flammulated Treehunter (flammulatus)
SCI Name: Thripadectes flammulatus flammulatus
flammulata / flammulatus
Mod. L. flammulatus  flammulated, with flame-like markings, ruddy  < L. flammula  little flame  < dim. flamma  flame  < flagrare  to burn.

Flammulated Treehunter (bricenoi)
SCI Name: Thripadectes flammulatus bricenoi
bricenoi
Salomón de Briceño y Gabaldón (1826-1912) Venezuelan collector (syn. Ocreatus underwoodii discifer, syn. Thamnophilus doliatus nigrescens, subsp. Thripadectes flammulatus).