Flutist Wren

SCI Name:  Microcerculus ustulatus
Protonym:  Microcerculus ustulatus Ibis p.204 pl.9 fig.2
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Troglodytidae / Microcerculus
Taxonomy Code:  fluwre1
Type Locality:  Cerro Roraima, British Guiana [= Bolivar, Venezuela].
Author:  Salvin & Godman
Publish Year:  1883
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

MICROCERCULUS
(Troglodytidae; Ϯ Wing-banded Wren M. bambla) Dim. < Gr. μικρος mikros  small; κερκος kerkos  tail; "Genus CYPHORINUS.  ...  b. Microcerculus.  120. CYPHORINUS BAMBLA.  Le Bambla de Cayenne, Buff. Pl. Enl. 703 f. 2, unde Turdus bambla, Bodd.  Heterocnemis bambla, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 146.  Myrmothera troglodytes, Less. Descr. d. Mamm. et Ois. p. 301.  ...  121. CYPHORINUS MARGINATUS.  ...  122. CYPHORINUS ALBIGULARIS.  ...  123. CYPHORINUS LEUCOPHRYS.  ...  124. CYPHORINUS LEUCOSTICTUS.  ...  125. CYPHORINUS PROSTHELEUCUS.  ...  126. CYPHORINUS PUSILLUS." (P. Sclater 1862); "Microcerculus Sclater, 1862, Cat. Coll. Amer. Birds, p. 19. Type, by subsequent designation, Turdus bambla Boddaert (Baird, 1864, Rev. Amer. Birds, 1, p. 113)." (Paynter in Peters 1960, IX, 435).

ustulata / ustulatus
L. ustulatus burnt < urere to burn.

SUBSPECIES

Flutist Wren (duidae)
SCI Name: Microcerculus ustulatus duidae
duidae
Cerro Duida, Amazonas, Venezuela.

Flutist Wren (lunatipectus)
SCI Name: Microcerculus ustulatus lunatipectus
lunatipectus
L. lunatus  crescent-shaped, crescent-  < luna  moon; pectus, pectoris  breast.

Flutist Wren (obscurus)
SCI Name: Microcerculus ustulatus 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.). 

Flutist Wren (ustulatus)
SCI Name: Microcerculus ustulatus ustulatus
ustulata / ustulatus
L. ustulatus burnt < urere to burn.