Gray-headed Spinetail / Cranioleuca semicinerea
Gray-headed Spinetail
SCI Name:
Protonym: Leptoxyura semicinerea Handb.spec.Orn. (Icon.Syn.Av.no.10) p.170
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Furnariidae / Cranioleuca
Taxonomy Code: gyhspi1
Type Locality: Brazil; Baia suggested as type locality by Hellmayr, antea, p. 126.
Author: Reichenbach
Publish Year: 1853
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.
semicinerea / semicinereus
L. semi- half- < semis, semissis half < as, assis whole; cinereus ash-grey < cinis, cineris ashes.
SUBSPECIES
Gray-headed Spinetail (semicinerea)
SCI Name: Cranioleuca semicinerea semicinerea
semicinerea / semicinereus
L. semi- half- < semis, semissis half < as, assis whole; cinereus ash-grey < cinis, cineris ashes.
Gray-headed Spinetail (goyana)
SCI Name: Cranioleuca semicinerea goyana
goyana
Goiáz or Goiás State, Brazil.
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)