Gray-tailed Piha / Snowornis subalaris
WBN 
Gray-tailed Piha
SCI Name:
Protonym: Lipaugus subalaris Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt2 p.210
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Cotingidae / Snowornis
Taxonomy Code: gytpih1
Type Locality: Rio Napo, Ecuador.
Author: Sclater, PL
Publish Year: 1861
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
SNOWORNIS
(Cotingidae; Ϯ Grey-tailed Piha S. subalaris) Dr David William Snow (1924-2009) English ornithologist, ecologist; Gr. ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos bird; "Snowornis gen. nov. Type species. Lipaugus subalaris Sclater. 1861. ... Etymology. The genus Snowornis is named in honour of Dr David W. Snow for his many contributions to our understanding of the ecology, behaviour, and systematics of the cotingas and manakins, and for his original insights into the role of frugivory in the evolution of polygyny and lek behaviour" (Prum 2001).
subalaris
L. subalaris under the arms < sub underneath; ala armpit, wing (cf. Late L. subalaris under the wings, under-wing).
● “allied to B[radornis]. pallidus Müll., but is smaller, darker, and above all distinguished by its dark fawn-coloured under wing-coverts” (Sharpe 1874) (subsp. Agricola pallidus).
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)
