Gray Wren

SCI Name:  Cantorchilus griseus
Protonym:  Thryophilus griseus Proc.Biol.Soc.Wash. 38 p.91
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Troglodytidae / Cantorchilus
Taxonomy Code:  grywre1
Type Locality:  ? Hiutanaa, Rio Puriis, Amazonas, Brazil.
Author:  Todd
Publish Year:  1925
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CANTORCHILUS
(Troglodytidae; † Long-billed Wren T. longirostris) L. cantus  song    < canere  to sing; Gr. ορχιλος orkhilos  wren; "Wren song has long been the subject of scientific study ... as this group exhibits impressive diversity in such features as song structure, repertoire size, presence of female song, and sex-specific patterns of song use  ...  Cantorchilus, gen. nov.  Type: Thryothorus longirostris (Vieillot).  Etymology: cantus, song; orchilos, wren" (Mann et al. 2006); "Cantorchilus Mann, Barker, Graves, Dingess-Mann and Slater, 2006, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 40 (3), p. 750+.  Type, by original designation, Thryothorus longirostris Vieillot, 1818." (JAJ 2021).

griseum / griseus
Med. L. griseum, griseus or grisius  grey.
● ex “Crabier de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 908, and “Crabier gris à tête et queue vertes” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Butorides striatus).
● ex “Brown Snipe” of Pennant 1785 (Limnodromus).
● ex “Caille brune de Madagascar” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Grey-throated Quail” of Latham 1783 (syn. Margaroperdix madagarensis).
● ex “Engoulevent gris” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Grey Goatsucker” of Latham 1785 (Nyctibius).
● ex “Grey Hornbill” of Latham 1787 (Ocyceros).
● ex “Manakin cendré de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 687, fig. 1 (syn. Pachyramphus rufus).
● ex “Grignet” of Levaillant 1801-1804, pl. 126 (syn. Parisoma subcaeruleum).
● ex “Ara gris à trompe” of Levaillant 1801-1805 (syn. Probosciger aterrimus).
● ex “Tangara olive de la Louisiane” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 714, fig. 1, and “Gris-Olive” of de Buffon 1770-1785 (Vireo).
● ex “Icterus cinereus Novae Hispaniae” of Brisson 1760, “Tocolin” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Grey Oriole” of Latham 1782 (unident.).