Immaculate Cupwing / Pnoepyga immaculata
Immaculate Cupwing
SCI Name:
Protonym: Pnoepyga immaculata J.Orn. 132 p.179-198
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Pnoepygidae / Pnoepyga
Taxonomy Code: immwrb1
Type Locality:
Author: Martens & Eck
Publish Year: 1991
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PNOEPYGA
(Pnoepygidae; † Scaly-breasted Cupwing P. albiventer) Gr. πνοη pnoē blowing < πνεω pneō to breathe; πυγη pugē rump; "Pnoepyga (Tesia) concolor, [drawing no.] 847. P. pusillus, [drawing no.] 870. P. rufiventer, [drawing no.] 457. P. albiventer, [drawing no.] 491." (Hodgson 1844); “Genus Pnoepyga (olim Tesia), mihi. ... wings very short, bowed, and perfectly rounded; tail rudimentary, consisting of only six plumes, which are hid by the puffy rump-feathers. ... Types, the following: — 1st species, albiventer (M. squamata, Gould, postea), mihi.” (Hodgson 1845); "Pnoepyga Hodgson, 1844, in J. E. Gray, Zool. Misc., no. 3, p. 82. Type, by subsequent designation (Zimmer and Vaurie, 1954, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 74, p. 41), Tesia albiventer Hodgson." (Deignan in Peters, 1964, X, p. 293). The birds of this genus were formerly known as Wren Babblers. Cupwing is an innovative modern creation which does not scan well; I suggest the substantive Dwarf-babbler.
Var. Proepygia (Gr. προε- proe- before), Pneopyga, Propyga.
Synon. Microura.
immaculata / immaculatus
L. immaculatus immaculate, spotless, unstained < in- without; macula spot.
● ex “Ypacahá obscuro” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 371 (syn. Pardirallus nigricans).
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)