Isthmian Wren / Cantorchilus elutus
Isthmian Wren
SCI Name:
Protonym: Thryophilus modestus elutus Proc.NewEngl.Zool.Cl. 3 p.51
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Troglodytidae / Cantorchilus
Taxonomy Code: istwre1
Type Locality: Loma del Leon, Panama.
Author: Bangs
Publish Year: 1902
IUCN Status:
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).
eluta / elutus
L. elutus washed out, insipid < eluere to wash out.
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)