Lineated Foliage-gleaner

SCI Name:  Syndactyla subalaris
Protonym:  Anabates subalaris Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt(27)2 p.141
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Furnariidae / Syndactyla
Taxonomy Code:  lifgle1
Type Locality:  Pallatanga, Ecuador.
Author:  Sclater, PL
Publish Year:  1859
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

SYNDACTYLA
(Furnariidae; Ϯ Buff-browed Foliage-gleaner S. rufosuperciliata) Gr. συν sun  together; δακτυλος daktulos  toe; "*LXXXIX. Leptoxyura   ...   384. L. rufosuperciliata (Xenops  —us LAFR. Mag. Zool. 1832. Ois. t. 7.) RCHB. t. DXXVIII. 3641.   ...   Die Außenzehe ist mit der Mittelzehe bis zum ersten Gelenke verwachsen, welches Kennzeichen in Verbindung mit dem auf der Firste nicht gebogenen Schnabel wohl eine eigene Gattung bestimmen dürfte, daher ich den Namen Syndactyla rufosuperciliata vorschlagen möchte, denn ein wahrer Xenops, wie ihn LAFR. und BONAP. consp. 211.5. aufgeführt haben, ist er nicht. — Brasilien: B. DE LAFRESNAYE." (Reichenbach 1853); "Syndactyla Reichenbach, Handb. spec. Orn., cont. x, 1853, Scansoriae A. Sittinae, p. 171. Type, by monotypy, Xenops rufosuperciliatus Lafresnaye." (Peters 1951, VII, 124).
Synon. Anachilus, Simoxenops, Xenicopsis, Xenoctistes.

syndactyla / syndactylus
Gr. συν sun together; δακτυλος daktulos toe.

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).

SUBSPECIES

Lineated Foliage-gleaner (lineata)
SCI Name: Syndactyla subalaris lineata
lineata
L. lineatus  marked with lines, lined  < linea  line  < linum  thread  < Gr. λινον linon  flax, linen.
● ex “Pitpit à coëffe bleue” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Blue-striped Warbler” of Latham 1783 (Dacnis).
● ex “Lineated Pheasant” of Latham 1823 (Lophura).
● ex “Fourmilier grivelé de Cayenne” (= ♀) of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 823, fig. 1, “Petit béfroi” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Speckled Thrush” of Latham 1783 (syn. Sclateria naevia).
● ex “Radiated Grosbeak” of Latham 1785 (?syn. Sporophila americana).

Lineated Foliage-gleaner (tacarcunae)
SCI Name: Syndactyla subalaris tacarcunae
tacarcunae
Mt. Tacarcuna (= Cerro Tacarcuna), Darién, eastern Panama.

Lineated Foliage-gleaner (subalaris)
SCI Name: Syndactyla subalaris subalaris
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).

Lineated Foliage-gleaner (striolata)
SCI Name: Syndactyla subalaris striolata
striolata / striolatus
Mod. L. striolatus  finely striped, lineated  < striola  fine linear marking  < L. stria  furrow.

Lineated Foliage-gleaner (mentalis)
SCI Name: Syndactyla subalaris mentalis
mentale / mentalis
Mod. L. mentalis  pertaining to the chin  < French mental of the chin  < L. mentum  chin (cf. Late L. mentalis  of the mind  < L. mens, mentis  mind).
● ex “Langrayen de Viti” of Hombron & Jacquinot 1843 (Artamus).

Lineated Foliage-gleaner (colligata)
SCI Name: Syndactyla subalaris colligata
colligata
L. conligatus or colligatus gathered, brought together < conligere to gather together.

Lineated Foliage-gleaner (ruficrissa)
SCI Name: Syndactyla subalaris ruficrissa
ruficrissa / ruficrissus
L. rufus  red, rufous; Mod. L. crissum  vent  < L. crissare  to copulate.