Long-tailed Woodcreeper

SCI Name:  Deconychura longicauda
Protonym:  Dendrocincla longicauda Orn.Brasil. Abth.1 p.42,60
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Furnariidae / Deconychura
Taxonomy Code:  lotwoo1
Type Locality:  Borba, Marabitanas, Barra do Rio Negro = Manaus.
Author:  von Pelzeln
Publish Year:  1868
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

DECONYCHURA
(Furnariidae; Ϯ Little Long-tailed Woodcreeper D. typica) Gr. δεκα deka  ten; ονυξ onux, ονυχος onukhos  claw; ουρα oura  tail; “Deconychura, gen. nov.  Like Sittasomus and Glyphorhynchus in the great extension of the stiffened stems of the rectrices beyond the webs of the feathers, but having ten rectrices instead of twelve.  The bill is very like that of Sittasomus, slightly compressed for the terminal half and slightly depressed and widened for the basal half; gonys just appreciably ascending; bill a little longer in proportion, being as long as the head.  The pattern of coloration is much as in Glyphorhynchus, being uniform above, the throat lighter colored and the breast spotted, but the pattern on the wing is very different from either the latter or Sittasomus   ...  The generic name here chosen refers to the peculiarities of the tail, with ten rectrices having the stiffened stems extended beyond the webs and bent down, being derived from δεκα ten, ογυξ [sic] claw, and ουρα tail.   Deconychura typica, sp. nov.” (Cherrie 1891); "Described under the erroneous assumption that Deconychura possesses only ten rectrices  ...  it is now an established fact that there are twelve tail feathers in D. typica" (Hellmayr 1925);"Deconychura CHERRIE, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 14, p. 338, 1891— type [by monotypy] Deconychura typica CHERRIE." (Hellmayr, 1925, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. IV, p. 361).
Synon. Dendrocinclopa.

longicauda
L. longus  long; cauda  tail.
● ex “Merle à longue queue du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 220, and “Vert-doré” of de Buffon 1770-1785 (syn. Lamprotornis caudatus).
● ex “Petit Figuier à longue queue de la Chine” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Long-tailed Warbler” of Latham 1783 (subsp. Orthotomus sutorius).
● ex “Plumet-blanc” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Pithys albifrons).
● ex “Perruche de Malac” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 887, “Grand Perruche à long brins” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Malacca Parrakeet” of Latham 1781 (Psittacula).
● ex “Merle Tricolor à Longue Queue” of Levaillant 1801-1804, pl. 114 (unident.).

SUBSPECIES

Long-tailed Woodcreeper (Little)
SCI Name: Deconychura longicauda [typica Group]
DECONYCHURA
(Furnariidae; Ϯ Little Long-tailed Woodcreeper D. typica) Gr. δεκα deka  ten; ονυξ onux, ονυχος onukhos  claw; ουρα oura  tail; “Deconychura, gen. nov.  Like Sittasomus and Glyphorhynchus in the great extension of the stiffened stems of the rectrices beyond the webs of the feathers, but having ten rectrices instead of twelve.  The bill is very like that of Sittasomus, slightly compressed for the terminal half and slightly depressed and widened for the basal half; gonys just appreciably ascending; bill a little longer in proportion, being as long as the head.  The pattern of coloration is much as in Glyphorhynchus, being uniform above, the throat lighter colored and the breast spotted, but the pattern on the wing is very different from either the latter or Sittasomus   ...  The generic name here chosen refers to the peculiarities of the tail, with ten rectrices having the stiffened stems extended beyond the webs and bent down, being derived from δεκα ten, ογυξ [sic] claw, and ουρα tail.   Deconychura typica, sp. nov.” (Cherrie 1891); "Described under the erroneous assumption that Deconychura possesses only ten rectrices  ...  it is now an established fact that there are twelve tail feathers in D. typica" (Hellmayr 1925);"Deconychura CHERRIE, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 14, p. 338, 1891— type [by monotypy] Deconychura typica CHERRIE." (Hellmayr, 1925, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. IV, p. 361).
Synon. Dendrocinclopa.

Long-tailed Woodcreeper (Northern)
SCI Name: Deconychura longicauda longicauda
longicauda
L. longus  long; cauda  tail.
● ex “Merle à longue queue du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 220, and “Vert-doré” of de Buffon 1770-1785 (syn. Lamprotornis caudatus).
● ex “Petit Figuier à longue queue de la Chine” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Long-tailed Warbler” of Latham 1783 (subsp. Orthotomus sutorius).
● ex “Plumet-blanc” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Pithys albifrons).
● ex “Perruche de Malac” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 887, “Grand Perruche à long brins” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Malacca Parrakeet” of Latham 1781 (Psittacula).
● ex “Merle Tricolor à Longue Queue” of Levaillant 1801-1804, pl. 114 (unident.).

Long-tailed Woodcreeper (Southern)
SCI Name: Deconychura longicauda [pallida Group]
DECONYCHURA
(Furnariidae; Ϯ Little Long-tailed Woodcreeper D. typica) Gr. δεκα deka  ten; ονυξ onux, ονυχος onukhos  claw; ουρα oura  tail; “Deconychura, gen. nov.  Like Sittasomus and Glyphorhynchus in the great extension of the stiffened stems of the rectrices beyond the webs of the feathers, but having ten rectrices instead of twelve.  The bill is very like that of Sittasomus, slightly compressed for the terminal half and slightly depressed and widened for the basal half; gonys just appreciably ascending; bill a little longer in proportion, being as long as the head.  The pattern of coloration is much as in Glyphorhynchus, being uniform above, the throat lighter colored and the breast spotted, but the pattern on the wing is very different from either the latter or Sittasomus   ...  The generic name here chosen refers to the peculiarities of the tail, with ten rectrices having the stiffened stems extended beyond the webs and bent down, being derived from δεκα ten, ογυξ [sic] claw, and ουρα tail.   Deconychura typica, sp. nov.” (Cherrie 1891); "Described under the erroneous assumption that Deconychura possesses only ten rectrices  ...  it is now an established fact that there are twelve tail feathers in D. typica" (Hellmayr 1925);"Deconychura CHERRIE, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 14, p. 338, 1891— type [by monotypy] Deconychura typica CHERRIE." (Hellmayr, 1925, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. IV, p. 361).
Synon. Dendrocinclopa.