Musician Wren

SCI Name:  Cyphorhinus arada
Protonym:  Myrm[ornis] arada TabulaAffin.Anim. p.211,note-r
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Troglodytidae / Cyphorhinus
Taxonomy Code:  muswre2
Type Locality:  Cayenne.
Author:  Hermann
Publish Year:  1783
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CYPHORHINUS
(Troglodytidae; Ϯ Southern Chestnut-breasted Wren C. thoracicus) Gr. κυφος kuphos  hunch, hump  < κυπτω kuptō  to stoop; ῥις rhis, ῥινος rhinos  nose; "38. Cyphorhinus Cab. ¹)  Habitus et characteres fere ut in Merulaxidibus, rostrum vero multo magis compressum, mesorhinium culminatum, gibbosum; nares non fornicatae (ut in caeteris hujus familiae generibus) sed patulae, rotundae, membrana circumdatae; podotheca non squamata vel reticulata, sed caligata.   115. 1. C. thoracicus Tsch.   ...   ¹) κυφος gibba, ῥιν nasus." (Cabanis 1844); "Cyphorhinus Cabanis, 1844, Arch. f. Naturg., 10 (1), p. 282. Type, by monotypy, Cyphorhinus thoracicus Tschudi. (Not preoccupied by Cyphorhina Lesson, 1843)." (Paynter in Peters, 1960, IX, p. 437).
Var. Cyphorina, Cyphorinus.
Synon. Leucolepis, Rhinorchilus.

arada
Cayenne Amerindian name Arada for the Musician Wren; ex “Arada” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (“C. arada is called C. aradus in Bds. Wild., 9, but Hermann’s name arada is not an adjective but a noun based on “L’Arada” of Buffon and does not change gender to agree with the generic name” (Meyer de Schauensee 1966)). (Cyphorhinus).

SUBSPECIES

Musician Wren (Imeri)
SCI Name: Cyphorhinus arada transfluvialis
transfluvialis
L. trans  across, beyond; fluvialis  of a river  < fluvius  river  < fluere  to flow.

Musician Wren (Gray-eared)
SCI Name: Cyphorhinus arada salvini
salvini / salvinii
Osbert Salvin (1835-1898) English ornithologist, Curator of Ornithology, Cambridge University 1874-1882, collector (syn. Accipiter erythronemius ventralis, syn. Alaemon alaudipes, syn. Amazilia violiceps, subsp. Amazona autumnalis, Antrostomus, subsp. Basileuterus rufifrons, syn. Certhidea olivacea, subsp. Chlorostilbon canivetii, subsp. Colinus virginianus, syn. Crypturellus variegatus, subsp. Cyphorhinus arada, subsp. Empidonax flavescens, subsp. Eubucco bourcierii, subsp. Eutoxeres aquila, subsp. Geospiza parvula, subsp. Habia fuscicauda, syn. Heliodoxa xanthogonys, subsp. Icterus mesomelas, subsp. Knipolegus poecilurus, subsp. Lampornis amethystinus, Mitu, subsp. Neomorphus geoffroyi, Oneillornis, Pachyptila, subsp. Pachyramphus albogriseus (ex Pachyramphus similis Salvin, 1895), subsp. Paraclaravis mondetoura, subsp. Picumnus exilis, syn. Popelairia conversii, subsp. Sclerurus guatemalensis, subsp. Sicalis olivascens, subsp. Spindalis zena, subsp. Sporophila funerea, Thalassarche, syn. Tinamus major fuscipennis, Tumbezia, subsp. Vireo pallens).

Musician Wren (Musician)
SCI Name: Cyphorhinus arada arada
arada
Cayenne Amerindian name Arada for the Musician Wren; ex “Arada” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (“C. arada is called C. aradus in Bds. Wild., 9, but Hermann’s name arada is not an adjective but a noun based on “L’Arada” of Buffon and does not change gender to agree with the generic name” (Meyer de Schauensee 1966)). (Cyphorhinus).

Musician Wren (Gray-flanked)
SCI Name: Cyphorhinus arada griseolateralis
griseolateralis
Med. L. griseum grey; L. lateralis of the side, lateral  < latus  side.

Musician Wren (Rondonia)
SCI Name: Cyphorhinus arada interpositus
interposita / interpositus
L. interpositus  interposed, introduced  < interponere  to interpose.
● "Similar to O. japonicus japonicus, but differs in having the wing and bill longer and stouter, and the coloration rather darker. It also differs from O. japonicus elegans in having the upper parts paler and less rufous in tone, and in having the wing and culmen perceptibly shorter" (Kuroda 1923) (subsp. Otus elegans).

Musician Wren (Ferruginous)
SCI Name: Cyphorhinus arada modulator
modulator
L. modulator, modulatoris  musician  < modulari  to play an instrument, to accompany.
● ex “Calandria” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 223 (subsp. Mimus saturninus).