Orange-eyed Thornbird / Phacellodomus erythrophthalmus
Orange-eyed Thornbird
SCI Name:
Protonym: Anabates erythrophthalmus ReiseBrasil. 2 p.147
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Furnariidae / Phacellodomus
Taxonomy Code: oretho1
Type Locality: Rio Catole, Baia.
Author: zu Wied-Neuwied
Publish Year: 1821
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PHACELLODOMUS
(Furnariidae; Ϯ Rufous-fronted Thornbird P. rufifrons) Gr. φακελλος phakellos bundle of twigs; δομος domos house; the large stick-nests of the familiar thornbirds are conspicuous features of arid and semi-arid countryside in tropical America; "*LXXXVIII. Phacellodomus RCHB. Syst. d. Vögel t. suppl. ... *379. Ph. rufifrons (Sylvia — ILLIG) RCHB. t. DXXI. 3611—12. .... Zuerst beschreibt SWAINSON das von ihm beobachtete merkwürdige Nest, welches so groß ist, daß es zur Staffage der Landschaft um Bahia beiträgt. Es hängt an niedern Sträuchern, außerlich aus trockenen Stäben ohne alle Verwebung zusammengesetzt, 3—4 Fuß lang, von fern wie ein dickes Gewirre von Bohnenstroh, wie zufällig gestaltet aussehend." (Reichenbach 1853); "Phacellodomus Reichenow [sic], Handb. spec. Orn., cont. x, 1853, Scansoriae A. Sittinae, p. 146, 169. Type, by monotypy, Anabates rufifrons Wied." (Peters 1951, VII, 111).
Var. Phacellodromus, Phacelodomus, Placellodomus.
Synon. Drioctistes, Phaceloscenus.
erythrophtalma / erythrophtalmus / erythrophthalma / erythrophthalmos / erythrophthalmus
Gr. ερυθρος eruthros red; οφθαλμος ophthalmos eye.
● "98. FRINGILLA. ... erythrophthalma. 8. F. nigra rubro relucens, abdomine rufescente, macula alarum alba. P. niger, oculis rubris. Catesb. car. I. p. 34. t. 34. Habitat in America." (Linnaeus 1758) (Pipilo).
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)