Orange-fronted Plushcrown / Metopothrix aurantiaca
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Orange-fronted Plushcrown
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Protonym: Metopothrix aurantiacus Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt2 p.190 pl.18
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Furnariidae / Metopothrix
Taxonomy Code: orfplu2
Type Locality: Sarayacu, Rio Ucayali, Peru.
Author: Sclater & Salvin
Publish Year: 1866
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
METOPOTHRIX
(Furnariidae; Ϯ Orange-fronted Plushcrown M. aurantiacus) Gr. μετωπον metōpon forehead < μετα meta between; ωψ ōps, ωπος ōpos eye; θριξ thrix, τριχος trikhos hair; "135. METOPOTHRIX AURANTIACUS, gen. et sp. nov. Metopothrix genus novum Piprinum: rostro elongato, valde compresso, paulum incurvo, dente marginali nullo: plumis in fronte brevibus, erectis, setosis; rictu glabro: alæ modicæ, dimidium caudæ vix attingentes; remigibus iido, iiito, et ivto fere æqualibus et longissimis, primo sextum æquante: cauda elongata, rectricibus valde graduatis: tarsis modicis, digito medio paulo longioribus; digitis anticis ad basin concretis. Typ. et sp. unica M. aurantiacus." (P. Sclater & Salvin 1866).
aurantiaca / aurantiacus
Mod. L. aurantiacus orange-coloured < Late Med. L. aurantia orange.
● ex “Manakin orangé” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Pipra aureola).
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)
