Pale-tailed Barbthroat

SCI Name:  Threnetes leucurus
Protonym:  Trochilus leucurus Syst.Nat.ed.12 ed.12 p.190
Taxonomy:  Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Threnetes
Taxonomy Code:  patbar1
Type Locality:  South America = Surinam, ex Edwards, pi. 256, f. 1.
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1766
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

THRENETES
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Pale-tailed Barbthroat T. leucurus) Gr. θρηνητης thrēnētēs  mourner  (i.e. sombre) < θρηνος thrēnos  lament  < θρεομαι threomai  to shriek; "THRENETES LEUCURUS. White-tailed Barbed-throat.   ...   THRENETES CERVINICAUDA, Gould. Fawn-tailed Barbed-throat.   ...   THRENETES ANTONIÆ. Sooty Barbed-throat.  ...   ALTHOUGH this species has been long known to ornithologists, it was only in the year 1846 that it received a scientific appellation, M. Bourcier then assigning to it the name of Antoniæ in honour of Madame Antonia Perroud, the wife of a learned entomologist.  Since then it has been transferred to the genus Polytmus by Mr. G. R. Gray, and to Lampornis by the Prince of Canino. That it does not belong to either of those genera, or to any other at present established, is certain, and I have therefore been necessitated to propose a new generic term for it and its near ally T. leucurus. The circumstance of its having remained so long undescribed by Lesson and others, who have professed to give complete monographs of this group of birds, is doubtless due to its being unadorned by any brilliant or metallic colouring; its sombre plumage, however, does not, in my opinion, detract from its interest as a species; for in the economy of nature, this dull-coloured bird plays a part of equal consequence with those of its most gaily attired allies" (Gould 1852); "Threnetes Gould, Monogr. Trochil, pt. 4, 1852, pls. [14 and 15] [= 1, pl. 13 and 15 of volume]. Type, by subsequent designation, Trochilus leucurus Linné. (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 20)." (Peters 1945, V, 5). 
Synon. Dnophera, Heteroglaucis.
● (syn. Cisticola Ϯ Red-faced Cisticola C. erythrops) "The remaining three subgenera all have the tail with a subterminal black bar, the outermost primary not more than two-thirds of the length of the second. Of these C. erythrops (Hartlaub) has the back uniform, not striped, and I propose to place it in a new subgenus, THRENETES." (A. Roberts 1922) (see Threnolais).

leucurum / leucurus
Gr. λευκουρος leukouros  white-tailed  < λευκος leukos  white; -ουρος -ouros  -tailed  < ουρα oura  tail.
● ex “Aguila coliblanca” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 10 (Buteo).
● ex “Alcon blanco” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 36 (Elanus).
● ex “Comaltecatl” of Hernandez 1651 (syn. Himantopus mexicanus).
● ex “Mellivora cauda alba” of Edwards 1751, and “Polytmus surinamensis” of Brisson 1760 (subsp. Threnetes niger).

SUBSPECIES

Pale-tailed Barbthroat (leucurus)
SCI Name: Threnetes leucurus leucurus
leucurum / leucurus
Gr. λευκουρος leukouros  white-tailed  < λευκος leukos  white; -ουρος -ouros  -tailed  < ουρα oura  tail.
● ex “Aguila coliblanca” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 10 (Buteo).
● ex “Alcon blanco” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 36 (Elanus).
● ex “Comaltecatl” of Hernandez 1651 (syn. Himantopus mexicanus).
● ex “Mellivora cauda alba” of Edwards 1751, and “Polytmus surinamensis” of Brisson 1760 (subsp. Threnetes niger).

Pale-tailed Barbthroat (cervinicauda)
SCI Name: Threnetes leucurus cervinicauda
cervinicauda
L. cervinus  stag-coloured  < cervus  stag; cauda  tail.

Pale-tailed Barbthroat (rufigastra)
SCI Name: Threnetes leucurus rufigastra
rufigaster / rufigastra
Mod. L. rufigaster, rufigastri  red-bellied  < L. rufus  red, rufous; gaster, gasteris  belly.
● ex “Red-breasted Shoveler” of Pennant 1761, and “Red-breasted Duck” of Latham 1785 (syn. Spatula clypeata).
● ex “Figuier du Sénégal” and “Figuier à ventre gris du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 582, figs. 1, 3 (unident.).
● ex “Pie à Culotte de Peau” of Levaillant 1800, pl. 55 (artefact).

Pale-tailed Barbthroat (medianus)
SCI Name: Threnetes leucurus medianus
medianum / medianus
L. medianus  middle  < medius  middle (e.g. between two other forms; in the middle of a country).