Plain-brown Woodcreeper / Dendrocincla fuliginosa
Plain-brown Woodcreeper
SCI Name:
Protonym: Dendrocopus fuliginosus Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 26 p.117
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Furnariidae / Dendrocincla
Taxonomy Code: plbwoo1
Type Locality: Cayenne; based on Levaillant, Hist. Nat. Promerops, pi. 28.
Author: Vieillot
Publish Year: 1818
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
DENDROCINCLA
(Furnariidae; Ϯ Plain-winged Woodcreeper D. turdina) Gr. δενδρον dendron tree; Mod. L. cinclus thrush < Gr. κιγκλος kinklos unidentified bird; "DENDROCINCLA, n. Dryocopus, Pr. Max. Dendrocolaptes, Licht. D. turdinus, (Licht.) n." (G. Gray 1840); "Dendrocincla GRAY, List Genera Birds, p. 18, 1840—type [by original designation] Dendrocolaptes turdinus LICHTENSTEIN." (Hellmayr, 1925, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. IV, p. 364).
Var. Dendrocinda, Dendrocichla (Mod. L. cichla thrush).
Synon. Dendromanes, Dryocopus.
fuliginosa / fuliginosum / fuliginosus
Late L. fuliginosus sooty, covered with soot < L. fuligo, fuliginis soot.
● ex “Soui-manga carmelite” of Audebert & Vieillot 1802 (Chalcomitra).
● ex “Grimpar Enfumé” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 28 (Dendrocincla).
● ex “Sooty Petrel” of Latham 1785 (Nesofregetta).
● ex “Sooty or Brown Albatros” of Latham 1785 (syn. Phoebetria palpebrata).
● ex “Hirondelle de Mer à grande envergure” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Sooty Tern”, “Simple Tern, var. A” and “Dusky Tern” of Latham 1785 (syn. Onychoprion fuscatus).
● ex “Gobe-mouche brun de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 574, fig. 1, and “Brown Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (unident.; has been linked with Cnemotriccus fuscatus and with Contopus cinereus).
SUBSPECIES
Plain-brown Woodcreeper (Plain-brown)
SCI Name: Dendrocincla fuliginosa [meruloides Group]
DENDROCINCLA
(Furnariidae; Ϯ Plain-winged Woodcreeper D. turdina) Gr. δενδρον dendron tree; Mod. L. cinclus thrush < Gr. κιγκλος kinklos unidentified bird; "DENDROCINCLA, n. Dryocopus, Pr. Max. Dendrocolaptes, Licht. D. turdinus, (Licht.) n." (G. Gray 1840); "Dendrocincla GRAY, List Genera Birds, p. 18, 1840—type [by original designation] Dendrocolaptes turdinus LICHTENSTEIN." (Hellmayr, 1925, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. IV, p. 364).
Var. Dendrocinda, Dendrocichla (Mod. L. cichla thrush).
Synon. Dendromanes, Dryocopus.
Plain-brown Woodcreeper (Line-throated)
SCI Name: Dendrocincla fuliginosa [fuliginosa Group]
DENDROCINCLA
(Furnariidae; Ϯ Plain-winged Woodcreeper D. turdina) Gr. δενδρον dendron tree; Mod. L. cinclus thrush < Gr. κιγκλος kinklos unidentified bird; "DENDROCINCLA, n. Dryocopus, Pr. Max. Dendrocolaptes, Licht. D. turdinus, (Licht.) n." (G. Gray 1840); "Dendrocincla GRAY, List Genera Birds, p. 18, 1840—type [by original designation] Dendrocolaptes turdinus LICHTENSTEIN." (Hellmayr, 1925, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. IV, p. 364).
Var. Dendrocinda, Dendrocichla (Mod. L. cichla thrush).
Synon. Dendromanes, Dryocopus.
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)