Plain Softtail

SCI Name:  Thripophaga fusciceps
Protonym:  Thripophaga fusciceps Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt1 p.33
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Furnariidae / Thripophaga
Taxonomy Code:  plasof1
Type Locality:  Bolivia; restricted to the mouth of the Rio Chapare, Cochabamba, Bolivia, by Bond and de Schauensee, 1941, p. 2.
Author:  Sclater, PL
Publish Year:  1889
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

THRIPOPHAGA
(Furnariidae; Ϯ Striated Soft-tail T. macroura) Gr. θριποφαγος thripophagos  eating woodworms  < θριψ thrips, θριπος thripos  woodworm; -φαγος -phagos  -eating  < φαγειν phagein  to eat; "Die Gattung Thripophaga (θριψ, Holzwurm; φαγειν, fressen) unterscheidet sich von Anabates und den verwandten Gattungen [Xenops, Schizura, Sphenopyga] schon genügend durch die nicht offenen, sondern durch eine Haut fast ganz bedeckten Nasenlöcher (nares fornicatae).   Als Arten gehören hierher:  1. Th. striolata. Sphenura striolata Licht. Doubl. No. 465. Anabates striatus Spix. Anabates macrourus Pr. Max. Xenops ruficollaris Less.   2. Th. aurita. Anabates auritus Licht. Tschudi Consp. No. 192." (Cabanis 1847); "Thripophaga Cabanis, Arch. Naturg., 13, 1847, Bd. 1, p. 338. Type, by subsequent designation, Anabates macrourus Wied (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 28)." (Peters 1951, VII, 110).
Var. Tripophaga.

fusciceps
L. fuscus  dusky, brown; -ceps  -capped  < caput, capitis  head.

SUBSPECIES

Plain Softtail (dimorpha)
SCI Name: Thripophaga fusciceps dimorpha
dimorpha / dimorphicus
Gr. διμορφος dimorphos  dimorphic, of two forms  < δι- di-  double  < δις dis  twice  < δυο duo  two; μορφη morphē  form.
● “Il nome specifico dimorpha allude appunto al diverso disegno delle parti superiori e delle inferiori; queste come quelle dell’ O. brachyotus [= Asio flammeus] e le superiori come quelle delle due specie [Ninox rufa humeralis, Ninox rufa aruensis] descritte dello Schlegel” (Salvadori 1874) (Uroglaux).

Plain Softtail (obidensis)
SCI Name: Thripophaga fusciceps obidensis
obidensis
Obidos, Pará, Brazil.

Plain Softtail (fusciceps)
SCI Name: Thripophaga fusciceps fusciceps
fusciceps
L. fuscus  dusky, brown; -ceps  -capped  < caput, capitis  head.