Rio Madeira Stipplethroat

SCI Name:  Epinecrophylla amazonica
Protonym:  Myrmotherula pyrrhonota amazonica Rev.Mus.Paulista 6["1904"] 6["1904"], pt2 p.440
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Thamnophilidae / Epinecrophylla
Taxonomy Code:  madant1
Type Locality:  Rio Jurua, Brazil.
Author:  von Ihering, H
Publish Year:  1905
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

EPINECROPHYLLA
(Thamnophilidae; † Stipple-throated Antwren E. haematonota) Gr. επι epi  on; νεκρος nekros  dead; φυλλον phullon  leaf; "Epinecrophylla M. L. Isler & Brumfield, new genus.  Type species. - Formicivora haematonota Sclater, 1857.  ...  The distinctive foraging specialization of Epinecrophylla species further supports their placement in a distinctive genus.  Etymology.—The feminine generic name is taken from the Greek epi (on), necro (dead) and phyllo (leaf), meaning "on the dead leaf," reflecting the strong predeliction of members of the genus to search for insects on dead hanging leaves.   ...   The following species  ...  are included in the genus: Epinecrophylla fulviventris  ...  Epinecrophylla gutturalis  ...  Epinecrophylla leucophthalma  ...  Epinecrophylla haematonota  ...  Epinecrophylla fjeldsaai  ...  Epinecrophylla spodionota  ...  Epinecrophylla ornata  ...  Epinecrophylla erythrura" (M. L. Isler et al. 2006); "Epinecrophylla M. L. Isler and Brumfield in M. L. Isler, Lacerda, P. Isler, Hackett, Rosenberg and Brumfield, 2006, Proc. Biological Soc. Washington, 119 (4), p. 523." (JAJ 2021).  It has recently been suggested that the birds in this genus be given the substantive name  Stipplethroat (e.g. Rufous-backed Stipplethroat E. haematonota).

amazonica / amazonicus / amazonina / amazoninum
Mod. L. Amazonicus or Amazoninus Amazonian, of Amazonia.
● ex “Ajuru Curuca” of Marcgrave 1648, and “Psittacus amazonicus” of Brisson 1760 (Amazona).

Amazonica
(Thraupidae; syn. Sporophila † Chestnut-bellied Seedeater S. castaneiventris) Mod. L. Amazonicus  Amazonian  < Amazonia, the basin of the River Amazon; the range of the Chestnut-bellied Seedeater includes much of western and northern Amazonia; "Microphila Chubb, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 7. p. 192 (1921) steht im "Nom. an." ohne Originalzitat. Ist aber seit 1902 durch Reitter vergeben (in: Verh. Nat. Ver. Brünn 40, Abh. p. 257) und möge Amazonica m. genannt werden. (Fringillidae.)" (Strand 1943) (Laurent Raty in litt.); "Amazonica Strand, 1943, Folia Zoologica et Hydrobiologica, 12, p. 214.  New name for Microphila Chubb, 1921, considered preoccupied by Microphila Reitter, 1902, an incorrect spelling of Microphylla Kraatz, 1890 (Coleoptera)." (JAJ 2020).

SUBSPECIES

Rio Madeira Stipplethroat (Madeira)
SCI Name: Epinecrophylla amazonica amazonica
amazonica / amazonicus / amazonina / amazoninum
Mod. L. Amazonicus or Amazoninus Amazonian, of Amazonia.
● ex “Ajuru Curuca” of Marcgrave 1648, and “Psittacus amazonicus” of Brisson 1760 (Amazona).

Rio Madeira Stipplethroat (Roosevelt)
SCI Name: Epinecrophylla amazonica dentei
dentei
Emílio Dente (1919-1995) Brazilian taxidermist, ornithologist, collector (subsp. Epinecrophylla amazonica).