Ruddy Treerunner

SCI Name:  Margarornis rubiginosus
Protonym:  Margarornis rubiginosa Ann.Lyc.Nat.Hist.N.Y. 8(1867) p.128
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Furnariidae / Margarornis
Taxonomy Code:  rudtre1
Type Locality:  San Jose, Costa Rica.
Author:  Lawrence
Publish Year:  1865
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

MARGARORNIS
(Furnariidae; Ϯ Pearled Treerunner M. squamiger perlatus) Gr. μαργαρον margaron  pearl; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos  bird; " *C. Margarornis RCHB. Nat. Syst, d. Vögel t. suppl.   ...   *413. M. perlatus (Sittasomus — LESSON 1844. BP.) RCHB. t. DXXIX. 3647.  ...  Augenbrauenstreif über die Ohren herabziehend, Kehle, Gurgelgegend und schwarz gesäumte Schafttropfen an den Halsseiten und von der Brust bis zu den Afterdecken reinweiß    ...  414. M. squamiger (Anabates — D'ORB. LAFR. syn. Voy. 369. pl. LIV. 2) RCHB. t. DXXIX. 3646. — Von vorigem dadurch unterschieden, daß die Tropfenflecke lebhaft gelb ("laete flavis" D'ORBIGNY) sind." (Reichenbach 1853); "Margarornis Reichenbach, Handb. spec. Orn., cont. x, 1853, Scansoriae A. Sittinae, p. 146, 179. Type, by subsequent designation, Sittasomus perlatus Lesson (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 28)." (Peters 1951, VII, 116).
Synon. Anabasitta.

rubiginosa / rubiginosus
L. rubiginosus  rusty, ferruginous  < rubigo, rubiginis  rust  < rubeus  reddish.
● ex “Ardea naevia” of Miller 1776, and “Rusty-crowned Heron” of Pennant 1785, and Latham 1785 (syn. Nycticorax nycticorax).

SUBSPECIES

Ruddy Treerunner (rubiginosus)
SCI Name: Margarornis rubiginosus rubiginosus
rubiginosa / rubiginosus
L. rubiginosus  rusty, ferruginous  < rubigo, rubiginis  rust  < rubeus  reddish.
● ex “Ardea naevia” of Miller 1776, and “Rusty-crowned Heron” of Pennant 1785, and Latham 1785 (syn. Nycticorax nycticorax).

Ruddy Treerunner (boultoni)
SCI Name: Margarornis rubiginosus boultoni
boultoni
Wolfrid Rudyerd Boulton, Jr. (1901-1983) US zoologist, collector, Curator at Field Mus., Chicago 1930-1946 (subsp. Bradypterus lopezi, subsp. Margarornis rubiginosus).