Rufous-backed Stipplethroat

SCI Name:  Epinecrophylla haematonota
Protonym:  Formicivora haematonota Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt25 no.329 p.48
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Thamnophilidae / Epinecrophylla
Taxonomy Code:  rubsti1
Type Locality:  Chamicuros, Peru.
Author:  Sclater, PL
Publish Year:  1857
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).

haematonota / haematonotus
Gr. αἱμα haima, αἱματος haimatos  blood; -νωτος -nōtos  -backed   < νωτον nōton  back.

SUBSPECIES

Rufous-backed Stipplethroat (Rio Negro)
SCI Name: Epinecrophylla haematonota pyrrhonota
pyrrhonota / pyrrhonotha / pyrrhonotus
Gr. πυρρος purrhos  flame-coloured, red  < πυρ pur, πυρος puros  fire; -νωτος -nōtos  -backed  < νωτον nōton  back (cf. νοθος nothos  spurious, base).
● ex “Golondrina rabadilla acanelada” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 305 (Petrochelidon).
● ex “Alouëtte à Dos Roux” of Levaillant 1806, pl. 197 (unident.).

Rufous-backed Stipplethroat (Yasuni)
SCI Name: Epinecrophylla haematonota fjeldsaai
fjeldsai / fjeldsaai
Prof. Jon Fjeldså (b. 1942) Danish ornithologist, Curator of Zoological Mus. Copenhagen, systematist, biogeographer, artist (subsp. Epinecrophylla haematonota, subsp. Geranoaetus polysoma).

Rufous-backed Stipplethroat (Rufous-backed)
SCI Name: Epinecrophylla haematonota haematonota
haematonota / haematonotus
Gr. αἱμα haima, αἱματος haimatos  blood; -νωτος -nōtos  -backed   < νωτον nōton  back.