Rufous-breasted Antthrush

SCI Name:  Formicarius rufipectus
Protonym:  Formicarius rufipectus Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt1 p.73 pl.8
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Formicariidae / Formicarius
Taxonomy Code:  rubant1
Type Locality:  Santiago de Veraguas, Panama.
Author:  Salvin
Publish Year:  1866
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

FORMICARIUS
(Formicariidae; Ϯ Rufous-capped Ant-thrush F. colma) Mod. L. formicarius  of the ant  < Med. L. formicarium  ant-hill  < L. formica ant. The antbirds received their name from the habit of a few species of trailing ant armies and feeding on the insects thus disturbed or put to flight; “This bird inhabits South America  ...  in the neighbourhood of large ant-hills, on the inhabitants of which it chiefly feeds, as do several other species; many sorts of which unite together into bands: but what is observable in this species, it is seldom seen except one in a flock of the others, or at most a pair. These birds for the most part keep on the ground, and appear less active than those which it keeps company with” (Latham 1783). The ant-thrushes are shy, terrestrial birds, much more often heard than seen and sometimes occur on the periphery of ant swarms; "700.  1.Palikour BUFF. VIII. p. 238. BRISS. Ornith. o. LINN. o. Formicarius torquatus, mihi.  2.Carillonneur BUFF. VIII. p. 246. BRISS. Ornith. o. LINN. o. Formicarius Cantatar, mihi.   ...   703. 1.Colma, BUFF. VIII. p. 241. BRISS. Ornith. o. LINN. o. Formicarius Colma.   ...   821. Tetema de Cayenne, BUFF. VIII. p. 240. BRISS. Ornith. o. LINN. Gen. o. Formicarius Cayanensis." (Boddaert 1783); "Formicarius Boddaert, Tabl Pl. enlum., 1783, p. 43, 44, 50. Type, by subsequent designation, Formicarius cayanensis Boddaert = Formicarius colma Boddaert (G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 26)." (Peters, 1951, VII, p. 239). 
Synon. Eriodora, Formicicapa, Myiothera, Myocincla, Myrmecophaga, Tetema.

rufipectus
L. rufus  rufous, ruddy; pectus, pectoris  breast.

SUBSPECIES

Rufous-breasted Antthrush (rufipectus)
SCI Name: Formicarius rufipectus rufipectus
rufipectus
L. rufus  rufous, ruddy; pectus, pectoris  breast.

Rufous-breasted Antthrush (lasallei)
SCI Name: Formicarius rufipectus lasallei
lasallei
"Hemos nombrado esta subespecie lasallei en honor del Santo Fundador de la Institución Lasaliana, como un sencillo homenaje en el tricentenario de su nacimiento" (Aveledo & Gines 1952) (OD per Martin Schneider); St. Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (1651-1719) French priest, educational reformer, founder of the Frères des Écoles Chrétiennes or Brothers of the Christian Schools 1679, patron saint of teachers (subsp. Formicarius rufipectus).

Rufous-breasted Antthrush (carrikeri)
SCI Name: Formicarius rufipectus carrikeri
carrikeri
Melbourne Armstrong Carriker, Jr. (1879-1965) US ornithologist, entomologist, explorer, collector in the Neotropics (subsp. Athene cunicularia, subsp. Atlapetes rufinucha, ‡subsp. Capito hypoleucus, subsp. Catharus mexicanus, Dubusia, subsp. Formicarius rufipectus, Grallaria, subsp. Icterus mesomelas, Zentrygon).

Rufous-breasted Antthrush (thoracicus)
SCI Name: Formicarius rufipectus thoracicus
thoracica / thoracicus
Med. L. thoracicus  pectoral, of the chest  < Gr. θωρακικος thōrakikos  suffering in the chest  < θωραξ thōrax, θωρακος thōrakos  breastplate.
● ex “Plastron Noir” of Levaillant 1803, pl. 123 (Apalis).
● ex “Alconcillo aplomado” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 39 (syn. Falco femoralis).