Rufous-breasted Spinetail

SCI Name:  Synallaxis erythrothorax
Protonym:  Synallaxis erythrothorax Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt23 no.289 p.75 pl.86
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Furnariidae / Synallaxis
Taxonomy Code:  rubspi2
Type Locality:  Coban and Honduras.
Author:  Sclater, PL
Publish Year:  1855
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

SYNALLAXIS
(Furnariidae; Ϯ Rufous-capped Spinetail S. ruficapilla)  Gr. συναλλαξις sunallaxis, συναλλαξεως sunallaxeōs  exchange; perhaps given because Vieillot thought the two species may represent the two sexes of a single species, or an allusion to their characters warranting generic separation.  Reichenbach 1853, complained that Synallaxis, of feminine gender, contained the Latin masculine noun axis  axle, and wondered what scientists were to make of it!; "SYNALLAXE, Synallaxis.   Bec grêle, entier, pointu; mandibule supérieure un peu arquée, l'inférieure droit; narines couvertes de plumes à leur base; ailes courtes, arrondies." (Vieillot 1818); "SYNALLAXE, Synallaxis. Genre de l'ordre des Oiseaux SYLVAINS et de la famille des GRIMPEREAUX   ...   La SYNALLAXE A QUEUE ROUSSE, Synallaxis ruficauda, Vieill., a été apportée du Brésil.   ...   La SYNALLAXE A TÊTE ROUSSE, Synallaxis ruficapilla, Vieill., se trouve au Brésil.   ...   Les différences qu'on remarque entre cet oiseau et le précédent, ne caractérisent-elles pas les sexes?" (Vieillot 1819); "Synallaxis Vieillot, Nouv. Sict. Hist. Nat., 24, 1818, p. 117. Generic characters only; species added op. cit., 32, 1819, p. 310. Type, by subsequent designation, Synallaxis ruficapilla Vieillot (G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 17)." (Peters 1951, VII, 80). 
Var. Synnalaxis, Synnallaxis, Synalaxis.   
Synon. Anabates, Barnesia, Gyalophylax, Parulus, Poecilurus, Siptornopsis.

erythrothorax
Gr. ερυθρος eruthros  red; θωραξ thōrax, θωρακος thōrakos  breastplate.
● ex “Perroquet Langlois” of Levaillant 1801-1805 (artefact).

Erythrothorax
(Fringillidae; syn. Carpodacus † Common Rosefinch C. erythrina) Gr. ερυθρος eruthros  red; θωραξ thōrax, θωρακος thōrakos breastplate; "Karmingimpel. Erythrothorax, Br.  ...  Der rothstirnige Karmingimpel.  Erythrothorax rubrifrons, Br. (Loxia erythrina, Pallas. N. W. IV. Th. Taf. 113, 1, 2.)" (Brehm 1831); "Erythrothorax Brehm, Handb. Naturg. Vög. Deutschl., p. 248, 1831—obviously proposed as a new name for Erythrina Brehm, previously used in Botany." (Hellmayr, 1938, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. XI, p. 151) (see Erythrina).

SUBSPECIES

Rufous-breasted Spinetail (furtiva)
SCI Name: Synallaxis erythrothorax furtiva
furtiva
L. furtivus  furtive, concealed  < furtum  robbery  < fur, furis  thief (cf. Late L. furtivus  cunning).

Rufous-breasted Spinetail (erythrothorax)
SCI Name: Synallaxis erythrothorax erythrothorax
erythrothorax
Gr. ερυθρος eruthros  red; θωραξ thōrax, θωρακος thōrakos  breastplate.
● ex “Perroquet Langlois” of Levaillant 1801-1805 (artefact).

Rufous-breasted Spinetail (pacifica)
SCI Name: Synallaxis erythrothorax pacifica
pacifica
L. pacificus  peaceful  < pax, pacis  peace; facere  to make. The Pacific Ocean was so-named by the Portuguese explorer Fernão de Magalhães or Magellan in 1520, contrasting its calm waters with the stormy seas of Cape Horn  The toponym refers to islands in the Pacific Ocean as well as localities on Pacific Ocean coasts.
● New Caledonia; ex “Pacific Shrike” of Latham 1781 (syn. Aplonis striata).
● New South Wales, Australia; ex “Pacific Heron” of Latham 1785 (Ardea).
● Pacific Ocean; ex “Pacific Petrel” of Latham 1785; "Inhabits Euopoa, and other islands of the Pacific Ocean." (Ardenna).
● Erroneous TL. Friendly Is. (= Hawaii); ex “Great Hook-billed Creeper” of Latham 1782 (‡Drepanis).
● Tonga Is.; ex “Ferruginous-vented Pigeon” of Latham 1783 (Ducula).
● Erroneous TL. Friendly Isles, Pacific Ocean (= Jamaica) (syn. Geotrygon versicolor).
● Botany Bay, New Holland; ex “Pacific Paroquet (var.)” of Phillip 1789 (syn. Glossopsitta concinna).
● Tahiti; ex “Pacific Rail” of Latham 1785 (Hypotaenidia).
● Pacific Islands; ex “Pacific Thrush” of Latham 1783 (syn. Lalage maculosa).