Rufous-brown Solitaire

SCI Name:  Cichlopsis leucogenys
Protonym:  Cichlopsis leucogenys Mus.Hein. 1 p.54
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Turdidae / Cichlopsis
Taxonomy Code:  rubsol1
Type Locality:  Brazil.
Author:  Cabanis
Publish Year:  1851
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

CICHLOPSIS
(Turdidae; Ϯ Rufous-brown Solitaire C. leucogenys) Gr. κιχλη kikhlē  thrush; οψις opsis  appearance; "Gen. MYIADESTES Sws. 1838.****) Stiefel-Drosselschnäpper.   ...   ****) Von Myiadestes wird abzusondern sein:  Gen. Cichlopsis nov. gen.  (κιχλη, Drossel; οψισ, Aussehn.)  Charakterisirt durch etwas längeren und höheren, an der Spitzenhälfte mehr zusammengedrückten Schnabel und den zwar gleichfalls abgerundeten, in der Mitte aber nicht zugleich merklich ausgerandeten Schwanz mit viel breiteren drosselähnlich zugespitzten Federn; der Lauf ist deutlich geschildet und die Aussenzehe stärker verwachsen.  Typus ist: C. leucogenys (Turdus leucogenys Licht. in Mus. Berol.)  ...  Vaterland: Brasilien." (Cabanis 1853); "Cichlopsis Cabanis, Mus. Hein., 1, p. 54, "1850" [= October, 1851] [= 1853] —type, by orig. desig., Cichlopsis leucogenys Cabanis." (Hellmayr, 1934, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. VII, p. 431).
Synon. Myiocichla.

leucogenis / leucogenus / leucogenys
Gr. λευκος leukos  white; γενυς genus, γενυος genuos  jaw, chin, cheek.
● ex “Turdus leucogenys” of Lichtenstein MS (Cichlopsis).

SUBSPECIES

Rufous-brown Solitaire (Chestnut-throated)
SCI Name: Cichlopsis leucogenys chubbi
chubbi
● Charles Chubb (1851-1924) British ornithologist at BMNH 1877-1920 (Cichlopsis, Cisticola, syn. Garrodia nereis, syn. Lamprotornis splendidus lessoni, syn. Tyrannus melancholicus (Laurent Raty in litt.)).
● Ernest Charles Chubb (1884-1972) British ornithologist (son of Charles Chubb), Assistant Curator Bulawayo Museum, Curator Durban Museum (subsp. Mandingoa nitidula, subsp. Sylvietta ruficapilla).

Rufous-brown Solitaire (Peruvian)
SCI Name: Cichlopsis leucogenys peruviana
peruana / peruanum / peruanus / peruvia / peruviana / peruvianus / peruviensis
Peru. Said to be named after Biru, a local Inca encountered by the conquistadores (although the name is also accredited to a Panamanian cazique). Until the early 18^th century the Viceroyalty of Peru included all Spanish possessions in South America.
● ex “Geai du Pérou” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 625, and de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Peruvian Jay” of Latham 1781 (syn. Cyanocorax yncas).
● ex “Coq de Roche du Pérou” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 745, and de Buffon 1770-1783 (Rupicola).
● Erroneous TL. Peru (= Brazil) (Tangara).
● Erroneous TL. Peru (= Tahiti) (Vini).

Rufous-brown Solitaire (Guianan)
SCI Name: Cichlopsis leucogenys gularis
gulare / gularis
Mod. L. gularis  of the throat, -throated, gular  < L. gula  throat.
● ex “Coucou Vulgaire d’Afrique” of Levaillant 1806, pl. 200 (Cuculus).
● ex “Gobe-mouche à gorge blanche” of Quoy & Gaimard 1830 (syn. Eopsaltria griseogularis).
● ex “Petit Rolle Violet à Gorge Bleue” of Levaillant 1806 (Eurystomus).
● ex “Cardinal d’Amérique” of Brisson 1760 (Paroaria).
● ex “Colombi-Caille” of Levaillant 1810, pl. 283, and Columba hottentotta Temminck, 1813 (artefact).

Rufous-brown Solitaire (Rufous-brown)
SCI Name: Cichlopsis leucogenys leucogenys
leucogenis / leucogenus / leucogenys
Gr. λευκος leukos  white; γενυς genus, γενυος genuos  jaw, chin, cheek.
● ex “Turdus leucogenys” of Lichtenstein MS (Cichlopsis).