Rufous Spinetail / Synallaxis unirufa
Rufous Spinetail
SCI Name:
Protonym: Synnalaxis unirufus Rev.Zool. 6 p.290
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Furnariidae / Synallaxis
Taxonomy Code: rufspi1
Type Locality: Colombia = Bogota.
Author: Lafresnaye
Publish Year: 1843
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.
unirufa / unirufus
L. uni- single, only < unus one; rufus rufous.
SUBSPECIES
Rufous Spinetail (unirufa)
SCI Name: Synallaxis unirufa unirufa
unirufa / unirufus
L. uni- single, only < unus one; rufus rufous.
Rufous Spinetail (munoztebari)
SCI Name: Synallaxis unirufa munoztebari
munoztebari
Dr Ricardo Muñoz-Tébar Broadbent (fl. 2008) Venezuelan civil engineer, ornithologist (subsp. Synallaxis unirufa).
Rufous Spinetail (meridana)
SCI Name: Synallaxis unirufa meridana
meridae / meridana / meridanus / meridensis
Mérida, Venezuela.
Rufous Spinetail (ochrogaster)
SCI Name: Synallaxis unirufa ochrogaster
ochrogaster / ochrogastra
Gr. ωχρος ōkhros pale yellow; ωχρα ōkhra yellow-ochre; γαστηρ gastēr, γαστρος gastros belly.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)