Rufous-tailed Plantcutter / Phytotoma rara
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Rufous-tailed Plantcutter
SCI Name:
Protonym: Phytotoma rara SaggioStoriaNat.Chile p.254
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Cotingidae / Phytotoma
Taxonomy Code: rutpla1
Type Locality: Chile.
Author: Molina
Publish Year: 1782
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PHYTOTOMA
(Cotingidae; Ϯ Chilean Plantcutter P. rara) Gr. φυτον phuton plant < φυω phuō to grow; τομος tomos cutting < τεμνω temnō to cut; "8. La Rara, Phytotoma Rara gen. nov. (2*) ... (2*) Phytotoma. Rostrum conicum, rectum, serratum. Nares ovatæ. Lingua brevis, obtusa" (Molina 1782); "Phytotoma Molina, 1782, Saggio Stot. Nat. Chili, pp. 254, 345. Type, by monotypy, Phytotoma rara Molina." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 309). The distinctive plantcutters were formerly treated in a monogeneric family, the Phytotomidae, but are now considered allied to Zaratornis, Doliornis and Ampelion.
Var. Phytotome, Phitotoma.
Synon. Ptytotoma.
rara
● L. rarus rare, infrequent (Bostrychia, syn. Dendroica cerulea, Lagonosticta, subsp. Phalaenopsis griseiceps).
● Chilean onomatopoeic name Rara for the Rufous-tailed Plantcutter (Phytotoma).
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)
