Scaled Spinetail / Cranioleuca muelleri
Scaled Spinetail
SCI Name:
Protonym: Siptornis Mülleri Rev.Franc.Orn. 2 p.1
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Furnariidae / Cranioleuca
Taxonomy Code: scaspi1
Type Locality: Fazenda Nazareth, Mexiana Island, Brazil.
Author: Hellmayr
Publish Year: 1911
IUCN Status: Endangered
DEFINITIONS
CRANIOLEUCA
(Furnariidae; Ϯ Light-crowned Spinetail C. albiceps) Gr. κρανιον kranion skull, head < καρα kara, καρατος karatos head; λευκος leukos white; "LXXXV. Cranioleuca RCHB. Nat. Syst. d. Vög t. sppl. — Von der nahe stehenden Melanopareia verschieden durch einen stark gesteigerten Schwanz, noch kürzer als die Flügel, dessen einzelne Federn an der Spitze gerundet sind. Vierte Schwinge am längsten. Schnabel ziemlich gestreckt, Firste sanft gebogen, kiellos. Lauf ziemlich kurz, Nägel stark gekrümmt. — Das eigenthümliche Kleid des etwas größeren Vogels wird unten beschrieben. 372. C. albiceps (Synall. — D'ORBG. voy. 244. pl. 16. 2.) RCHB. t. DXXII. 3616. — Graulich olivengrün, Oberkopf gelblichweiß" (Reichenbach 1853); "Cranioleuca Reichenbach, Handb. spec. Orn., cont. x, 1853, Scansoriae A. Sittinae, p. 167. Type, by monotypy [and by virtual tautonymy], Synallaxis albiceps d'Orbigny and Lafresnaye." (Peters, 1951, VII, p. 97).
Var. Craniolenca.
Synon. Acrorchilus.
muelleri
● Salomon Müller (1804-1864) German explorer, ornithologist (syn. Accipiter griseogularis, subsp. Ficedula dumetoria, Heleia, syn. Mulleripicus pulverulentus, subsp. Oriolus flavocinctus, subsp. Phylloscopus castaniceps, subsp. Pitta sordida, subsp. Rhipidura hyperythra (ex Rhipidura rufiventris Müller)).
● Prof. David Heinrich Müller (1846-1912) Austrian orientalist, linguist, explorer in Arabia 1897-1898 (syn. Anthodiaeta metallica).
● Johann Wilhelm Freiherr von Müller (1824-1866) German naturalist, collector in tropical Africa, North America and Mexico, Director of Jardin Zoologique, Bruxelles 1852-1854 (syn. Butastur rufipennis, Merops, syn. Passer euchlorus, syn. Ploceus luteolus).
● Anton Müller (1799-1864) German civil servant, naturalist (syn. Calidris alba, syn. Larus marinus).
● C. Müller (fl. 1910) skinner for Graf von Zedlitz und Trützschler in tropical Africa 1908-1910 (syn. Cichladusa guttata rufipennis, subsp. Ortygospiza atricollis, syn. Tchagra senegalus habessinicus, syn. Uraeginthus cyanocephalus).
● Maj. Müller (d. 1898) explorer in tropical Africa (subsp. Cisticola fulvicapilla, syn. Cisticola lais semifasciatus).
● Lorenz Müller (1868-1953) German herpetologist, collector in Brazil (syn. Cettia cetti sericea, Cranioleuca, subsp. Phaethornis superciliosus).
● Otto Frederik Müller (1730-1784) Danish naturalist (syn. Gavia stellata).
● Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich Freiherr von Mueller (1825–1896) German/Australian botanist, acclimatizer (Lewinia).
● Alfred Müller (d. 1931) German Consul in Palma, Mallorca (syn. Troglodytes troglodytes kabylorum).
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)