Short-billed Leaftosser / Sclerurus rufigularis
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Short-billed Leaftosser
SCI Name:
Protonym: Sclerurus rufigularis Orn.Brasil. Abth.2 p.87
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Furnariidae / Sclerurus
Taxonomy Code: shblea1
Type Locality: Borba and Marabitanas, Brazil; type from Borba, Rio Madeira.
Author: von Pelzeln
Publish Year: 1868
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
SCLERURUS
(Furnariidae; Ϯ Black-tailed Leaftosser S. caudacutus) Gr. σκληρος sklēros stiff; ουρα oura tail; "The shaft of the tail feathers is stiff and its tip is very sharp" (Vaurie 1980); "SCLERURUS. Rostrum sub-elongatum vel longiusculum, emarginatum, obtusum; culmine versusapicem leviter arcuato. Alæ mediocres, rotundatæ, remigibus 1ma et 2da gradatis, 3tia, 4ta et 5ta æqualibus, longissimis. Cauda lata, rigida, rotundata. Pedes graciles, breves, digito exteriore prima phalange tenus medio conjuncto, interiore ad basin connexo; halluce gracili, subcurvato, leviter emarginato." (Swainson 1827); "Sclerurus Swainson, Zool. Journ., 3, 1827, p. 356. Generic characters only; species added,2 Cabanis, Arch. Naturg., 13, 1847, Bd. 1, p. 231. Type, by subsequent designation, Thamnophilus caudacutus Vieillot (Cabanis, loc. cit.). ... 2 The two specific names associated with this genus by Swainson in Classif. Bds., 2, 1837, p. 315 are both nomina nuda." (Peters 1951, VII, 148).
Var. Scelurus.
Synon. Geooecia, Oxypyga, Tinactor.
rufigulare / rufigularis
L. rufus red, rufous; Mod. L. gularis throated < L. gula throat.
● ex “Orange-breasted Hobby” of Latham 1781 (Falco).
SUBSPECIES
Short-billed Leaftosser (fulvigularis)
SCI Name: Sclerurus rufigularis fulvigularis
fulvigularis
L. fulvus tawny; Mod. L. gularis throated < L. gula throat.
Short-billed Leaftosser (brunnescens)
SCI Name: Sclerurus rufigularis brunnescens
brunnescens
Mod. L. brunnescens, brunnescentis somewhat brown, brownish < brunneus brown < Med. L. brunius brown.
Short-billed Leaftosser (rufigularis)
SCI Name: Sclerurus rufigularis rufigularis
rufigulare / rufigularis
L. rufus red, rufous; Mod. L. gularis throated < L. gula throat.
● ex “Orange-breasted Hobby” of Latham 1781 (Falco).
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)
