Spot-breasted Wren / Pheugopedius maculipectus
Spot-breasted Wren
SCI Name:
Protonym: Thriothorus maculipectus Rev.Zool. 8 p.338
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Troglodytidae / Pheugopedius
Taxonomy Code: spbwre1
Type Locality: Mexico; restricted to Veracruz by Griscom, 1930, Proc. New England Zool. CI., 12, p. 5.
Author: Lafresnaye
Publish Year: 1845
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PHEUGOPEDIUS
(Troglodytidae; Ϯ Moustached Wren P. genibarbis) Gr. φευγω pheugō to shun; πεδιον pedion open country, plain, field < πεδον pedon ground < πους pous, ποδος podos foot; "Gen. PHEUGOPEDIUS **) nov. gen. Coraya. 450. 1. P. genibarbis Nob.***) Sphenura coraya Licht. (nec Buff. Gm.) Doubl. p. 42. No. 464. — Myiothera coraya Spix. Av. Bras. I. tab. 73. fig. 2. ... **) Von φευγω, flüchten; πεδιον offenes Land. In der Schnabelbildung der Gattung Cyphorhinus am nächsten, aber mit weniger zusammengedrücktem an der Basis breiterem, an der Spitze stärker gebogenem Schnabel mit weniger runden Nasenlöchern; Flügel und Schwanz stärker entwickelt. ***)Wir halten den in Brasilien vorkommenden Vogel von dem Coraya des Buffon P. coraya Nob. Turdus coraya G. Lath. verschieden. Letzterer scheint vorzüglich nur in Cayenne und Guiana vorzukommen, ist kleiner als der brasilische und lebhafter gefärbt. Der brasilische Vogel ist in allen Körperverhältnissen grösser. Das Rothbraune des Rückens und der Flügeldecken ist heller." (Cabanis 1853); "Pheugopedius Cabanis, Mus. Hein., 1, p. 79, 1851 [= 1853]—type, by monotypy, Thryothorus genibarbis Swainson." (Hellmayr 1934, VII, 155).
Var. Pheugopodius.
Synon. Sphenura.
maculipectus
L. macula spot; pectus, pectoris breast.
SUBSPECIES
Spot-breasted Wren (microstictus)
SCI Name: Pheugopedius maculipectus microstictus
microstictus
Gr. μικρος mikros small; στικτος stiktos spotted < στιζω stizō to tattoo.
Spot-breasted Wren (maculipectus)
SCI Name: Pheugopedius maculipectus maculipectus
maculipectus
L. macula spot; pectus, pectoris breast.
Spot-breasted Wren (umbrinus)
SCI Name: Pheugopedius maculipectus umbrinus
umbrinum / umbrinus
Mod. L. umbrinus dark, shady, umber-colour < L. umbra shade.
Spot-breasted Wren (varians)
SCI Name: Pheugopedius maculipectus varians
varians
L. varians, variantis varying < variare to variegate < varius manifold (cf. varia type of magpie mentioned by Pliny).
Spot-breasted Wren (canobrunneus)
SCI Name: Pheugopedius maculipectus canobrunneus
canobrunneus
L. canus grey; Mod. L. brunneus brown < Med. L. brunius brown.
Spot-breasted Wren (petersi)
SCI Name: Pheugopedius maculipectus petersi
petersi / petersii
● Prof. Wilhelm Karl Hartwig Peters (1815-1883) German zoologist, collector in tropical Africa 1842-1848 (subsp. Podica senegalensis).
● Dr James Lee Peters (1889-1952) US ornithologist, nomenclaturist, Curator of Birds MCZ (subsp. Aethopyga saturata, subsp. Agelasticus thilius, subsp. Coccyzus longirostris, syn. Coracina schistacea, subsp. Hydrornis soror, syn. Hylatomus lineatus similis, subsp. Pheugopedius maculipectus, syn. Picoides kizuki matsudairai, syn. Rupornis magnirostris griseocauda, subsp. Schoeniophylax phryganophilus, Xenodacnis).
● Ernst Peters (fl. 1890) German student, collector in Venezuela 1890 (Zimmerius).
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)