Spot-winged Antshrike

SCI Name:  Pygiptila stellaris
Protonym:  Thamnophilus stellaris Av.Sp.Nov.Brasil. 2 p.27 pl.36 fig.2
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Thamnophilidae / Pygiptila
Taxonomy Code:  spwant2
Type Locality:  State of Para, Brazil.
Author:  von Spix
Publish Year:  1825
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

PYGIPTILA
(Thamnophilidae; Ϯ Spot-winged Antshrike P. stellaris) Gr. πυγη pugē  rump; πτιλον ptilon  feather; "GENUS IV.  PYGIPTILA.  Rostrum validum, crassum, uncinatum, ad basin latius et apicem versus angustatum: tarsis brevissimis, digitum medium vix excedentibus, undique scutellatis; unguibus brevibus.   I have united under this title two birds, one of which I have previously arranged as a Thamnophilus, the other as a Myrmeciza. The strongly-hooked bill (of the first species especially) most resembles that of the Thamnophilines, with which they also agree in the nearly completely scutellated tarsi; whereas the lax, full feathering of the uropygium and shorter tail show some rapprochement towards Hypocnemis.    1. PYGIPTILA MACULIPENNIS.  Thamnophilus stellaris, Sclater, P.Z.S. 1854, p.112 (nec Spixi).  Thamnophilus maculipennis, Sclater, Edinb. Phil. Journ. i. p. 248.   ...   2. PYGIPTILA MARGARITATA.  Myrmeciza margaritata, Sclater, P.Z.S. 1854, p. 253. pl. 70." (P. Sclater 1858); "Pygiptila Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, pt. 26, 1858, p. 220. Type, by subsequent designation, Thamnophilus maculipennis Sclater (Sclater, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., 15, 1890, p. 217)." (Peters 1951, VII, 178); "239. Pygiptila stellaris  ...  Proposed races maculipennis (S Colombia and NE Peru) and purusiana (W Brazil) based on plumage variations which appear to be clinal, so they are merged with nominate, pending further study." (del Hoyo & Collar 2016, 62).
Var. Pygoptila.

stellaris
L. stellaris  starred  < stella  star.
● "76. ARDEA.  ...  stellaris.  16. A. capite læviusculo, supra testacea maculis transversis, subtus pallidior maculis oblongis fuscis.  Ardea vertice nigro, pectore pallido maculis longitudinalibus nigricantibus. Fn. svec. 134.  Ardea stellaris minor. Gesn av. 215. Aldr. orn. l. 20. c. 16. Will. orn. 207. t. 50. 52. Raj. av. 100. n. 11. Mars. danub. 5. p. 16. t. 6. Alb. av. 1. p. 65. t. 68.  Habitat in Europa.  Venatus falconibus magnatibus placet; Mugitus stentorii impares; terrefacta spiraliter æthera scandis." (Linnaeus 1758) (Botaurus).
● ex “Étoilé” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 157, and “Starry Fly-catcher” of Latham 1823 (syn. Pogonocichla stellata).

SUBSPECIES

Spot-winged Antshrike (maculipennis)
SCI Name: Pygiptila stellaris maculipennis
maculipennis
L. macula  spot; -pennis  -winged, -feathered  < penna  wing, feather.

Spot-winged Antshrike (occipitalis)
SCI Name: Pygiptila stellaris occipitalis
occipitalis
Late L. occipitalis  of the back of the head, occipital  < L. occipitium  occiput  < ob  towards, over; caput, capitis  head.
● ex “Azur à Calotte et à Collier Noir” of Levaillant 1805 (syn. Hypothymis azurea).
● ex “Huppard” of Levaillant 1796, pl. 2  < French huppe  crest; Busard  hawk (Lophaetus).

Spot-winged Antshrike (purusiana)
SCI Name: Pygiptila stellaris purusiana
purusensis / purusiana / purusianus
Rio Purús, Brazil.

Spot-winged Antshrike (stellaris)
SCI Name: Pygiptila stellaris stellaris
stellaris
L. stellaris  starred  < stella  star.
● "76. ARDEA.  ...  stellaris.  16. A. capite læviusculo, supra testacea maculis transversis, subtus pallidior maculis oblongis fuscis.  Ardea vertice nigro, pectore pallido maculis longitudinalibus nigricantibus. Fn. svec. 134.  Ardea stellaris minor. Gesn av. 215. Aldr. orn. l. 20. c. 16. Will. orn. 207. t. 50. 52. Raj. av. 100. n. 11. Mars. danub. 5. p. 16. t. 6. Alb. av. 1. p. 65. t. 68.  Habitat in Europa.  Venatus falconibus magnatibus placet; Mugitus stentorii impares; terrefacta spiraliter æthera scandis." (Linnaeus 1758) (Botaurus).
● ex “Étoilé” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 157, and “Starry Fly-catcher” of Latham 1823 (syn. Pogonocichla stellata).