Streak-backed Antshrike

SCI Name:  Thamnophilus insignis
Protonym:  Thamnophilus insignis Ibis p.450
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Thamnophilidae / Thamnophilus
Taxonomy Code:  stbant1
Type Locality:  Mt. Roraima, 5000 feet.
Author:  Salvin & Godman
Publish Year:  1884
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

THAMNOPHILUS
(Thamnophilidae; Ϯ Barred Antshrike T. doliatus) Gr. θαμνος thamnos  bush; φιλος philos  lover; "BATARA (DE AZARA), Thamnophilus.  Lanius, Turdus, Lin. Gm. Lath.  Bec droit à la base, robuste, convexe en dessus, comprimé latéralement; mandibule supérieure échancrée, ou dentée, et crochue vers le bout; l'inférieure entaillée, aiguë et retroussée à la pointe. — Bouche ciliée. Ailes courtes arrondies.  Esp. Pie-Grièche rayée. — Fourmillier huppé, Buff.   ...   Tamnophilus [ταμνος, frutex, φιλεω, gaudeo]." (Vieillot 1816); "Thamnophilus Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 40. Type, by subsequent designation, Lanius doliatus Linné (Swainson, Zool. Journ., 1, 1824, p. 301)." (Peters 1951, VII, 162).
Var. Thamnoplius, Tamnophilus.   
Synon. Abalius, Erionotus, Rhopochares.

thamnophilus
Gr. θαμνος thamnos  bush; φιλος philos  loving  < φιλεω phileō  to love  < φιλος philos  lover.

insignis
L. insignis  extraordinary, remarkable, notable (e.g. very large)  < in   towards; signum  mark.

SUBSPECIES

Streak-backed Antshrike (nigrofrontalis)
SCI Name: Thamnophilus insignis nigrofrontalis
nigrofrontalis
L. niger  black; frontalis  fronted, frontal  < frontalia or frontale  frontlet  < frons, frontis  forehead, brow.

Streak-backed Antshrike (insignis)
SCI Name: Thamnophilus insignis insignis
insignis
L. insignis  extraordinary, remarkable, notable (e.g. very large)  < in   towards; signum  mark.