Streaked Xenops

SCI Name:  Xenops rutilans
Protonym:  Xenops rutilans Pl.Col. livr.12 pl.72 fig.2
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Furnariidae / Xenops
Taxonomy Code:  strxen1
Type Locality:  Brazil.
Author:  Temminck
Publish Year:  1821
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

XENOPS
(Furnariidae; Ϯ Plain Xenops X. minutus) Gr. ξενος xenos  stranger; ωψ ōps, ωπος ōpos  face, countenance; "GENUS 25. XENOPS Hoffmannsegg (ξενος inusitatus, novus,  ωψ vultus) (Steigschnabel Germ.)   Rostrum mediocre, rectum porrectum, conicum acutum valde compressum, inverse cultratum i.e. culmine recto, gonyde recurva ascendente. Tomia integerrima.  Nares basales, laterales, ovatae, patulae.  Lingua. . . . .  Alae mediocres.  Cauda mediocris, emarginata, rectricibus 12 laxis, lateralibus brevioribus.   Pedes ambulatori, mediocres, congrui.  Digiti antici basi coadunati, laterales subaequales, medio breviores.  Hallux digitum medium aequans.  Unguis posticus antico medio paullo major.  Acropodia scutulata.   Species: Xenops genibarbis n. sp. e Cametà Brasiliae" (Illiger 1811); "Xenops Illiger, Prodromus, 1811, p. 213. Type, by monotypy, Xenops genibarbis Illiger." (Peters 1951, VII, 143).
Var. Zenops.
Synon. Anecorhamphus, Neops.

rutilans
L. rutilans, rutilantis  of a glowing reddish colour, reddening  < rutilus  auburn, red.

SUBSPECIES

Streaked Xenops (septentrionalis)
SCI Name: Xenops rutilans septentrionalis
septentrionale / septentrionales / septentrionalis / septentrionalium
L. septemtrionalis  northern  < septemtrio  north.
● Erroneous TL "Northern parts of America" (= Tonga Tabu); ex “Northern Shrike” of Latham 1781 (syn. Clytorhynchus vitiensis).

Streaked Xenops (heterurus)
SCI Name: Xenops rutilans heterurus
heterura / heterurus
Gr. ἑτερος heteros  different; -ουρος -ouros  -tailed  < ουρα oura  tail.

Streaked Xenops (incomptus)
SCI Name: Xenops rutilans incomptus
incompta / incomptus
L. incomptus  unadorned, rough, inelegant, unkempt  < in-  not; comptus  adorned, neat  < comere  to adorn.

Streaked Xenops (perijanus)
SCI Name: Xenops rutilans perijanus
perijana / perijanus
Sierra de Perijá, Venezuela.

Streaked Xenops (phelpsi)
SCI Name: Xenops rutilans phelpsi
phelpsi
William Henry Phelps, Sr. (1875-1965) US/Venezuelan entrepreneur, business magnate, ornithologist, collector, founder of Colección Ornitológica Phelps, Caracas (subsp. Asthenes wyatti, syn. Atlapetes nigrifrons, subsp. Grallaria excelsa, subsp. Oxyruncus cristatus, subsp. Rallus longirostris, syn. Sittasomus griseicapillus griseus, Streptoprocne, subsp. Tangara xanthogastra, subsp. Xenops rutilus).

Streaked Xenops (guayae)
SCI Name: Xenops rutilans guayae
guayae
Guayas Province, Ecuador.

Streaked Xenops (peruvianus)
SCI Name: Xenops rutilans peruvianus
peruana / peruanum / peruanus / peruvia / peruviana / peruvianus / peruviensis
Peru. Said to be named after Biru, a local Inca encountered by the conquistadores (although the name is also accredited to a Panamanian cazique). Until the early 18^th century the Viceroyalty of Peru included all Spanish possessions in South America.
● ex “Geai du Pérou” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 625, and de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Peruvian Jay” of Latham 1781 (syn. Cyanocorax yncas).
● ex “Coq de Roche du Pérou” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 745, and de Buffon 1770-1783 (Rupicola).
● Erroneous TL. Peru (= Brazil) (Tangara).
● Erroneous TL. Peru (= Tahiti) (Vini).

Streaked Xenops (purusianus)
SCI Name: Xenops rutilans purusianus
purusensis / purusiana / purusianus
Rio Purús, Brazil.

Streaked Xenops (connectens)
SCI Name: Xenops rutilans connectens
connectans / connectens
L. connectens  joined, connected, united  < connectere  to unite.

Streaked Xenops (chapadensis)
SCI Name: Xenops rutilans chapadensis
chapadense / chapadensis
Chapada (= Chapada dos Guimarães), Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Streaked Xenops (rutilans)
SCI Name: Xenops rutilans rutilans
rutilans
L. rutilans, rutilantis  of a glowing reddish colour, reddening  < rutilus  auburn, red.