Stripe-breasted Wren / Cantorchilus thoracicus
WBN 
Stripe-breasted Wren
SCI Name:
Protonym: Thryothorus thoracicus Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1864) (1864), Pt3 p.580
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Troglodytidae / Cantorchilus
Taxonomy Code: stbwre1
Type Locality: Tucurrique, Costa Rica.
Author: Salvin
Publish Year: 1865
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CANTORCHILUS
(Troglodytidae; † Long-billed Wren T. longirostris) L. cantus song < canere to sing; Gr. ορχιλος orkhilos wren; "Wren song has long been the subject of scientific study ... as this group exhibits impressive diversity in such features as song structure, repertoire size, presence of female song, and sex-specific patterns of song use ... Cantorchilus, gen. nov. Type: Thryothorus longirostris (Vieillot). Etymology: cantus, song; orchilos, wren" (Mann et al. 2006); "Cantorchilus Mann, Barker, Graves, Dingess-Mann and Slater, 2006, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 40 (3), p. 750+. Type, by original designation, Thryothorus longirostris Vieillot, 1818." (JAJ 2021).
thoracica / thoracicus
Med. L. thoracicus pectoral, of the chest < Gr. θωρακικος thōrakikos suffering in the chest < θωραξ thōrax, θωρακος thōrakos breastplate.
● ex “Plastron Noir” of Levaillant 1803, pl. 123 (Apalis).
● ex “Alconcillo aplomado” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 39 (syn. Falco femoralis).
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)
