Wallcreeper / Tichodroma muraria
Wallcreeper
SCI Name:
Protonym: Certhia muraria Syst.Nat.ed.12 ed.12 p.184
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tichodromidae / Tichodroma
Taxonomy Code: wallcr1
Type Locality: southern Europe.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1766
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
TICHODROMA
(Sittidae; Ϯ Wallcreeper T. muraria) Gr. τειχος teikhos wall; -δρομος
-dromos -runner < τρεχω trekhō to run; "GENUS 21. TICHODROMA (τειχος murus δρομος cursitans) (Mauerklette Germ.) Rostrum elongatum, subincurvum, gracile, teretiusculum, basi trigonum, apice acutum, tomiis sibi oppositis. Gonys mandibulae duas tertias partes aequans, gnathidiis ea brevioribus, angulo mentali acuto. Nares in basi maxillae sitae, membrana fornicali superne semiclausae, rima longitudinali versus tomium apertae. Lingua. . . . Alae subelongatae, remigum primorum primis brevioribus. Caudae rectrices haud rigidae, apice obtusae. Pedes ambulatorii, mediocres, congrui, nudi. Unguis posticus ungue medio dimidio longior. Acropodia scutulata. Species: Certhia muraria Lin." (Illiger 1811).
Var. Tichodromas, Thychodroma, Trichodoma, Trichoderma, Trichodroma.
Synon. Petrodroma.
muraria / murarius
Med. L. murarius of the walls < L. murus wall.
● ex “Certhia muralis” of Brisson 1760 (Tichodroma).
SUBSPECIES
Wallcreeper (muraria)
SCI Name: Tichodroma muraria muraria
muraria / murarius
Med. L. murarius of the walls < L. murus wall.
● ex “Certhia muralis” of Brisson 1760 (Tichodroma).
Wallcreeper (nepalensis)
SCI Name: Tichodroma muraria nepalensis
nepalensis
Nepal.
● Erroneous TL. Nepal (= Burma) (syn. Treron phayrei).
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)