White-backed Fire-eye / Pyriglena leuconota
White-backed Fire-eye
SCI Name:
Protonym: Myothera leuconota Av.Sp.Nov.Brasil. 1 p.72 pl.72 fig.2
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thamnophilidae / Pyriglena
Taxonomy Code: wbfeye1
Type Locality: Para, Brazil.
Author: von Spix
Publish Year: 1824
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PYRIGLENA
(Thamnophilidae; Ϯ White-shouldered Fire-eye P. leucoptera) Gr. πυριγληνος puriglēnos fiery-eyed < πυρ pur, πυρος puros fire; γληνη glēnē eyeball, eye; "Gen. Pyriglena n. gen. (πυριγληνος, mit feurigen Augen). Die Zehen sind stärker entwickelt als bei der vorhergehenden Gattung [Myrmonax], die Aussenzehe ist merklich länger als die innere Zehe; Schwanz verhältnissmässig länger mit breiten Federn; Gefieder vorherrschend kohlschwarz oder dunkel, gegen welche Färbung die feurigrothen Augen lebhaft abstechen. In dieser Gruppe gewinnt die Bekleidung der innern Laufseite am täuschendsten das Ansehen einer Stiefelschiene. 1. P. domicella. ... 2. P. atra. ... *3. P. maura. ... 4. P. picea. ... 5. P. funebris." (Cabanis 1847); "Pyriglena Cabanis, Arch. Naturg., 13, 1847, Bd. 1, p. 211. Type, by subsequent designation, Myiothera domicilla [sic] Pr. Max. = Turdus leucopterus Vieillot (Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 42)." (Peters 1951, VII, 218).
Synon. Notodela.
leuconota
Gr. λευκος leukos white; -νωτος -nōtos -backed < νωτον nōton back.
SUBSPECIES
White-backed Fire-eye (Pacific)
SCI Name: Pyriglena leuconota pacifica
pacifica
L. pacificus peaceful < pax, pacis peace; facere to make. The Pacific Ocean was so-named by the Portuguese explorer Fernão de Magalhães or Magellan in 1520, contrasting its calm waters with the stormy seas of Cape Horn The toponym refers to islands in the Pacific Ocean as well as localities on Pacific Ocean coasts.
● New Caledonia; ex “Pacific Shrike” of Latham 1781 (syn. Aplonis striata).
● New South Wales, Australia; ex “Pacific Heron” of Latham 1785 (Ardea).
● Pacific Ocean; ex “Pacific Petrel” of Latham 1785; "Inhabits Euopoa, and other islands of the Pacific Ocean." (Ardenna).
● Erroneous TL. Friendly Is. (= Hawaii); ex “Great Hook-billed Creeper” of Latham 1782 (‡Drepanis).
● Tonga Is.; ex “Ferruginous-vented Pigeon” of Latham 1783 (Ducula).
● Erroneous TL. Friendly Isles, Pacific Ocean (= Jamaica) (syn. Geotrygon versicolor).
● Botany Bay, New Holland; ex “Pacific Paroquet (var.)” of Phillip 1789 (syn. Glossopsitta concinna).
● Tahiti; ex “Pacific Rail” of Latham 1785 (Hypotaenidia).
● Pacific Islands; ex “Pacific Thrush” of Latham 1783 (syn. Lalage maculosa).
White-backed Fire-eye (Black-bellied)
SCI Name: Pyriglena leuconota castanoptera
castanoptera / castanopterum / castanopterus
Gr. καστανον kastanon chestnut; -πτερος -pteros -winged < πτερον pteron wing.
● ex “Chesnut Coucal” of Latham 1822 (syn. Centropus sinensis).
White-backed Fire-eye (Black-headed)
SCI Name: Pyriglena leuconota picea
picea
L. piceus pitch-black < pix, picis pitch.
White-backed Fire-eye (White-backed)
SCI Name: Pyriglena leuconota [leuconota Group]
PYRIGLENA
(Thamnophilidae; Ϯ White-shouldered Fire-eye P. leucoptera) Gr. πυριγληνος puriglēnos fiery-eyed < πυρ pur, πυρος puros fire; γληνη glēnē eyeball, eye; "Gen. Pyriglena n. gen. (πυριγληνος, mit feurigen Augen). Die Zehen sind stärker entwickelt als bei der vorhergehenden Gattung [Myrmonax], die Aussenzehe ist merklich länger als die innere Zehe; Schwanz verhältnissmässig länger mit breiten Federn; Gefieder vorherrschend kohlschwarz oder dunkel, gegen welche Färbung die feurigrothen Augen lebhaft abstechen. In dieser Gruppe gewinnt die Bekleidung der innern Laufseite am täuschendsten das Ansehen einer Stiefelschiene. 1. P. domicella. ... 2. P. atra. ... *3. P. maura. ... 4. P. picea. ... 5. P. funebris." (Cabanis 1847); "Pyriglena Cabanis, Arch. Naturg., 13, 1847, Bd. 1, p. 211. Type, by subsequent designation, Myiothera domicilla [sic] Pr. Max. = Turdus leucopterus Vieillot (Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 42)." (Peters 1951, VII, 218).
Synon. Notodela.
White-backed Fire-eye (Pernambuco)
SCI Name: Pyriglena leuconota pernambucensis
pernambucensis
Pernambuco, Brazil.
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)