White-bearded Antshrike / Biatas nigropectus
WBN 
White-bearded Antshrike
SCI Name:
Protonym: Anabates nigro-pectus Rev.Mag.Zool.(2), 2 p.107 fig.3
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thamnophilidae / Biatas
Taxonomy Code: whbant2
Type Locality: South America, = vicinity of Rio de Janeiro by suggestion of Hellmayr, 1924.
Author: Lafresnaye
Publish Year: 1850
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
BIATAS
(Thamnophilidae; Ϯ White-bearded Antshrike B. nigropectus) Gr. βιατας biatas forceful, mighty, potent < βια bia force, violence; "Gen. BIATAS ***) Nob. — Kletter-Batara. Biastes Rchb. 1853 (nec Panz.) 1806). 74. 1. B. nigropectus Nob. Anabates nigropectus Lafr. R. Z. 1850. p. 107. t. 1. 3.— Biastes nigropectus Rchb. Handb. spec. Orn. 1. p. 175 Anm. — Burm. Th. Bras. III. p. 84. ... ***) Von βιατας = βιαστης. Diese Gattung gehört unbedingt hierher, da die Beschildung an beiden Seiten des Laufes ganz wie bei den Thamnophilinen ist." (Cabanis & Heine 1859); "Biatas Cabanis and Heine, Mus. Hein., Th. 2, 1859-60 (1859), p. 19. New name for Biastes Reichenbach 1853, not of Panzer, 1806, Hymenoptera. Type, by monotypy, Anabates nigro-pectus Lafresnaye." (Peters, 1951, VII, p. 162).
Synon. Biastes.
nigropectus
L. niger black; pectus, pectoris breast.
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)
