White-breasted Thrasher / Ramphocinclus brachyurus

White-breasted Thrasher / Ramphocinclus brachyurus

White-breasted Thrasher

SCI Name:  Ramphocinclus brachyurus
Protonym:  Turdus brachyurus Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 20 p.255
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Mimidae /
Taxonomy Code:  whbthr1
Type Locality:  Martinique.
Author:  
Publish Year:  1818
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

RAMPHOCINCLUS
(Mimidae; Ϯ White-breasted Thrasher R. brachyurus) Gr. ῥαμφος rhamphos  bill; Mod. L. cinclus  thrush  < Gr. κιγκλος kinklos  unidentified tail-wagging waterside bird; "RAMPHOCINCLE, Ramphocinclus (merle à grand bec), de Lafr.  Char. gener., bec grêle très-allongé, légèrement arqué et échancré   ...   Ce petit groupe particulier aux Antilles, du moins les trois espèces que nous en possédons, se compose d'espèces remarquables par la longueur de leur bec légèrement arqué et par un plumage brun noirâtre, l'espéce type est le Turdus brachyurus de Vieillot." (de La Fresnaye 1843). Recent work suggests that the two insular forms of this thrasher be treated as endemic species.
Var. Rhamphocinclus.
Synon. Cinclops, Legriocinclus.

brachyurus
Gr. βραχυς brakhus  short; -ουρος -ouros  -tailed  < ουρα oura  tail.

Brachyurus
Gr. βραχυς brakhus  short; ουρα ourα  tail.
• (Conopophagidae; syn. Conopophaga Black-cheeked Gnateater C. melanops) "Brachyurus THUNBERG, Kongl. Vetenskaps Akad. Handl., 1821, Part 2, p. 371 (types Brachyurus gularis and B. ruber = Conopophaga m. melanops [VIEILLOT])." (Hellmayr, 1924, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. III, 25) (see next sub-entry).  Laurent Raty in litt. considers Hellmayr's statement of multiple types (latterly treated as the male and female of the same species) as invalid.
• (Pittidae; syn. Pitta † Indian Pitta P. brachyura) "Denne fogel finnes tecknad uti Museo Carlsoniano, Tom. 4 och Tab. 84 under namn af Turdus triostegus.  ...  Jag har ansett det kunna få namn af BRACHYURUS och sin plats ibland Passeres, näst efter Turdus.  Character Generis blifver då    Rostrum capite brevius, rectum.  Mandibula superior conico-trigona apice incurvo, longior, intra apicem utrinque excisa; inferior brevior, recta.  Cauda alis (non longior) æqualis, rotundata.  ...  Förutan BRACHYURUS triostegus ifrån Ön Ceilon, har Brasilien i sednare tider skänkt osstvenne andra arter  ...  BRACHYURUS gularis.  B. supra olivaceus pileo rubro; temporibus atris; subtus fuscus gula crissoque albis.   ...   BRACHYURUS ruber.  B. supra fuscus maculis dorsalibus testaceis; subtus ferrugineis." (Thunberg 1821); "Brachyurus Thunberg, 1821, Kongl. Vetenskaps Akad. Handling., II, p. 371.  Type, by subsequent designation (G. Gray, 1840, List Genera Birds, p. 26), Turdus triostegus Sparrman, 1789 = Corvus brachyurus Linnaeus, 1766." (Laurent Raty in litt.) (JAJ 2020).   
Var. Brachiurus.

SUBSPECIES

White-breasted Thrasher (Martinique)
SCI Name: Ramphocinclus brachyurus brachyurus
brachyurus
Gr. βραχυς brakhus  short; -ουρος -ouros  -tailed  < ουρα oura  tail.

White-breasted Thrasher (St. Lucia)
SCI Name: Ramphocinclus brachyurus sanctaeluciae
sanctaeluciae
St Lucia, West Indies  < Late L. sanctus  saint  < L. sanctus  holy  < sancire  to consecrate; Mod. L. Lucia Lucia, Lucy (named after the Christian martyr St. Lucy of Syracuse 283-304AD).
● Santa Lucia, Miranda, Venezuela (subsp. Lophotriccus pileatus).