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