White-browed Antbird / Myrmoborus leucophrys
White-browed Antbird
SCI Name:
Protonym: Pithys leucophrys Arch.Naturgesch. 10 p.278
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thamnophilidae / Myrmoborus
Taxonomy Code: whbant6
Type Locality: Peru = Montana de Vitoc, fide Hellmayr, 1924, p. 232.
Author: von Tschudi
Publish Year: 1844
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
MYRMOBORUS
(Thamnophilidae; Ϯ White-browed Antbird M. leucophrys) Gr. μυρμος murmos ant; -βορος -boros -devouring < βιβρωσκω bibrōskō to eat up; "Gen. MYRMOBORUS **) Nob. — Bastard-Manikup. 28. 1. M. leucophrys Nob. Pithys leucophrys Tsch. Consp. p. 18. 97. — Faun. Per. p. 176. t. 11. 2. — Dasycephala leucophrys Gray Gen. B. I. p. 208. — Myrmonax leucophrys Cab. O. N. p. 211. — Hypocnemis leucophrys Scl. B. Bogot. p. 18. — Id. Syn. Form. II. p. 22. ... 29. 2. M. obscurus nov. sp. ... Cayenne ... **) Von μυρμος (Ameise) und βιβρωσκω (fressen). Typus der Gattung ist der vielfach umhergeworfene Pithys leucophrys, und es gehören ferner dahin: 3. M. myotherinus.— Thamnophilus myiotherinus ♂ Spix; 4. M. lugubris.—Thamnophilus myiotherinus ♀ Spix.—Lanius lugubris Jll.; 5. M. angustirostris.—Conopophaga angustirostris Cab.—Pithys erythrophrys Scl." (Cabanis & Heine 1859).
Synon. Malurio.
leucophrys
Gr. λευκοφρυς leukophrus, λευκοφρυος leukophruos white-browed < λευκος leukos white; οφρυς ophrus, οφρυος ophruos eyebrow.
● ex “Pato ceja blanca” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 442 (Callonetta).
● ex “Grivetin” of Levaillant 1802, pl. 118 (Cercotrichas).
Leucophrys
(syn. Plocepasser Ϯ White-browed Sparrow Weaver P. mahali) Gr. λευκοφρυς leukophrus, λευκοφρυος leukophruos white-browed < λευκος leukos white; οφρυς ophrus, οφρυος ophruos eyebrow; "Leucophrys, Sw. Bill unequally conic; the sides not swollen; the tip entire. Nostrils naked, round ... L. pileatus. Part 5. No. 199" (Swainson 1837).
SUBSPECIES
White-browed Antbird (angustirostris)
SCI Name: Myrmoborus leucophrys angustirostris
angustirostris
L. angustus narrow; -rostris -billed < rostrum beak.
● ex “Trepadore comun” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 242 (Lepidocolaptes).
White-browed Antbird (erythrophrys)
SCI Name: Myrmoborus leucophrys erythrophrys
erythrophrys / erythrophryx
Gr. ερυθρος eruthros red; οφρυς ophrus, οφρυος ophruos eyebrow.
White-browed Antbird (koenigorum)
SCI Name: Myrmoborus leucophrys koenigorum
koenigorum
Dr Arturo H. Koenig (b. 1924) Peruvian orthodontist and his wife Helen Koenig née Maunsell (b. 1930) (subsp. Myrmoborus leucophrys).
White-browed Antbird (leucophrys)
SCI Name: Myrmoborus leucophrys leucophrys
leucophrys
Gr. λευκοφρυς leukophrus, λευκοφρυος leukophruos white-browed < λευκος leukos white; οφρυς ophrus, οφρυος ophruos eyebrow.
● ex “Pato ceja blanca” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 442 (Callonetta).
● ex “Grivetin” of Levaillant 1802, pl. 118 (Cercotrichas).
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)