Yellow-breasted Antwren / Herpsilochmus axillaris
Yellow-breasted Antwren
SCI Name:
Protonym: Thamnophilus axillaris Arch.Naturgesch. 10 p.278
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thamnophilidae / Herpsilochmus
Taxonomy Code: yebant2
Type Locality: Peru.
Author: von Tschudi
Publish Year: 1844
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
HERPSILOCHMUS
(Thamnophilidae; Ϯ Bahia Antwren H. pileatus) Gr. ἑρπω herpō to creep about; λοχμη lokhmē thicket, copse; "Herpsilochmus n. gen. (ἑρπω, kriechen, schlüpfen; λοχμη, Dickicht.) Wie die vorhergehende Gattung [Dysithamnus] gleichfalls ein Bindeglied zwischen Thamnophilus und Formicivora und gewissermassen eine Wiederholung von Thamnophilus im Kleine. Unterscheidet sich von Dysithamnus schon genügend durch den stark stufigen Schwanz und das buntere Gefieder, von Thamnophilus durch den schwächeren, seitlich nicht zusammengedrückten Schnabel und von Formicivora durch einen stärkeren breiteren vor der Spitze nicht zusammengedrückten Schnabel sowie durch schmalere Schwanzfedern und bunteres Gefieder. 1. H. pileatus. Myiothera pileata Licht. Doubl. p. 44. No. 479. ... 2. H. rufomarginatus. Myiothera rufimarginata Temm. pl. col. 132. F.1. mas, F. 2 fem. ... *3. H. axillaris. Thamnophilus axillaris Tschudi Consp. No. 95." (Cabanis 1847); "Herpsilochmus Cabanis, Arch. Naturg., 13, 1847, Bd. 1, p. 224. Type, by subsequent designation, Myiothera pileata Lichtenstein (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 42)." (Peters, 1951, VII, p. 201).
Var. Herpsiloehmus.
Synon. Dendrooecia.
axillaris
L. axillaris of the armpit < axilla armpit.
● ex “Axillary Falcon” of Latham 1801 (Elanus).
SUBSPECIES
Yellow-breasted Antwren (senex)
SCI Name: Herpsilochmus axillaris senex
senex
L. senex, senis old person (i.e. grey-haired, white-haired, querulous).
Yellow-breasted Antwren (aequatorialis)
SCI Name: Herpsilochmus axillaris aequatorialis
aequatoriale / aequatorialis
Late L. aequatorialis equatorial < aequator equator < L. aequare to make equal < aequus equal. Frequently given to species with a distribution in the equatorial latitudes of Africa (e.g. subsp. Jynx ruficollis, Sheppardia), but more commonly applied to birds from Ecuador (Spanish ecuador equator) (e.g. Momotus, Thamnistes, Xiphorhynchus).
● Erroneous TL. Guayaquil (= Panama City) (subsp. Dendroica petechia).
● Erroneous TL. Guayaquil (= interior of Ecuador) (subsp. Falco sparverius).
● Erroneous TL. Ecuador (= Bahia, Brazil) (syn. Heliothryx aurita auriculata).
● Erroneous TL. Bogotá (= San Lucas, Ecuador) (subsp. Rallus limicola).
Yellow-breasted Antwren (puncticeps)
SCI Name: Herpsilochmus axillaris puncticeps
puncticeps
L. punctum, puncti spot < pungere to puncture; -ceps -crowned < caput, capitis head.
Yellow-breasted Antwren (axillaris)
SCI Name: Herpsilochmus axillaris axillaris
axillaris
L. axillaris of the armpit < axilla armpit.
● ex “Axillary Falcon” of Latham 1801 (Elanus).
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)