Yellow-browed Antbird / Hypocnemis hypoxantha
Yellow-browed Antbird
SCI Name:
Protonym: Hypocnemis hypoxantha Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1868) (1868), Pt3 p.573 pl.43
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thamnophilidae / Hypocnemis
Taxonomy Code: yebant3
Type Locality: upper Amazons.
Author: Sclater, PL
Publish Year: 1869
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
HYPOCNEMIS
(Thamnophilidae; Ϯ Guianan Antwarbler H. cantator) Gr. ὑπο hupo somewhat; κνημις knēmis, κνημιδος knēmidos leggings, greaves (i.e. booted); "Gen. Hypocnemis n. gen. (ὑποκνημις, subcaligatus). Erinnert durch Schnabelform, noch mehr und besonders aber durch bunteres, vielgeflecktes Gefieder an die kleineren Arten von Thamnophilus. Schnabel kürzer als der Kopf, gewölbt, ohnfirstig, weder plattgedrückt noch zusammengedrückt; Schwanz kürzer als die Flügel, ziemlich gerade oder etwas abgerundet; die äussere Zehe stärker verwachsen als bei den vorhergehenden Gattungen [Pyriglena, Myrmonax]. 1. H. tintinnabulata Tab. IV. Fig. 1. Carillonneur Buff. enl. 700. F. 2. Turdus tintinnabulatus Gm. Syst. p. 826. No. 92. Myiothera margaritacea Licht. in Mus. Berol. ... 2. H. poecilinota Tab. IV. F. 2. 3." (Cabanis 1847); "Hypocnemis Cabanis, Arch. Naturg., 13, 1847, Bd. 1, p. 212. Type, by subsequent designation, ["Carillonneur Buff."=] Turdus cantator Bodd. = Formicarius cantator Boddaert (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 42." (Peters 1951, VII, 223).
Var. Hypocnemus.
hypoxantha
Gr. ὑπο hupo beneath; ξανθος xanthos yellow (cf. ὑποξανθος hupoxanthos yellowish, lightish-brown).
● ex “Pico grueso pardo y canela” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 122, and “Fringilla hypoxantha” of Lichtenstein MS (Sporophila).
SUBSPECIES
Yellow-browed Antbird (hypoxantha)
SCI Name: Hypocnemis hypoxantha hypoxantha
hypoxantha
Gr. ὑπο hupo beneath; ξανθος xanthos yellow (cf. ὑποξανθος hupoxanthos yellowish, lightish-brown).
● ex “Pico grueso pardo y canela” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 122, and “Fringilla hypoxantha” of Lichtenstein MS (Sporophila).
Yellow-browed Antbird (ochraceiventris)
SCI Name: Hypocnemis hypoxantha ochraceiventris
ochraceiventer / ochraceiventris
Mod. L. ochraceus ochraceous < L. ochra ochre < Gr. ωχρα ōkhra yellow ochre; L. venter, ventris belly.
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)