Yellow-chinned Spinetail

SCI Name:  Certhiaxis cinnamomeus
Protonym:  Certhia cinnamomea Syst.Nat. 1 pt1 p.480
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Furnariidae / Certhiaxis
Taxonomy Code:  yecspi2
Type Locality:  no locality; Cayenne designated by Berlepsch and Hartert, Nov. Zool., 9, 1902, p. 59.
Author:  Gmelin, JF
Publish Year:  1788
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CERTHIAXIS
(Furnariidae; Ϯ Yellow-chinned Spinetail C. cinnamomea) Portmanteau of genera Certhia Linnaeus, 1758, treecreeper, and Synallaxis Vieillot, 1818, spinetail; "LVI. Cinnycerthia cinnamomea, Lesson, g. et sp. nov.   L'oiseau qui sert de type au genre cinnycerthie tient à la fois des sucriers, des grimpereaux, des cœreba et des troglodytes américains.  Par son bec, c'est un sucrier ou un cœreba; par ses tarses, c'est un grimpereau; par sa coloration, son port, il est presque semblable au certhia cinnamomea de Cayenne, type de notre genre certhiaxis, mais il n'a pas le sommet des rectrices usé ou formant pointe" (Lesson 1844); "Certhiaxis LESSON, Echo du Monde Savant, II (2), No. 8, p. 182, July 1844—type by orig. desig. Certhia cinnamomea GMELIN." (Hellmayr, 1925, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. IV, p. 112).
Synon. Leptoxyura.

cinnamomeum / cinnamomeus
Mod. L. cinnamomeus  cinnamon-coloured, cinnamomeous  < L. cinnamomum or cinnamum  cinnamon  < Gr. κινναμωμον kinnamōmon or κινναμον kinnamon  cinnamon.
● ex “Cinnamon Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (Attila).
● ex “Pic jaune tacheté de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 524, “Pic mordoré” of de Buffon 1770-17783, and “Ferruginous Woodpecker” of Latham 1782, and Pennant 1785 (syn. Celeus elegans).
● ex “Cinnamon Creeper” of Latham 1782 (Certhiaxis).
● ex “Cinnamon Heron” of Latham 1785 (Ixobrychus).

SUBSPECIES

Yellow-chinned Spinetail (fuscifrons)
SCI Name: Certhiaxis cinnamomeus fuscifrons
fuscifrons
L. fuscus  dusky, brown; frons, frontis  forehead, brow.

Yellow-chinned Spinetail (marabinus)
SCI Name: Certhiaxis cinnamomeus marabinus
marabina / marabinus
Marabina Region or Depression, north-western Venezuela.

Yellow-chinned Spinetail (valencianus)
SCI Name: Certhiaxis cinnamomeus valencianus
valenciana / valencianus
● Lago de Valencia, Carabobo/Aragua, Venezuela (subsp. Certhiaxis cinnamomeus).
● Valencia, Córdoba, northern Colombia (syn. Thalurania colombica).

Yellow-chinned Spinetail (orenocensis)
SCI Name: Certhiaxis cinnamomeus orenocensis
orenocensis
Río Orinoco, Venezuela.

Yellow-chinned Spinetail (cinnamomeus)
SCI Name: Certhiaxis cinnamomeus cinnamomeus
cinnamomeum / cinnamomeus
Mod. L. cinnamomeus  cinnamon-coloured, cinnamomeous  < L. cinnamomum or cinnamum  cinnamon  < Gr. κινναμωμον kinnamōmon or κινναμον kinnamon  cinnamon.
● ex “Cinnamon Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (Attila).
● ex “Pic jaune tacheté de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 524, “Pic mordoré” of de Buffon 1770-17783, and “Ferruginous Woodpecker” of Latham 1782, and Pennant 1785 (syn. Celeus elegans).
● ex “Cinnamon Creeper” of Latham 1782 (Certhiaxis).
● ex “Cinnamon Heron” of Latham 1785 (Ixobrychus).

Yellow-chinned Spinetail (pallidus)
SCI Name: Certhiaxis cinnamomeus pallidus
pallidum / pallidus
L. pallidus  pallid, pale, wan, sallow  < pallere  to be pale.
● ex “Pale Thrush” of Latham 1783 (Turdus).

Yellow-chinned Spinetail (cearensis)
SCI Name: Certhiaxis cinnamomeus cearensis
cearae / cearensis
Ceará, Brazil.

Yellow-chinned Spinetail (russeolus)
SCI Name: Certhiaxis cinnamomeus russeolus
russeola / russeolus
Late L. russeolus  somewhat red, reddish  < L. russus  red.