Zeledon's Antbird

SCI Name:  Hafferia zeledoni
Protonym:  Myrmeciza zeledoni Proc.Biol.Soc.Wash. 22 p. 74
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Thamnophilidae / Hafferia
Taxonomy Code:  zelant1
Type Locality:  Guayabo, Costa Rica.
Author:  Ridgway
Publish Year:  1909
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

HAFFERIA
(Thamnophilidae; † Blue-lored Antbird H. immaculata) Dr Jürgen Haffer (1932-2010) German geologist, palaeontologist, ornithologist. "Hafferia Isler, Bravo, and Brumfield gen. nov.  Type species. Thamnophilus immaculatus Lafresnaye, 1845.  ...  Distinguished from other genera in longipes clade except Pyriglena and Inundicola by plumage.  Male black or grayish black; female brown or brown and gray, both lacking wing covert spots.  Differs from Pyriglena by having bare periorbital patch and lacking white interscapular patch.  Differs from Inundicola by longer tail and shorter wings resulting in substantially larger tail length/wing length ratio.  Dome-shaped nest differs from nest of Myrmeciza  ...  We are pleased to name this genus for the late Jürgen Haffer, whose seminal contributions to Neotropical ornithology are summed up elsewhere (Winkler 2011) and whose brilliant mind and willingness to share enriched us personally over the years.  The name Hafferia is feminine in gender.  If Hafferia and Inundicola are united, we would afford priority to Hafferia" (Isler et al. 2013); "Hafferia Isler, Bravo & Brumfield, 2013, Zootaxa, 3717 (4), p. 491.  Type, by original designation, Thamnophilus immaculatus de La Fresnaye, 1845." (JAJ 2020) (see Akletos and Inundicola).

zeledoni
José Castulo Zeledón (1846-1923) Costa Rican businessman, naturalist, collector (Cantorchilus, syn. Chlorospingus pileatus, subsp. Cochlearius cochlearius, subsp. Cyanocorax affinis, Hafferia, Phyllomyias, subsp. Pittasoma michleri).

SUBSPECIES

Zeledon's Antbird (Zeledon's)
SCI Name: Hafferia zeledoni zeledoni
zeledoni
José Castulo Zeledón (1846-1923) Costa Rican businessman, naturalist, collector (Cantorchilus, syn. Chlorospingus pileatus, subsp. Cochlearius cochlearius, subsp. Cyanocorax affinis, Hafferia, Phyllomyias, subsp. Pittasoma michleri).

Zeledon's Antbird (Choco)
SCI Name: Hafferia zeledoni berlepschi
berlepschi
Hans Hermann Carl Ludwig Graf von Berlepsch (1850-1915) German ornithologist, collector specialising in the Neotropical avifauna (Aglaiocercus, Anthocephala, Asthenes, syn. Catharus fuscater, subsp. Ceratopipra erythrocephala, Chaetocercus, subsp. Chamaeza campanisona, subsp. Chlorostilbon lucidus (ex Chlorostilbon splendidus egregius von Berlepsch & Ihering, 1885), subsp. Colius striatus, subsp. Conopias trivirgatus, Cranioleuca, Crypturellus, Dacnis, syn. Dendrocolaptes picumnus validus, syn. Eremophila teleschowi, syn. Eriocnemis vestita, subsp. Hafferia zeledoni, syn. Heliodoxa jacula henryi, syn. Henicorhina leucophrys, Hylopezus, syn. Hylopezus macularius paraensis, Leptasthenura, subsp. Lesbia victoriae, subsp. Merganetta leucogenis, subsp. Mitrephanes phaeocercus, syn. Myiornis auricularis, subsp. Myrmoborus lugubris, subsp. Myrmotherula menetriesii, subsp. Ochthoeca fumicolor, Parotia, Patagioenas, subsp. Phaeochroa cuvierii, syn. Phaethornis syrmatophorus, subsp. Phimosus infuscatus, subsp. Polioptila dumicola, subsp. Pseudotriccus pelzelni, subsp. Pyrrhura melanura, Rhegmatorhina, syn. Sicalis olivascens, Sipia, subsp. Sphenopsis melanotis, syn. Tangara episcopus prysjonesi, subsp. Tangara nigroviridis, subsp. Thamnophilus tenuepunctatus, subsp. Tolmomyias sulphurescens, syn. Turdus albicollis spodiolaemus, subsp. Veniliornis mixtus, subsp. Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus).