Cercomacra Melanaria Bird
Cercomacra Melanaria Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Formicivora melanaria Mem.Acad.Imp.Sci.St.Petersb.(6), 1 p.500 pl.7,9 fig.c,2
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thamnophilidae / Cercomacra
Taxonomy Code: magant1
Type Locality: Minas Gerais; error = Cuiaba, Mato Grosso, by designation of Hellmayr, 1924, p. 224.
Author: Ménétries
Publish Year: 1835
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CERCOMACRA
(Thamnophilidae; Ϯ Rio de Janeiro Antbird C. brasiliana) Gr. κερκος kerkos tail; μακρος makros long; "GENUS VI. CERCOMACRA. Statura major: ptilosis magis unicolor: forma validior: rostrum ad basin dilatatum: cauda longa e rectricibus plerumque decem multum graduatis: acrotarsiis divisis, paratarsiis integris. These birds form a transition between Formicivora and Pyriglena. I have sometimes been inclined to unite them to the latter; but they differ in their broad flattened bill, which in Pyriglena is compressed throughout. 1. CERCOMACRA CÆRULESCENS. Myrmothera cærulescens, Vieill. Nouv. Dict. xvii. p. 311. ... 2. CERCOMACRA CINERASCENS. Formicivora cærulescens, Sclater, P.Z.S. 1854, p. 112. Formicivora cinerascens, Sclater, P.Z.S. 1859, p. 131. ... 3. CERCOMACRA TYRANNINA. Pyriglena tyrannina, Sclater, P.Z.S. 1855, p. 90. pl. 98. et p. 147. ... 4. CERCOMACRA NIGRICANS, sp. nov. ... 5. CERCOMACRA ATROTHORAX. L'Alapi de Cayenne, Buff. Pl. Enl. 701. fig. 2. Turdus atrothorax, Bodd. Table d. Pl. Enl. Turdus alapi, Gm. et auct." (P. Sclater 1858); "Cercomacra Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, pt. 26, 1858, p. 244. Type, by subsequent designation, Cercomacra caerulescens Sclater not Myrmothera caerulescens Vieillot = Cercomacra brasiliana Hellmayr (Sclater, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., 15, 1890, p. 263)." (Peters, 1951, VII, p. 213).
Var. Ceromacra.
melanaria / melanarius
L. melania blackness < Gr. μελανια melania blackness, dark cloud < μελας melas, μελανος melanos black.
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)