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Thripophaga
''Thripophaga'' is a genus of birds that popularly are known as softtails. They are members of the ovenbird family, Furnariidae. They are found in wooded and shrubby habitats, sometimes near water, in South America. Taxonomy and systematics Softtails are closely related to '' Cranioleuca'' spinetails and the generic limits between these two genera were not clear in the past. For example, the Russet-mantled Softtail, despite its English name, is a true '' Cranioleuca'' spinetail, and the speckled spinetail turned out to be part of ''Thripophaga''. Previous speculations suggesting a close relationship between ''Thripophaga'' and ''Phacellodomus'' were disproved. Extant species The genus contains five species: * Speckled spinetail (''Thripophaga gutturata'') * Orinoco softtail (''Thripophaga cherriei'') * Delta Amacuro softtail (''Thripophaga amacurensis'') * Striated softtail The striated softtail (''Thripophaga macroura'') is a Vulnerable species of bird in the Furnari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orinoco Softtail
The Orinoco softtail (''Thripophaga cherriei'') is a Vulnerable species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, G. Del-Rio, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 28 September 2023. Species Lists of Birds for South American Countries and Territories. https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCCountryLists.htm retrieved October 20, 2023 Taxonomy and systematics The Orinoco softtail is monotypic. The Orinoco softtail's specific epithet honors George Kruck Cherrie, who collected the first two specimens in 1899 on the Orinoco River in Venezuela.Sharpe, C. J., J. V. Remsen, Jr., and P. F. D. Boesman (2022). Orinoco Softtail (''Thripophaga cherriei''), version 2.0. In Birds of the World (B. K. Keeney, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.orisof1.02 retrieved November 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delta Amacuro Softtail
The Delta Amacuro softtail (''Thripophaga amacurensis'') is a Vulnerable species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is endemic to the southern Orinoco Delta in northeastern Venezuela.Clements, J. F., P.C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/ retrieved October 28, 2023 Taxonomy and systematics The Delta Amacuro softtail was described in 2013 and named for the Venezuelan state of Delta Amacuro in which it occurs. The species had first been collected in 1899, and observed and again collected in the twentieth century, but was not recognized as a distinct species until a series of expeditions beginning in 2004. The Delta Amacuro softtail is monotypic. Description The Delta Amacuro softtail i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thripophaga Macroura
The striated softtail (''Thripophaga macroura'') is a Vulnerable species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is endemic to eastern Brazil. Taxonomy and systematics The striated softtail is monotypic. Description The striated softtail is long. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a buff supercilium and pale lores on a otherwise buff-streaked brown face. Their crown, back, rump, and uppertail coverts are dark reddish brown streaked with black-edged reddish-rufous to rufous-buff. Their tail is pale tawny to cinnamon-rufous. Their wings are mostly dark rufous with dusky tips on the flight feathers. Their chin and upper throat are orange-rufous to yellowish orange. The rest of their underparts are dull brown with buff streaks that fade on the belly and undertail coverts. Their iris is deep chestnut brown, their maxilla dusky horn to silvery gray, their mandible bluish gray with a dusky horn tip, and their legs and feet dull greeni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plain Softtail
The plain softtail (''Thripophaga fusciceps'') is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru. Taxonomy and systematics The plain softtail was at times placed by some authors in genus ''Phacellodomus''. The species has three subspecies, the nominate ''T. f. fusciceps'' ( Sclater, PL, 1889), ''T. f. dimorpha'' ( Bond, J & Meyer de Schauensee, 1941), and ''T. f. obidensis'' (Todd, 1925). Because the subspecies are different sizes and are geographically much separated, some authors speculate that they should be treated as full species.Remsen, Jr., J. V. (2020). Plain Softtail (''Thripophaga fusciceps''), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.plasof1.01 retrieved November 11, 2023 Description The plain softtail is long and weighs . The sexe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speckled Spinetail
The speckled spinetail (''Thripophaga gutturata'') is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, G. Del-Rio, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 28 September 2023. Species Lists of Birds for South American Countries and Territories. https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCCountryLists.htm retrieved October 20, 2023 Taxonomy and systematics The speckled spinetail was previously place in genus '' Cranioleuca'' but a study published in 2011 places it in ''Thripophaga''.Derryberry, E. P., S. Claramunt, G. Derryberry, R. T. Chesser, J. Cracraft, A. Aleixo, J. Pérez-Emán, J. V. Remsen, Jr., and R. T. Brumfield. (2011). Lineage diversification and morphological evolution in a large-scale continental radiation: the Neotropical ovenbirds and wood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ovenbird (family)
Ovenbirds or furnariids are a large family of small suboscine passerine birds found from Mexico and Central to southern South America. They form the family Furnariidae. This is a large family containing around 321 species and 71 genera. The ovenbird (''Seiurus aurocapilla''), which breeds in North America, is not a furnariid – rather it is a distantly related bird of the wood warbler family, Parulidae. The ovenbirds are a diverse group of insectivores which get their name from the elaborate, vaguely "oven-like" clay nests built by the horneros, although most other ovenbirds build stick nests or nest in tunnels or clefts in rock.Remsen, J. V., Jr. 2003. Family Furnariidae (ovenbirds). Pages 162–357 in J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott and D. A. Christie eds. Handbook of the birds of the world, Vol. 8, broadbills to tapaculos. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. The Spanish word for "oven" (''horno'') gives the horneros their name. Furnariid nests are always constructed with a cover, and up t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cranioleuca
The typical spinetails, ''Cranioleuca'', are a genus of Neotropical birds in the ovenbird family Furnariidae. This is a homogeneous group of small birds that live in forested habitats. The spinetails in this genus differ from those placed in ''Synallaxis'' in having shorter tails and being more arboreal. They are less vocal and more frequently join mixed flocks. Taxonomy and species list The genus ''Cranioleuca'' was introduced in 1853 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach with the light-crowned spinetail as the type species. The name combines the Ancient Greek ''kranion'' meaning "skull" with ''leukos'' meaning "white". The genus contains 20 species: * Russet-mantled softtail, ''Cranioleuca berlepschi'' (Hellmayr, 1905) (formerly in ''Thripophaga'') * Vilcabamba spinetail, ''Cranioleuca weskei'' Remsen, 1984 * Marcapata spinetail, ''Cranioleuca marcapatae'' Zimmer, JT, 1935 * Light-crowned spinetail, ''Cranioleuca albiceps'' (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) * Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Cabanis
Jean Louis Cabanis (8 March 1816 – 20 February 1906) was a German ornithologist. He worked at the bird collections of the Natural History Museum in Berlin becoming its first curator of birds in 1850. He founded the ''Journal für Ornithologie'' in 1853''.'' Biography Cabanis was born in Berlin to an old Huguenot family who had moved from France. His father Benoit-Jean (1774–1838) and mother Maria Luise (1783–1849) both came from families that were in the textile industry. Little is known of his early life. He studied at the University of Berlin from 1835 to 1839, and then travelled to North America, working as a museum assistant in Carolina. He returned in 1841 with a large natural history collection. He was assistant at the Natural History Museum, Berlin, Natural History Museum of Berlin (which was at the time the Berlin University Museum) and in 1850 he became the curator of birds, taking over from Martin Lichtenstein. Charles Lucien Bonaparte had offered him a positio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phacellodomus
''Phacellodomus'' is the genus of thornbirds, birds in the family (biology), family Furnariidae. They are found in woodlands, shrublands, and grasslands, often near water, in South America. Taxonomy The genus ''Phacellodomus'' was described in 1853 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach to accommodate the rufous-fronted thornbird. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek ''phakellos'' meaning "bundle of twigs" and ''domos'' meaning "house". Species The genus contains ten species: * Rufous-fronted thornbird, ''Phacellodomus rufifrons'' * Plain thornbird, ''Phacellodomus inornatus'' (split from ''P. rufifrons'') * Streak-fronted thornbird, ''Phacellodomus striaticeps'' * Little thornbird, ''Phacellodomus sibilatrix'' * Chestnut-backed thornbird, ''Phacellodomus dorsalis'' * Spot-breasted thornbird, ''Phacellodomus maculipectus'' * Freckle-breasted thornbird, ''Phacellodomus striaticollis'' * Greater thornbird, ''Phacellodomus ruber'' * Orange-eyed thornbird, ''Phacellodomus e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
