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Guttulate Foliage-gleaner
The guttulate foliage-gleaner (''Syndactyla guttulata'') is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is endemic to Venezuela. Taxonomy and systematics The guttulate foliage-gleaner was originally described as ''Anabazenops guttulatus''. It early acquired the English name "guttulated foliage-gleaner", a name which persisted until it was pointed out that the word ''guttulated'' does not exist in English. "Webster's International indeed states that the English noun ''guttula'' is an obscure word for a drop-shaped spot, and the adjectival form is ''guttulate'', not "guttulated". The guttulate foliage-gleaner has two subspecies, the nominate ''S. g. guttulata'' ( Sclater, PL, 1858) and ''S. g. pallida'' ( Zimmer, JT & Phelps, WH, 1944). Description The guttulate foliage-gleaner is long and weighs . It is a largish furnariid with a more wedge-shaped bill than many others of its genus. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Sclater
Philip Lutley Sclater (4 November 1829 – 27 June 1913) was an England, English lawyer and zoologist. In zoology, he was an expert ornithologist, and identified the main zoogeographic regions of the world. He was Secretary of the Zoological Society of London for 42 years, from 1860–1902. Early life Sclater was born at Tangier Park, in Wootton St Lawrence, Hampshire, where his father William Lutley Sclater had a country house. George Sclater-Booth, 1st Baron Basing was Philip's elder brother. Philip grew up at Hoddington House where he took an early interest in birds. He was educated in school at Twyford and at thirteen went to Winchester College and later Corpus Christi College, Oxford where he studied scientific ornithology under Hugh Edwin Strickland. In 1851 he began to study law and was admitted a Fellow of Corpus Christi College. In 1856 he travelled to America and visited Lake Superior and the upper St. Croix River (Wisconsin–Minnesota), St. Croix River, cano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |