Pheugopedius sclateri columbianus Chapman, 1924

LeCROY, M. A. R. Y., 2003, TYPE SPECIMENS OF BIRDS IN THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. PART 5. PASSERIFORMES: ALAUDIDAE, HIRUNDINIDAE, MOTACILLIDAE, CAMPEPHAGIDAE, PYCNONOTIDAE, IRENIDAE, LANIIDAE, VANGIDAE, BOMBYCILLIDAE, DULIDAE, CINCLIDAE, TROGLODYTIDAE, AND MIMIDAE, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 278 (278), pp. 1-156 : 114

Pheugopedius sclateri columbianus Chapman

Pheugopedius sclateri columbianus Chapman, 1924a: 14 (Central Andes east of Palmira, Colombia).

Now Thryothorus sclateri columbianus (Chapman, 1924) . See Brewer and MacKay, 2001: 148.

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 109079 , adult male, collected at Miraflores , ca. 03°35′N, 76°10′W ( Paynter, 1997: 279), 6200 ft, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, on 29 April 1911, by Frank M. Chapman and William B. Richardson.

COMMENTS: The AMNH number of the type was cited in the original description. Chapman (1924a: 14) did not give the collecting locality as Miraflores, but that locality and the altitude are on the original field label. Chapman (1917: 649) described Miraflores as a bungalow belonging to Mr. Charles J. Eder, on the ‘‘western slope of the Central Andes slightly north of east from Palmira. It is situated at the lower border of the cloud forest of the Subtropical Zone at its junction with the upper border of the here semi­arid and treeless Tropical Zone.’’ The elevation is variously given as 6100–6800 ft. The paratype is AMNH 121332 from Enconosa.

Many authors have considered Thryothorus sclateri conspecific with T. rutilus ; see Ridgely and Tudor (1989: 78) for discussion.