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Xenops rutilans  Temminck, 1821
Taxonomic Serial No.: 563720

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Common Name(s):    
  Valid Name: Xenops rutilus Temminck, 1821
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: invalid - unavailable, literature misspelling   
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Xenops rutilans    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: AOU Check-List (07-2005), website (version Jul-2005)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: American Ornithologists' Union's "LIST OF THE 2,037 BIRD SPECIES (WITH SCIENTIFIC AND ENGLISH NAMES) KNOWN FROM THE A.O.U. CHECK-LIST AREA" (AOU Check-list, 7th edition, updated with Supplements 42-46), maintained at http://www.aou.org/   
  Reference for: Xenops rutilans   
       
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 03 Mar 2025]. doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.1   
  Reference for: Xenops rutilans   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2006.05.28, website (version 28-May-06)  
  Acquired: 2006   
  Notes: "Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Xenops rutilans   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright  
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: Xenops rutilans   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Peters, James Lee  
  Publication Date: 1951   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Check-list of Birds of the World, vol. 7   
  Page(s): x + 318   
  Publisher: Harvard University Press   
  Publication Place: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Xenops rutilans   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: In Les Plancehes Coloriées d'Oiseaux Temminck published the plate illustrating Xenops rutilus Temminck, 1821 in livraison 12, plate 72, figure 2, published in July, 1821. The plate lacks a Latin name, but the wrapper of livraison 12 lists the species contained therein, and the name used was Xenops rutilus. Subsequently, Temminck published the text for the plates in 1823, and the name was spelled Xenops rutilans. If it is assumed names on wrappers suffice to make a name validly published, then rutilus has priority and rutilans is an incorrect subsequent spelling per ICZN Article 33.3. Some argue 'prevailing usage' warrants conserving rutilans. Per ICZN Article 33.3.1 and the ICZN glossary, to be in prevailing usage a spelling must be attributed to the publication of the original spelling and the spelling must be 'adopted by at least a substantial majority of the most recent authors concerned with the relevant taxon.' Even though rutilans is not included in the 1821 publication, Peters (1954, p. 145) did attribute rutilans to the 1821 publication. Therefore, the 'attributed' portion of ICZN Article 33.3.1 is met. Whether the spelling was adopted by most recent authors concerned with the relevant taxon is debatable, partly because the vagueness of 'prevailing usage' makes ICZN Article 33.3.1 difficult to apply. (See the South American Classification Committee Proposal 811, and comments.) ICZN Article 33.5 (Cases of Doubt) states if there is doubt whether a subsequent spelling is a justified emendation or incorrect subsequent spelling, it is to be treated as incorrect subsequent spelling. If Cases of Doubt is applied similarly to ICZN 33.2.1 where the choice is between correct original spelling and incorrect subsequent spelling, then the vagueness of 'prevailing usage' will seemingly always default to incorrect subsequent spelling. Therefore, Xenops rutilans Temminck, 1821 is an incorrect subsequent spelling  
 

 

    

 
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