Caatinga Black-Tyrant

Caatinga Black-Tyrant / Knipolegus franciscanus

Caatinga Black-Tyrant

Here the details of the Caatinga Black-Tyrant named bird below:

SCI Name:  Knipolegus franciscanus
Protonym:  Knipolegus aterrimus franciscanus Bol.Mus.Nac.RiodeJaneiro 4 p.1-7
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Tyrannidae /
Taxonomy Code:  whwblt2
Type Locality:  Lapa do Bom Jesus, Rio Sao Francisco, Bahia, Brazil.
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Publish Year:  1928
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DEFINITIONS

KNIPOLEGUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Blue-billed Black Tyrant K. cyanirostris) Gr. κνιψ knips, κνιπος knipos  insect; λεγω legō  to pick; "X. Fam. Muscicapiadae Vigors.  Muscicapa Lin. 2   ...   2 Ferner könnten als Gattungen abgesondert werden: Knipolegus für Musc. lophotes Tem. und cyaneirostris Vieill. Az. 181" (Boie 1826); "Knipolegus Boie, 1826, Isis von Oken, col. 973. Type, by monotypy, Muscicapa cyanirostris Vieillot." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 173) (see Xolmis). 
Var. Cnipolegus.   
Synon. AdaBlechropus, Entotriccus, Eumyiobius, Phaeotriccus, Sericoptila.

franciscana / franciscanus
● Rio São Francisco, Bahia/ Minas Gerais, Brazil (ArremonKnipolegus, Xiphocolaptes).
● Mod. L. Franciscanus  Franciscan (alluding to the scarlet robes worn by the Franciscan order) (Euplectes).