White-crested Tyrannulet
White-crested Tyrannulet
Here the details of the White-crested Tyrannulet named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Sylvia subcristata Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 11 p.229
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Serpophaga
Taxonomy Code: whctyr1
Type Locality: Paraguay.
Author: Vieillot
Publish Year: 1817
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
SERPOPHAGA
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ White-crested Tyrannulet S. subcristata straminea) Gr. σερφος serphos gnat; -φαγος -phagos -eating < φαγειν phagein to eat; "GENUS.—SERPOPHAGA. Gould. Rostrum capite multo brevius, rectum, subdeprerssum; tomiis rectis; mandibula superiore subemarginata; naribus basalibus, lateralibus, pilis mollibus antice versis partim tectis. Alæ breves, concavæ, remige quarta longissima. Cauda longiuscula subrotundata. Tarsi mediocres sqwuamis duris annulati; digitis parvis, postico mediano breviore, lateralibus æqualibus, exteriore cum mediano usque ad articulum priorem connatum. 1. SERPOPHAGA PARULUS. Gould. ... 2. SERPOPHAGA ALBO-CORONATA. Gould. ... This bird, like the last species, generally moves in very small flocks. Its habits, I presume are also very similar; for I state in my notes that it closely approaches to our tit-mice in general manners and appearance. 3. SERPOPHAGA NIGRICANS. Gould." (Gould in Darwin 1839); "SERPOPHAGA Gould, 1839 F— Serpophaga albocoronata Gould, 1839; type by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds, p. 50). = Muscicapa straminea Temminck, 1822." (Dickinson & Christidis (eds.) 2014, 45).
Var. Serphophaga.
Synon. Holmbergphaga, Muscicapara, Phrenotriccus, Ridgwayornis, Taczanowskia.
subcristata / subcristatus
L. sub slightly, somewhat; cristatus crested < crista crest.
● ex “Contramaestre capetillo ordinario” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 160 (Serpophaga).
● L. sub near to; specific name Emberiza cristata Vigors, 1831 (= syn. Melophus lathami) (syn. Melophus lathami).
● L. sub near to; specific name Colymbus cristatus Linnaeus, 1758 (syn. Podiceps grisegena).
SUBSPECIES
White-crested Tyrannulet (subcristata)
SCI Name: Serpophaga subcristata subcristata
subcristata / subcristatus
L. sub slightly, somewhat; cristatus crested < crista crest.
● ex “Contramaestre capetillo ordinario” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 160 (Serpophaga).
● L. sub near to; specific name Emberiza cristata Vigors, 1831 (= syn. Melophus lathami) (syn. Melophus lathami).
● L. sub near to; specific name Colymbus cristatus Linnaeus, 1758 (syn. Podiceps grisegena).
White-crested Tyrannulet (straminea)
SCI Name: Serpophaga subcristata straminea
straminea
Mod. L. stramineus straw-yellow < L. stramineus made of straw < stramen, straminis straw < sternere to strew.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)