Ferruginous Flycatcher
Ferruginous Flycatcher
Here the details of the Ferruginous Flycatcher named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: H[emichelidon]. ferruginea Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt13 no.146 p.32
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Muscicapa
Taxonomy Code: ferfly1
Type Locality: Nepal.
Author: Hodgson
Publish Year: 1845
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
MUSCICAPA
(Muscicapidae; Ϯ Spotted Flycatcher M. striata) L. musca fly < Gr. μυια muia, μυιας muias fly; capere to catch; "Genus Muscicapæ ... Le genre du Gobe-mouche ... MUSCICAPA" (Brisson 1760); based on "Curruca" or "Ficedula" of Gessner 1555, "Grisola" of Aldrovandus 1599-1603, Willughby 1676, and Ray 1713, "Stoparola" of Willughby 1676, "Curruca subfusca" of Frisch 1733-1743, and "Sylvia pestilentialis" of Klein 1750; "Muscicapa Brisson, 1760, Ornith., 1, p. 32; 2, p. 357, pl. 5, fig. 3. Type, by tautonymy, Muscicapa = Motacilla striata Pallas." (Watson in Peters, 1986, XI, 313). The Spotted Flycatcher is the archetypal flycatcher, perching stolidly, then darting out to seize passing insects before returning to its perch.
Var. Muscicopa, Musicapa, Mussicapa, Muscapa.
Synon. Alseonax, Arizelomyia, Butalis, Hemichelidon, Myiotheras, Stoparola.
muscicapa
L. musca fly < Gr. μυια muia, μυιας muias fly; capere to catch.
ferruginea
L. ferrugineus rusty-coloured, rusty, ferruginous < ferrugo, ferruginis iron rust < ferrum iron.
● ex “Anas rutila” of Linnaeus 1746, and “Ferruginous Duck” of Pennant, 1776, and Latham 1785 (syn. Aythya nyroca).
● ex “Gilt-throat Warbler” of Latham 1783 (?syn. Ficedula albicilla).
● ex “Ferrugineous-bellied Tody” of Latham 1781 (Hirundinea).
● ex “Little Sparrow” of Edwards, 1741, and “Ferruginous Finch” of Pennant 1785 (syn. Passerella iliaca).
● ex Tanagra capensis Sparrman, 1787 (syn. Turnagra capensis).
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)