Cordilleran Flycatcher
Cordilleran Flycatcher
Here the details of the Cordilleran Flycatcher named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Empidonax bairdi occidentalis Auk 14 p.53
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Empidonax
Taxonomy Code: corfly
Type Locality: Pluma, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Author: Nelson
Publish Year: 1897
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
EMPIDONAX
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Acadian Flycatcher E. virescens) Gr. εμπις empis, εμπιδος empidos gnat, mosquito; αναξ anax, ανακτος anaktos lord, master (cf. ναξω naxō will squeeze < νασσω nassō to squeeze (Merriam 1884)); "74. Empidonax pusillus Cab. Tyrannula pusilla Sws. — Myiobius pusillus Gray. Muscicapa pusilla Lembeye. — Moscarita olivada. Dieser Vogel wurde in Habana auf einem platten Dache todt gefunden. ... Die Gattung Empidonax umfasst kleinere und zierlichere Arten, mit schwächerem, weniger entwickeltem Schnabel. Die Flügel sind von mittelmässiger Länge, verhältnissmässig spitzer und länger als bei Myiarchus, jedoch kürzer und weniger zugespitzt als bei Contopus; die Läufe sind verhältnissmässig höher; der Schwanz ist schwach ausgerandet." (Cabanis 1855); "Empidonax Cabanis, 1855, Journ. f. Ornith., 3, p. 480. Type, by monotypy, Empidonax pusillus Cabanis = Platyrhynchus virescens Vieillot." (Traylor in Peters, 1979, VIII, pp. 135-136).
Var. Emipdoanx.
Synon. Cnemonax, Muscaccipiter.
occidentale / occidentalis
L. occidentalis western < occidens, occidentis west < occidere to set. This toponym was frequently given to taxa discovered in locations west of previously known populations.
● Cocal, Western Andes, Colombia (Dysithamnus).
● Jamaica; ex “Onocrotalus” or “Pelecanus fuscus” of Sloane 1725, “Pelican of America” of Edwards 1747, and “Pelecanus” of Browne 1756 (Pelecanus).
● TL. Day Dawn, Western Australia; "Westralian Wedgebill" (Mathews 1912) (Psophodes).
SUBSPECIES
Cordilleran Flycatcher (hellmayri)
SCI Name: Empidonax occidentalis hellmayri
hellmayri
Carl Eduard Hellmayr (1878-1944) Austrian/US ornithologist (subsp. Accipiter fasciatus, subsp. Anthoscopus caroli, Anthus, subsp. Attila rufus, subsp. Campylorhamphus trochilirostris, subsp. Catharus fuscater, subsp. Celeus elegans, syn. Chloroceryle americana cabanisii, Cinnyris, syn. Conopophaga lineata, Cranioleuca, syn. Crypturellus strigulosus, subsp. Cyanerpes caeruleus, subsp. Dendrocincla tyrannina, Drymophila, subsp. Empidonax occidentalis, subsp. Geositta cunicularia, syn. Geositta rufipennis fasciata, subsp. Hemithraupis flavicollis, subsp. Isleria hauxwelli, subsp. Lepidocolaptes angustirostris, subsp. Leptopogon superciliaris, subsp. Leptotila rufaxilla, Mecocerculus, subsp. Myioborus miniatus, subsp. Myiozetetes cayanensis, syn. Nonnula rubecula, subsp. Oenanthe familiaris, syn. Petronia petronia, subsp. Piaya cayana, syn. Pitangus sulphuratus, subsp. Poecile palustris, subsp. Pyriglena leuconota, subsp. Rhynchocyclus brevirostris, subsp. Saltator aurantiirostris, syn. Selenidera gouldii, subsp. Sporophila caerulescens, Synallaxis, subsp. Tanygnathus megalorhynchos, subsp. Terenotriccus erythrurus, syn. Thamnophilus schistaceus dubius, subsp. Tyto alba, subsp. Xenops tenuirostris).
Cordilleran Flycatcher (occidentalis)
SCI Name: Empidonax occidentalis occidentalis
occidentale / occidentalis
L. occidentalis western < occidens, occidentis west < occidere to set. This toponym was frequently given to taxa discovered in locations west of previously known populations.
● Cocal, Western Andes, Colombia (Dysithamnus).
● Jamaica; ex “Onocrotalus” or “Pelecanus fuscus” of Sloane 1725, “Pelican of America” of Edwards 1747, and “Pelecanus” of Browne 1756 (Pelecanus).
● TL. Day Dawn, Western Australia; "Westralian Wedgebill" (Mathews 1912) (Psophodes).
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)