Roraiman Flycatcher
Roraiman Flycatcher
Here the details of the Roraiman Flycatcher named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Myiobius roraimae Ibis p.207
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Myiophobus
Taxonomy Code: rorfly1
Type Locality: Roraima, British Guiana [= Venezuela].
Author: Salvin & Godman
Publish Year: 1883
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
MYIOPHOBUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Bran-coloured Flycatcher M. fasciatus) Gr. μυια muia, μυιας muias fly; φοβος phobos terror, fear, panic < φεβομαι phebomai to flee; Reichenbach's 1850, plate LXVII, labelled Muscicapinae: Muscipetinae & Platyrhynchinae, clearly shows the wide, heavily-bristled bill typical of a flycatcher, and the coronal streak of this group; "Myiophobus Reichenbach, 1850, Avium Syst. Nat., pl. 67. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds, p. 49), Muscicapa ferruginea Swainson = Muscicapa fasciata Müller." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 119) (see Empidochanes).
Synon. Empidochanes, Scotomyias.
roraima / roraimae
Mt. Roraima or Cerro Roraima, British Guiana (= Guyana)/ Venezuela.
SUBSPECIES
Roraiman Flycatcher (roraimae)
SCI Name: Myiophobus roraimae roraimae
roraima / roraimae
Mt. Roraima or Cerro Roraima, British Guiana (= Guyana)/ Venezuela.
Roraiman Flycatcher (sadiecoatsae)
SCI Name: Myiophobus roraimae sadiecoatsae
sadiecoatsae
Sadie Louise Coats (1940-1991) US ornithologist (Laura Bell per Martin Schneider in litt.) (subsp. Myiophobus roraimae).
Roraiman Flycatcher (rufipennis)
SCI Name: Myiophobus roraimae rufipennis
rufipenne / rufipennis
Mod. L. rufipennis red-winged, red-feathered < L. rufus red, rufous;
-pennis -winged < penna feather.
● ex “Roupenne” of Levaillant 1801, pll. 83-84 < French homophone roux red; penne large feather (syn. Onychognathus morio).
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)