Ruddy Tody-Flycatcher

Ruddy Tody-Flycatcher / Poecilotriccus russatus

Ruddy Tody-Flycatcher

Here the details of the Ruddy Tody-Flycatcher named bird below:

SCI Name:  Poecilotriccus russatus
Protonym:  Euscarthmus russatus Ibis p.445
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Tyrannidae /
Taxonomy Code:  rudtof1
Type Locality:  Mt. Roraima, 6,000 ft., British Guiana [= Venezuela] .
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Publish Year:  1884
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DEFINITIONS

POECILOTRICCUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Rufous-crowned Tody Tyrant P. ruficeps) Gr. ποικιλος poikilos  variegated; τρικκος trikkos  unidentified small bird. In ornithology triccus signifies tyrant flycatcher; "79. Poecilotriccus*) lenzi sp. nov.   ...   P. P. rufigeni ex Ecuad. occ. maxime affinis, sed pileo capitisque lateribus clarius rufo-castaneis, pileo rufo magis ad nucham protenso, gula solum in medio linea transversa rufescente ornata (neque gula superiore tota nisi mento-rufo-castanea), abdomine clarius flavo, tectricibus alarum superioribus anterioribus apicibus rufescentibus, rectricibus externis apice extus late flavescente marginatis necnon alis longioribus distinguendus.   ...   *) Poecilotriccus nov. gen. Berlepsch von ποικιλος (bunt) und triccus (nom. propr.) (rostro gracili inter genera Todirostrum et Euscarthmus intermedium)." (von Berlepsch 1884); "Poecilotriccus Berlepsch, 1884, Journ. f. Ornith., 32, p. 298. Type, by monotypy, "Poecilotriccus lenzi sp. nov." = Todirostrum lenzi Berlepsch = Todirhamphus ruficeps Kaup." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 76).
Synon. Krotalotriccus, Lanyonia, Physatriccus.

russata / russatum / russatus
L. russatus clothed in red, reddened < russus russet.