Sierran Elaenia
Sierran Elaenia
Here the details of the Sierran Elaenia named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Elainea pallatangae Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1861) (1861), Pt3 p.407 pl.41
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Elaenia
Taxonomy Code: sieela3
Type Locality: Pallatanga, Chimborazo, Ecuador.
Author: Sclater, PL
Publish Year: 1862
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
ELAENIA
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Yellow-bellied Elaenia E. flavogaster) Gr. ελαινεος elaineos of olive-oil, oleaginous < ελαια elaia olive; "Elænia n. g. 6) Musc. pagana Licht.; brevirostris, — modesta, — aurifrons Pr. Max; — Hylophilus cinerascens ejusd. Numerosæ americanæ, transitum ad Tyrannides præbentes; Fringillis subsimiles. ... 6) Rostrum crassiusculum, breve, basi dilatatum, altitudine latius; carina dorsali subacuta, sutura recta. Membrana narium plumulis tecta. Vibrissæ tenues. Alæ mediocres vel sub-breves, rotundatæ, remigib. 3-5 reliqvis longioribus. Pedes mediocres, digitis brevibus, subliberis. Olivaceæ-cinerascentes; sæpe subtus, interdum vertice flavæ. — Eλαινιος, oleagineus." (Sundevall 1836); "Elaenia Sundevall, 1836, Vetensk. Akad. Handl., 1835, p. 89. Type, by subsequent designation (Gray, 1855, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Birds, p. 49), Muscicapa pagana Lichtenstein = Pipra flavogaster Thunberg." (Traylor in Peters, 1979, VIII, pp. 26-27).
Var. Elaenea, Elainea, Elainia, Eloenia, Elana, Elania.
pallatangae
Pallatanga, Chimborazo, Ecuador.
SUBSPECIES
Sierran Elaenia (pallatangae)
SCI Name: Elaenia pallatangae pallatangae
pallatangae
Pallatanga, Chimborazo, Ecuador.
Sierran Elaenia (intensa)
SCI Name: Elaenia pallatangae intensa
intensa
L. intensus violent, intense, stretched < intendere to strain (cf. Late L. intensus eager, strong, intense).
Sierran Elaenia (exsul)
SCI Name: Elaenia pallatangae exsul
exsul
L. exsul exile < ex out of; solum country, land (i.e. remote, isolated, insular).
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)