Fuscous Flycatcher
Fuscous Flycatcher
Here the details of the Fuscous Flycatcher named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: M[uscipeta] fuscata Beitr.Naturgesch.Brasil. 3 p.902
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Cnemotriccus
Taxonomy Code: fusfly1
Type Locality: no locality; probably Rio de Janeiro, cf. Hellmayr, 1927, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 5, p. 222.
Author: zu Wied
Publish Year: 1831
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CNEMOTRICCUS
(Tyrannidae; † Fuscous Flycatcher C. fuscatus) Gr. κνημος knēmos mountain-slope; τρικκος trikkos unidentified small bird; the Fuscous Flycatcher was described from the hilly coastal woodlands of south-eastern Brazil. In ornithology triccus signifies tyrant flycatcher; "Genus CNEMOTRICCUS Hellmayr, nomen nov. Empidochanes SCLATER (not of SCLATER 1862)b, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 14, p. 216, 1888 — type Empidochanes fringillaris PELZELN = Muscipeta fuscata WIED. ... b Empidochanes SCLATER 1862 proves to be a synonym of Myiophobus (see footnote on p. 246), and a new name had consequently to be created for the group of birds allied to Muscipeta fuscata WIED." (Hellmayr, 1927, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. V, p. 221).
Synon. Empidochanes.
fuscatus
L. fuscatus dark < fuscare to darken < fuscus dark, black.
● ex “Hirondelle de Mer brune” of Brisson 1760; “Linnaeus’s S. fuscata ...is based on a young bird” (BOU 1915) (Onychoprion).
SUBSPECIES
Fuscous Flycatcher (Campina)
SCI Name: Cnemotriccus fuscatus duidae
duidae
Cerro Duida, Amazonas, Venezuela.
Fuscous Flycatcher (Fuscous)
SCI Name: Cnemotriccus fuscatus [fuscatus Group]
CNEMOTRICCUS
(Tyrannidae; † Fuscous Flycatcher C. fuscatus) Gr. κνημος knēmos mountain-slope; τρικκος trikkos unidentified small bird; the Fuscous Flycatcher was described from the hilly coastal woodlands of south-eastern Brazil. In ornithology triccus signifies tyrant flycatcher; "Genus CNEMOTRICCUS Hellmayr, nomen nov. Empidochanes SCLATER (not of SCLATER 1862)b, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 14, p. 216, 1888 — type Empidochanes fringillaris PELZELN = Muscipeta fuscata WIED. ... b Empidochanes SCLATER 1862 proves to be a synonym of Myiophobus (see footnote on p. 246), and a new name had consequently to be created for the group of birds allied to Muscipeta fuscata WIED." (Hellmayr, 1927, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. V, p. 221).
Synon. Empidochanes.
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)