Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet

Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet / Phylloscartes ventralis

Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet

Here the details of the Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet named bird below:

SCI Name:  Phylloscartes ventralis
Protonym:  Muscicapa ventralis Pl.Col. livr.46 textpl.275 fig.2
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Tyrannidae /
Taxonomy Code:  moctyr2
Type Locality:  Brazil; Ipanema, Sao Paulo, designated as type locality by Hellmayr, 1927, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 5, p. 350.
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Publish Year:  1824
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

PHYLLOSCARTES
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet P. ventralis) Gr. φυλλον phullon  leaf; σκαιρω skairō  to skip, to dance; "Gen. PHYLLOSCARTES **) nov. gen. — Laub-Tachuri.   183. 1. P. ventralis Nob.   Muscicapa ventralis "Natt." Temm. Pl. col. 275. 2. — Tyrannulus ventralis Id. Tabl. méth. p. 27. — Elania ventralis Gray Gen. B. I. p. 250. 15. — Leptopogon ventralis Bp. Consp. I. p. 186. — Euscarthmus ventralis Burm. Th. Bras. II. p. 491.   ...   **) Von φυλλον (Laub) und σκαρτης (Springer).  Diese Gattung erinnert im Gefieder schon ganz an Leptopogon, hat aber einen breitern Schnabel mit weniger abgerundeter Firste und zeigt auch noch die für die Todinae characteristischen hohen Läufe." (Cabanis & Heine 1859); "Phylloscartes Cabanis and Heine, 1859, Mus. Heineanum, 2, p. 52. Type, by monotypy, Muscicapa ventralis Temminck." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 63).
Synon. Guracava, Leptotriccus, Phyllooecia.

ventralis
L. ventralis  of the belly, ventral, -bellied  < venter, ventris  belly.
● ex “Perroquet à ventre pourpre de la Martinique” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 548 (Amazona).
● ex “Tourterelle du Canada” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 176 (syn. Ectopistes migratorius).
● ex “Pie à Culotte de Peau” of Levaillant 1800, pl. 55 (artefact).

SUBSPECIES

Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet (angustirostris)
SCI Name: Phylloscartes ventralis angustirostris
angustirostris
L. angustus  narrow; -rostris  -billed  < rostrum  beak.
● ex “Trepadore comun” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 242 (Lepidocolaptes).

Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet (tucumanus)
SCI Name: Phylloscartes ventralis tucumanus
tucumana / tucumanum / tucumanus
Tucumán Province, Argentina.

Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet (ventralis)
SCI Name: Phylloscartes ventralis ventralis
ventralis
L. ventralis  of the belly, ventral, -bellied  < venter, ventris  belly.
● ex “Perroquet à ventre pourpre de la Martinique” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 548 (Amazona).
● ex “Tourterelle du Canada” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 176 (syn. Ectopistes migratorius).
● ex “Pie à Culotte de Peau” of Levaillant 1800, pl. 55 (artefact).