Yungas Tody-Tyrant

Yungas Tody-Tyrant / Hemitriccus spodiops

Yungas Tody-Tyrant

Here the details of the Yungas Tody-Tyrant named bird below:

SCI Name:  Hemitriccus spodiops
Protonym:  Euscarthmus spodiops J.Orn. 49 p.87
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Tyrannidae /
Taxonomy Code:  yuttyr1
Type Locality:  Songo, Yungas of La Paz, western Bolivia.
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Publish Year:  1901
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

HEMITRICCUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Drab-breasted Bamboo Tyrant H. diops) Gr. ἡμι- hēmi-  small  < ἡμισυς hēmisus  half; τρικκος trikkos  unidentified small bird. In ornithology triccus signifies tyrant flycatcher; "PHYLLOSCARTES   ...   In ihre Nähe würden zu stellen sein die Genera:  Hemitriccus Nob. (von ἡμι, halb und τρικκος = Todus).  (Musciphaga (!) Less. 1831).  Von Euscarthmus durch längere Flügel, stärken und breitern Schwanz und grössere Entwickelung der Bartborsten verschieden:   H. diops. — Muscicapa diops "Natt." Temm. Pl. col. 144.1. — Todirostrum diops Lafr. R. Z. 1846. p. 365. 13. — Euscarthmus vilis Burm. Th. Bras. II. p. 490. — Muscicapa vilis Licht. in Mus. Berol. (Brasilien)." (Cabanis & Heine 1859); "Hemitriccus Cabanis and Heine, 1859, Museum Heineanum, II, p. 52.  New name for Musciphaga Lesson, 1837, considered barbarous." (JAJ 2021).
Var. Hemitriscus.   
Synon. Andinotriccus, Bornscheinia, CampinaCeratotriccus, Euscarthmornis, Idioptilon, Inambariornis, Microcochlearius, Musciphaga, Snethlagea, Todirhamphus.

spodiops
Gr. σποδιος spodios  ash-coloured, grey  < σποδος spodos  ashes; ωψ ōps, ωπος ōpos  eye, face.