Ochre-faced Tody-Flycatcher

Ochre-faced Tody-Flycatcher / Poecilotriccus plumbeiceps

Ochre-faced Tody-Flycatcher

Here the details of the Ochre-faced Tody-Flycatcher named bird below:

SCI Name:  Poecilotriccus plumbeiceps
Protonym:  T[odirostrum] plumbeiceps Rev.Zool. 9 p.361
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Tyrannidae /
Taxonomy Code:  ocftof1
Type Locality:  'Bresil, Bolivie'' = Paraguay, fide Hellmayr, loc. cit.
Author:  
Publish Year:  1846
IUCN Status:  

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.

plumbeiceps
L. plumbeus  plumbeous  < plumbum  lead; -ceps  -headed  < caput, capitis  head.
● ex “Tachurí cabeza de plomo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 169, and Muscicapa gularis Temminck, 1822 (Todirostrum).

SUBSPECIES

Ochre-faced Tody-Flycatcher (obscurus)
SCI Name: Poecilotriccus plumbeiceps obscurus
obscurum / obscurus
L. obscurus  dark, dusky.
● ex “Hook-billed Green Creeper” of Latham 1782 (Akialoa).
● ex “Dusky-crowned Humming-bird” of Latham 1782 (syn. Clytolaema rubricauda).
● ex “Dusky Tody” of Latham 1782, and Pennant 1785 (syn. Contopus virens).
● ex “Pic verd de l’isle de Luçon” of Sonnerat 1776 (syn. Dendropicos griseocephalus).
● ex “Dusky Falcon” of Pennant 1787 (syn. Falco columbarius).
● ex “Dusky Grosbeak” (= ☼) of Pennant, 1784 (syn. Hedymeles ludovicianus).
● ex “Obscure Fly-catcher” of Latham 1823 (syn. Hemipus hirundinaceus).
● "44. PSITTACUS.  ...  obscurus.  3. P. macrourus niger, genis nudis, vertice cinereo-nigrescente vario, cauda cinerea. Hasselq. iter. 236.  Habitat in Africa?" (Linnaeus 1758) (unident.: ?‡syn. Mascarinus mascarin).
ex “White-rumped Woodpecker” of Latham 1782 (syn. Melanerpes erythrocephalus).
ex “Tolocatzenatl” of Ray 1713, “Sturnus novae Hispaniae” of Brisson 1760, “Tolcana” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Brown-headed Stare” of Latham 1783 (subsp. Molothrus ater).
● ex “Dusky Rail” of Latham 1785 (syn. Pennula sandwichensis).
● ex “Dusky Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (Phaeornis).
● ex “Black and White Dobchick” of Edwards 1747, “Colymbus minor” of Brisson 1760, “Petit Grèbe” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 942, and “Dusky Grebe” of Pennant 1785, and of Latham 1785 (syn. Podiceps auritus cornutus).
● ex “Dusky Plover” of Latham 1781 (cf. Dusky Bay, New Zealand) (Pluviorhynchus).
● ex “Dusky Petrel” of Latham 1785 (syn. Puffinus assimilis).
● ex “Indian Raven” of Willughby 1676, and “Wreathed Hornbill” of Latham 1781 (syn. Rhyticeros plicatus).
● ex “Dark Thrush” of Latham 1783 (Turdus).
● "This specimen, like many from the Anthony collection, is badly soiled, a condition which may have led Anthony to name a dark race" (Browning 1979) (syn. Vireo huttoni).
● "44. PSITTACUS.   ...   obscurus.  3. P. macrourus niger, genis nudis, vertice cinereo-nigrescente vario, cauda cinerea. Hasselq. iter. 236.  Habitat in Africa ?" (Linnaeus 1758); "Linnæus identified his Psittacus obscurus with P. mascarinus, Briss.  ...  but the evidence is against this identification" (Salvadori 1891) (unident.; nom. dub.). 

Ochre-faced Tody-Flycatcher (viridiceps)
SCI Name: Poecilotriccus plumbeiceps viridiceps
viridiceps
L. viridis  green  < virere  to be green; -ceps  -crowned  < caput, capitis  head.

Ochre-faced Tody-Flycatcher (plumbeiceps)
SCI Name: Poecilotriccus plumbeiceps plumbeiceps
plumbeiceps
L. plumbeus  plumbeous  < plumbum  lead; -ceps  -headed  < caput, capitis  head.
● ex “Tachurí cabeza de plomo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 169, and Muscicapa gularis Temminck, 1822 (Todirostrum).

Ochre-faced Tody-Flycatcher (cinereipectus)
SCI Name: Poecilotriccus plumbeiceps cinereipectus
cinereipectum / cinereipectus
L. cinereus  ash-coloured  < cinis, cineris  ashes; pectus, pectoris  breast.