Southern Bristle-Tyrant

Southern Bristle-Tyrant / Phylloscartes eximius

Southern Bristle-Tyrant

Here the details of the Southern Bristle-Tyrant named bird below:

SCI Name:  Phylloscartes eximius
Protonym:  Muscicapa eximia Pl.Col. livr.24 textpl.144 fig.2
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Tyrannidae /
Taxonomy Code:  sobtyr2
Type Locality:  Brazil; type from Ipanema, Sao Paulo, fide Hellmayr, 1927, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 5, p. 345.
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Publish Year:  1822
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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.

eximium / eximius
L. eximius  select, distinguished  < eximere  to take away  < emere  to purchase.