Black-billed Flycatcher
Black-billed Flycatcher
Here the details of the Black-billed Flycatcher named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Praedo audax Smiths.Misc.Coll. 60 no.3 p.15
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Aphanotriccus
Taxonomy Code: blbfly1
Type Locality: Cana, 2,000 ft., eastern Panama.
Author: Nelson
Publish Year: 1912
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
APHANOTRICCUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Tawny-chested Flycatcher A. capitalis) Gr. αφανης aphanēs unseen, obscure < negative prefix α- a- ; φαινω phainō to show; τρικκος trikkos unidentified small bird. In ornithology triccus signifies tyrant flycatcher; "Aphanotriccus gen. nov. (Tryannidæ [sic].) Similar to Myiobius Gray but outermost primaries longer (the tenth equal to first instead of much shorter than secondaries, the ninth not shorter than fifth), rictal bristles weaker (not reaching to tip of bill), tail much longer than distance from bend of wing to end of distal secondaries, and without yellow on crown nor rump. Type, Myiobius capitalis Salvin = Aphanotriccus capitalis. (Aφανης, unseen, obscure; τρικκος, a small bird)" (Ridgway 1905); "Aphanotriccus Ridgway, 1905, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 18, p. 207. Type, by original designation, Myiobius capitalis Salvin." (Traylor in Peters, 1979, VIII, p. 123).
Var. Aphantotriccus.
Synon. Praedo.
audax
L. audax, audacis bold < audere to be daring.
● ex “Bold Vulture” of Latham 1801 (Aquila).
● ex “Gobe-mouche tacheté de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 453, fig. 2, “Caudec” of de Buffon 1770-1786, and “Yellow-crowned Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (syn. Myiodynastes maculatus).
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)