Bran-colored Flycatcher

Bran-colored Flycatcher / Myiophobus fasciatus

Bran-colored Flycatcher

Here the details of the Bran-colored Flycatcher named bird below:

SCI Name:  Myiophobus fasciatus
Protonym:  Muscicapa fasciata Natursyst.Suppl. Suppl. p.172
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Tyrannidae /
Taxonomy Code:  brcfly1
Type Locality:  Cayenne.
Author:  
Publish Year:  1776
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

MYIOPHOBUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Bran-coloured Flycatcher M. fasciatus) Gr. μυια muia, μυιας muias  fly; φοβος phobos  terror, fear, panic  < φεβομαι phebomai  to flee; Reichenbach's 1850, plate LXVII, labelled Muscicapinae: Muscipetinae & Platyrhynchinae, clearly shows the wide, heavily-bristled bill typical of a flycatcher, and the coronal streak of this group; "Myiophobus Reichenbach, 1850, Avium Syst. Nat., pl. 67. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds, p. 49), Muscicapa ferruginea Swainson = Muscicapa fasciata Müller." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 119) (see Empidochanes).
Synon. Empidochanes, Scotomyias.

fasciatum / fasciatus
Late L. fasciatus banded  < L. fascia  band, stripe.
● ex “Calao Longibande” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 233 (Lophoceros).
● ex “Gobe-mouche à poitrine tachetée de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 574, fig. 3 (Myiophobus).
● ex “Ynambuí” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 327 (syn. Nothura maculosa).
● ex “Merle des Moluques” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 257 (syn. Pitta moluccensis).
● ex “Gélinotte des Indes” of Sonnerat 1782 (syn. Pterocles indicus).

SUBSPECIES

Bran-colored Flycatcher (Bran-colored)
SCI Name: Myiophobus fasciatus [fasciatus Group]
MYIOPHOBUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Bran-coloured Flycatcher M. fasciatus) Gr. μυια muia, μυιας muias  fly; φοβος phobos  terror, fear, panic  < φεβομαι phebomai  to flee; Reichenbach's 1850, plate LXVII, labelled Muscicapinae: Muscipetinae & Platyrhynchinae, clearly shows the wide, heavily-bristled bill typical of a flycatcher, and the coronal streak of this group; "Myiophobus Reichenbach, 1850, Avium Syst. Nat., pl. 67. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds, p. 49), Muscicapa ferruginea Swainson = Muscicapa fasciata Müller." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 119) (see Empidochanes).
Synon. Empidochanes, Scotomyias.

Bran-colored Flycatcher (Mouse-gray)
SCI Name: Myiophobus fasciatus crypterythrus
crypterythrus
Gr. κρυπτος kruptos  hidden; ερυθρος eruthros  red.

Bran-colored Flycatcher (Rufescent)
SCI Name: Myiophobus fasciatus rufescens
rufescens
L. rufescens, rufescentis  reddish  < rufescere  to become reddish  < rufus  red.
● ex “Aigrette rousse de la Louisiane” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 902, “Aigrette rousse” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Reddish Egret” of Pennant 1785, and Latham 1785 (Egretta).
● ex “Gobe-mouche roux de Cayenne” (= ♀) of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 453, fig. 1, and de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Rufous Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (syn. Pachyramphus rufus).
● ex “Red-backed Pelican” of Latham 1785 (Pelecanus).
● ex Tringa fulicaria Linnaeus, 1758, and “Phalarope roussâtre” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Phalaropus fulicarius).
● ex “Ynambú guazú” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 326 (Rhynchotus).
● ex “Crombec” or “Figuier à Bec Courbi” of Levaillant 1803, pl. 135 (Sylvietta).