Sibilant Sirystes
Sibilant Sirystes
Here the details of the Sibilant Sirystes named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Muscicapa sibilator Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 21 p.457
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Sirystes
Taxonomy Code: sibsir1
Type Locality: Paraguay.
Author: Vieillot
Publish Year: 1818
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
SIRYSTES
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Sibilant Sirystes S. sibilator) Gr. συριστης suristēs piper < συριζω surizō to play the pipes < συριγξ surinx, συριγγος suringos shepherd's pipe; "Gen. SIRYSTES **) nov. gen. — Pitador. 249. 1. M. sibilator ***) Nob. Pitador Azar. Apunt. no. 191. — Muscicapa sibilator Vieill. N. D. XXI. p. 457. — Id. Enc. p. 831. — Muscicapa sibilans Licht. Doubl. p. 54. 556. — Tyrannula sibilans Hartl. Verz. Mus. Brem. p. 50. — Id. Ind. Azar. p. 13. — Bp. Consp. I. p. 190. — Myiobius sibilator Gray Gen. B. I. p. 249. 24. — Myiarchus sibilans Burm. Th. Bras. II. p. 472. ... **) Σιρυστης — sibilator, von σιρυζω (zischen). Während bei dieser eigenthümlichen Form die mässig langen, unverengten Schwingen noch an die kleineren Arten von Myiarchus erinnern, deutet der weniger breit gedrückte, gewölbtere Schnabel schon mehr auf die echten Tyrannen hin. Characteristisch ist besonders für diese Gattung die haubenartige Verlängerung der Kopffedern." (Cabanis & Heine 1859); "Sirystes Cabanis and Heine, 1859, Mus. Heineanum, 2, p. 75. Type, by monotypy, Muscicapa sibilator Vieillot." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 193).
Var. Syristes.
sibilator
L. sibilator, sibilatoris whistler < sibilare to whistle < sibilus whistling (cf. Med. L. sibilator whisperer; Late Med. L. sibilator piper).
● ex “Suirirí Pitador” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 191 (Sirystes).
SUBSPECIES
Sibilant Sirystes (sibilator)
SCI Name: Sirystes sibilator sibilator
sibilator
L. sibilator, sibilatoris whistler < sibilare to whistle < sibilus whistling (cf. Med. L. sibilator whisperer; Late Med. L. sibilator piper).
● ex “Suirirí Pitador” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 191 (Sirystes).
Sibilant Sirystes (atimastus)
SCI Name: Sirystes sibilator atimastus
atimastus
Gr. ατιμαστος atimastos dishonoured, disdained < ατιμαω atimaō to dishonour < ατιμος atimos despised.
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)