Patagonian Tyrant
Patagonian Tyrant
Here the details of the Patagonian Tyrant named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Myiobius parvirostris Zool.Voy.Beagle[Darwin] pt3 no.9 p.48
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Colorhamphus
Taxonomy Code: pattyr2
Type Locality: Tierra del Fuego, ''banks of the [La] Plata'' [error], and near Valparaiso in Chile; type is marked as from Santa Cruz, Patagonia, fide Hellmayr, 1927, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 5, p. 401.
Author: Gould & Gray
Publish Year: 1839
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
COLORHAMPHUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Patagonian Tyrant C. parvirostris) Gr. κολος kolos short; ῥαμφος rhamphos bill; "A small flycatcher with a large head and small bill" (Jaramillo et al. 2003); "H (Parvirostres s. Elaïninæ): rostro parvo, sed crassiusculo, subtereti vel parum dilatato, ante medium levius compresso. Vibrissæ parvæ; color simplex, grisescens. Colorhamphus n. g. (Myiobius parvirostris Gould, Beagle). Nomen a rostro parvo, quasi mutilo (κολος). Rostrum teres, parvum." (Sundevall 1872); "Colorhamphus SUNDEVALL, Meth. Nat. Av. Disp. Tentamen, p. 59, 1872—type by orig. desig. Myiobius parvirostris DARWIN." (Hellmayr, 1927, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. V, p. 400).
Var. Coloramphus.
parvirostris
L. parvus small; -rostris -billed < rostrum beak.
● ex “Pato pico pequeño” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 432 (syn. Anas sibilatrix).
● "54. Tetrao, L. 141. urogallus, L. (major, Br. crassirostris, Brehm. hybridus, L. cum Lyr. tetrice. medius, Leisl. intermedius, Langsd. pseudourogallus, Brehm. maculatus, Brehm. urogalloides, Nilss.) 142. parvirostris, Bp. (urogalloides, Middend.)" (Bonaparte 1856). According to Mlíkovsky 2012, "the Black-billed Capercaillie should be called Tetrao urogalloides Middendorff, 1853, not Tetrao parvirostris Bonaparte, 1856." (syn. Tetrao urogalloides).
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)