Great Crested Flycatcher

Great Crested Flycatcher / Myiarchus crinitus

Great Crested Flycatcher

Here the details of the Great Crested Flycatcher named bird below:

SCI Name:  Myiarchus crinitus
Protonym:  [Turdus] crinitus Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.170
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Tyrannidae /
Taxonomy Code:  grcfly
Type Locality:  America; restricted to South Carolina by Bangs, 1898, Auk, 15, p. 180.
Author:  
Publish Year:  1758
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

MYIARCHUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Short-crested Flycatcher M. ferox) Gr. μυια muia, μυιας muias  fly; αρχος arkhos  ruler, chief  < αρχω arkhō  to rule; "13. Gen. Myiarchus Cab. 1)  Muscapa [sic] et Tyrannus Auctor. part. Tyrannula Swain. 2) 1827.  Pyrocephalus Gould. 1838.      63. 1. M. ferox Cab.  Muscicapa ferox Lin. Gmel.   ...   64. 2. M. rufiventris Cab.  Tyrannus rufiventris d'Orb. de Lafr.   ...   65. 3. M. nigricans Cab.  Tyrannula nigricans Swains.   ...   66. 4. M. ferrugineus Cab.  Todus ferrugineus Lin. Gmel. ... Tyrannus bellicosus Vieill. ... Platyrhynchus hirundinaceus Spix. ... Platyrhynchus rupestris Pr. Max. ... Hirundinea bellicosa d'Orb. de Lafr. ... Suiriri roxo oscuro Azar.   ...   67. 5. M. coronatus Cab.  Muscicapa coronata Lin. Gmel.   ...   68. 6. M. atropurpureus Cab.  Muscicapa atropurpurea Lichtenst.   ...     1μυια musca, αρχος princeps.    2) except. Muscicapa barbata Gmel. et aliae species eidem similes, quae ad genus Myiobius Gray spectant." (Cabanis 1844); "Myiarchus Cabanis, 1844, Archiv. f. Naturg., 10 (1), p. 272. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds, p. 49), Muscicapa ferox Gmelin." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 194).  
Var. Myarchus.
Synon. Eribates, Hylonax, Kaupornis, Muscifur, Myionax, Onychopterus.
● (syn. Mecocerculus Ϯ White-throated Tyrannulet M. leucophrys setophagoides) "*373. Myiarchus, Bp. ex Caban. (Myiobius pGr.)  ...  1. TYRANNULA setophagoidesBpActItalAnnsextMediolp. 405. sp. 30. ex S.ta Fe de Bogota.  ...  2. TYRANNULA divaricataBp. (Pyrocephalus divaricatus, Gr.) ProcZoolSoc. 1837. p. 112. ex Mexico.  ...  An hujus generis?" (Bonaparte 1850); "Myiarchus Bonaparte, 1850 (not of Cabanis, 1844), Consp. Gen. Avium, 1, p. 188. Type, by monotypy,1 Tyrannula setophagoides Bonaparte.   1 The second species cited, Tyrannula divaraicata Bonaparte, is doubtfully referred to the new genus and hence is unavailable." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 35).

crinita / crinitus
L. crinitus  long-haired, hairy  < crinio  to cover with hair < crinis hair.
● "95. TURDUS.  ...  crinitus.  10. T. capite colloque cærulescente, abdomine flavescente, dorso virescente, rectricibus remigibusque rufis, capite cristato.  Muscicapa cristata, ventre luteo. Catesb. car. I. p. 52. t. 52.  Habitat in America." (Linnaeus 1758) (Myiarchus).
● ex “Hairy Roller” of Latham 1802 (syn. Coracias naevius).
● ex “Sicrin” of Levaillant 1801, pl. 82 (artefact).