Fiery-capped Manakin
Fiery-capped Manakin
Here the details of the Fiery-capped Manakin named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Pipra pyrocephala Rev.Mag.Zool.(2), 4 p.9
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Pipridae / Machaeropterus
Taxonomy Code: ficman1
Type Locality: locality unknown; upper Amazons, Ucayali, proposed by Beriepsch and Hartert, 1909, Novit. Zool., 9, p. 54.
Author: Sclater, PL
Publish Year: 1852
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
MACHAEROPTERUS
(Pipridae; Ϯ Eastern Striped Manakin M. regulus) Gr. μαχαιρα makhaira knife, dagger; -πτερος -pteros -winged < πτερον pteron wing; "Males possess modified secondaries, the tips of these feathers being thickened and enlarged ... whilst the tail feathers also have thickened rachi" (Kirwan & Green 2011); "72. MACHÆROPTERUS, Schiff. — 155. strigilatus, Pr. Max. Wied. — 156. striolatus, Bp. — 157. pyrocephalus, Sclat." (Bonaparte 1854); "Machaeropterus Bonaparte, 1854, Ateneo Italiano, 2 (11), p. 316 (= Consp. Voluc. Anisod., p. 6). Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds, p. 147), Pipra strigilatus Wied = Pipra regulus Hahn." (Snow in Peters 1979, VIII, 258).
Synon. Allocotopterus.
PYROCEPHALUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Common Vermilion Flycatcher P. rubinus) Gr. πυρ pur, πυρος puros fire; κεφαλη kephalē head; "SUB-GEN. PYROCEPHALUS, GOULD. ... the males of nearly all the members of this group (which may be considered either as a distinct genus or sub-genus of Myiobius), have the crown of the head and greater part of the under surface scarlet. Four species were obtained. — Pyrocephalus parvirostris, (Gould), and Muscicapa coronata, (Auct.), may be taken as types" (Gould 1839); "Pyrocephalus Gould, 1839, in Darwin, Zool. Beagle, pt. 3 (1841), p. 44. Type, by subsequent designation (Gray, 1840, List Genera Birds, p. 30), "P. coronatus (L) Gould" = Pyrocephalus major Pelzeln." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 149-150); "344. Pyrocephalus rubinus ... Birds from SE Peru (Huiro and Chaquimayo) described as race major, but validity has repeatedly been questioned; breeding grounds of this purported race unknown." (del Hoyo & Collar 2016, 198).
pyrocephalus
Gr. πυρ pur, πυρος puros fire; -κεφαλος -kephalos -headed < κεφαλη kephalē head.
SUBSPECIES
Fiery-capped Manakin (pallidiceps)
SCI Name: Machaeropterus pyrocephalus pallidiceps
pallidiceps
L. pallidus pale < pallere to be pale; -ceps -headed < caput, capitis head.
Fiery-capped Manakin (pyrocephalus)
SCI Name: Machaeropterus pyrocephalus pyrocephalus
PYROCEPHALUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Common Vermilion Flycatcher P. rubinus) Gr. πυρ pur, πυρος puros fire; κεφαλη kephalē head; "SUB-GEN. PYROCEPHALUS, GOULD. ... the males of nearly all the members of this group (which may be considered either as a distinct genus or sub-genus of Myiobius), have the crown of the head and greater part of the under surface scarlet. Four species were obtained. — Pyrocephalus parvirostris, (Gould), and Muscicapa coronata, (Auct.), may be taken as types" (Gould 1839); "Pyrocephalus Gould, 1839, in Darwin, Zool. Beagle, pt. 3 (1841), p. 44. Type, by subsequent designation (Gray, 1840, List Genera Birds, p. 30), "P. coronatus (L) Gould" = Pyrocephalus major Pelzeln." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 149-150); "344. Pyrocephalus rubinus ... Birds from SE Peru (Huiro and Chaquimayo) described as race major, but validity has repeatedly been questioned; breeding grounds of this purported race unknown." (del Hoyo & Collar 2016, 198).
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)