Uromyias Agilis Bird
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Uromyias Agilis Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Euscarthmus agilis Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt24 no.302 p.28 pl.118
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Uromyias
Taxonomy Code: agitit1
Type Locality: 'Bogota,'' Colombia.
Author: Sclater, PL
Publish Year: 1856
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
UROMYIAS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Agile Tit Tyrant U. agilis) Gr. ουρα oura tail; Mod. L. myias flycatcher < Gr. μυια muia, μυιας muias fly; πιαζω piazō to seize; "Uromyias genus nov. Nearly related to Spizitornis, but bill much shorter, wider and more depressed; rictal bristles much more developed; crest feathers on apical portion neither attenuated nor decurved; tail proportionately longer and strongly graduated, the distance between the shortest and longest rectrix being at least equal to length of tarsus; rectrices conspicuously pointed at the tip instead of bluntly rounded. Type Euscarthmus agilis SCLATER" (Hellmayr 1927).
agile / agilis
L. agilis nimble, active < agere to set in motion.
● "44. PSITTACUS. ... agilis. 15. P. submacrourus viridis, tectricibus remigum primorum cærulescentium fulvis, cauda subtus rubra. Psittacus minor viridis. Edw. av. 168. t. 168. Habitat in America. Magnitudo Coccothraustis. Cauda cuneiformis, sed non elongata." (Linnaeus 1758) (Amazona).
● ex “Gobe-mouche olive de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 574, fig. 2, and de Buffon 1770-1786, and “Active Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (?Empidonax sp. or Myiobius sp.).
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)
