Sirystes Albogriseus Bird
Sirystes Albogriseus Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Lipaugus albogriseus Ann.Lyc.Nat.Hist.N.Y. 8(1867) p.9
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Sirystes
Taxonomy Code: siryst3
Type Locality: along line of Panama Railroad; type from Lion Hill (McLeannon Collection), fide Salvin and Godman, 1889, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, 2, p. 47.
Author: Lawrence
Publish Year: 1863
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.
albogrisea / albogriseus
L. albus white; Med. L. griseum grey.
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)