Knipolegus Aterrimus Bird
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Knipolegus Aterrimus Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Cnipolegus aterrimus J.Orn. 1 no.1 p.29
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Knipolegus
Taxonomy Code: whwblt1
Type Locality: Ayupaya [= Ayopayo] , Cochabamba, and Chuquisaca, Bolivia; restricted to Cochabamba by Hellmayr, 1925, Novit. Zool., 32, p. 317.
Author: Kaup
Publish Year: 1853
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
KNIPOLEGUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Blue-billed Black Tyrant K. cyanirostris) Gr. κνιψ knips, κνιπος knipos insect; λεγω legō to pick; "X. Fam. Muscicapiadae Vigors. Muscicapa Lin. 2 ... 2 Ferner könnten als Gattungen abgesondert werden: Knipolegus für Musc. lophotes Tem. und cyaneirostris Vieill. Az. 181" (Boie 1826); "Knipolegus Boie, 1826, Isis von Oken, col. 973. Type, by monotypy, Muscicapa cyanirostris Vieillot." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 173) (see Xolmis).
Var. Cnipolegus.
Synon. Ada, Blechropus, Entotriccus, Eumyiobius, Phaeotriccus, Sericoptila.
aterrima / aterrimum / aterrimus
Unattested L. aterrimus very black, blackest < super. ater black.
● ex “Great Black Cockatoo” of Edwards 1764, “Kakatoës noir” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Black Cockatoo” of Latham 1781 (Probosciger).
● ex “Puffinus carbonaria” of Solander MS, and “Bulweria aterrima” of authors (Pseudobulweria).
● ex “Lesser Black Promerops” of Latham 1822 (Rhinopomastus).
SUBSPECIES
White-winged Black-Tyrant (White-rumped)
Latin Name: Knipolegus aterrimus heterogyna
heterogyna / heterogynus
Gr. ἑτερος heteros different; γυνη gunē, γυναικος gunaikos wife, woman.
White-winged Black-Tyrant (White-winged)
Latin Name: Knipolegus aterrimus aterrimus/anthracinus
KNIPOLEGUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Blue-billed Black Tyrant K. cyanirostris) Gr. κνιψ knips, κνιπος knipos insect; λεγω legō to pick; "X. Fam. Muscicapiadae Vigors. Muscicapa Lin. 2 ... 2 Ferner könnten als Gattungen abgesondert werden: Knipolegus für Musc. lophotes Tem. und cyaneirostris Vieill. Az. 181" (Boie 1826); "Knipolegus Boie, 1826, Isis von Oken, col. 973. Type, by monotypy, Muscicapa cyanirostris Vieillot." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 173) (see Xolmis).
Var. Cnipolegus.
Synon. Ada, Blechropus, Entotriccus, Eumyiobius, Phaeotriccus, Sericoptila.
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)
