Elaenia Brachyptera Bird
Elaenia Brachyptera Bird
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Protonym: Elaenia brachyptera Ornis 14 p.407
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Elaenia
Taxonomy Code: cooela1
Type Locality: San Pablo, 4,500 ft., Nariho, Colombia.
Author: von Berlepsch
Publish Year: 1907
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
ELAENIA
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Yellow-bellied Elaenia E. flavogaster) Gr. ελαινεος elaineos of olive-oil, oleaginous < ελαια elaia olive; "Elænia n. g. 6) Musc. pagana Licht.; brevirostris, — modesta, — aurifrons Pr. Max; — Hylophilus cinerascens ejusd. Numerosæ americanæ, transitum ad Tyrannides præbentes; Fringillis subsimiles. ... 6) Rostrum crassiusculum, breve, basi dilatatum, altitudine latius; carina dorsali subacuta, sutura recta. Membrana narium plumulis tecta. Vibrissæ tenues. Alæ mediocres vel sub-breves, rotundatæ, remigib. 3-5 reliqvis longioribus. Pedes mediocres, digitis brevibus, subliberis. Olivaceæ-cinerascentes; sæpe subtus, interdum vertice flavæ. — Eλαινιος, oleagineus." (Sundevall 1836); "Elaenia Sundevall, 1836, Vetensk. Akad. Handl., 1835, p. 89. Type, by subsequent designation (Gray, 1855, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Birds, p. 49), Muscicapa pagana Lichtenstein = Pipra flavogaster Thunberg." (Traylor in Peters, 1979, VIII, pp. 26-27).
Var. Elaenea, Elainea, Elainia, Eloenia, Elana, Elania.
brachyptera
Gr. βραχυπτερος brakhupteros short-winged < βραχυς brakhus short; -πτερος -pteros -winged < πτερον pteron wing.
● ex “Pavaneur” of Levaillant 1803, pl. 122 (syn. Acrocephalus schoenobaenus).
● ex “Bouvreuil de l’isle Bourbon” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 204, fig. 1 (syn. Sporophila bouvreuil).
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)