Rhynchocyclus Brevirostris Bird
Rhynchocyclus Brevirostris Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: C[yclorhynchus] brevirostris Arch.Naturgesch. 13 p.249
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Rhynchocyclus
Taxonomy Code: eyrfla1
Type Locality: 'Xalapa'' [= Jalapa, Veracruz], Mexico.
Author: Cabanis
Publish Year: 1847
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
RHYNCHOCYCLUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill R. olivaceus) Anagram of genus Cyclorhynchus Sundevall, 1836, flatbill; "Gen. RHYNCHOCYCLUS **) Nob. — Kreisschnabel. Cyclorhynchus Sundev. 1835 (nec Kaup 1829). 194. 1. R. flaviventer Nob. Platyrhynchus flaviventer Spix Av. Bras. II. p. 12. t. 15. 1. — Muscipeta flaviventris Wied Beitr. III. p. 929. — Tyrannula flaviventris Hartl. Verz. Mus. Brem. p. 50. — Myiobius flaviventer Gray Gen. B. I. p. 294. 23. — Cyclorhynchus flaviventer Cab. Orn. Not. p. 549. — Id. Schomb. Reis. Guian. III. p. 700. 155. ... 195. 2. R. brevirostris Nob. Cyclorhynchus brevirostris Cab. Orn. Not. p. 249. — Platyrhynchus brevirostris Gray Gen. B. III. App. p. 11. ... **) Es gehören hierher noch u. a.: 3. R. aequinoctialis. — Cyclorhynchus aequinoctialis Scl. P. Z. S. 12 Jan. 1858. p. 12. 92 (Ecuador); 4. R. olivaceus. — Platyrhynchus olivaceus Temm. Pl. col. 12. 1. — Wied Beitr. III. p. 969. — Todus olivaceus Licht. Doubl. p. 51. 538. — Platyrhynchus sulphurescens fem. Spix Av. Bras. II. p. 10. t. 12. 2. — Cyclorhynchus olivaceus Gray List Gen. B. p. 52. — Burm. Th. Bras. II. 503 (Brasilien); 5. R. sulphurescens.—Platyrhynchus sulphurescens mas. Spix Av. Bras. II. p. 10. t. 12.1. — Platyrhynchus nuchalis Wied Beitr. III. p. 971. — Cyclorhynchus sulphurescens Cab. Orn. Not. p. 249. — Cyclorhynchus nuchalis Burm. Th. Bras. II. p. 503 (Brasilien); 6. R. megacephalus. — Tyrannula megacephala Sws. B. Braz. t. 47. — Myiobius megacephalus Gray Gen. B. I. p. 249. 37. — Muscipeta megacephala Burm. Th. Bras. II. p. 487 (Brasilien)." (Cabanis & Heine 1859); "Rhynchocyclus Cabanis and Heine, 1859, Mus. Heineanum, 2, p. 56. New name for Cyclorhynchus Sundevall. ... Under the new rules (Art. 56), Cyclorhynchus Sundevall is available. However, it is now a nomen oblitum, not having appeared in the literature for over 100 years." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 98) (see Cyclorhynchus).
Var. Rhynchcyclous.
Synon. Craspedoprion.
brevirostre / brevirostris
Mod. L. brevirostris having a short beak < L. brevis short; -rostris -billed < rostrum beak.
SUBSPECIES
Eye-ringed Flatbill (brevirostris)
Latin Name: Rhynchocyclus brevirostris brevirostris
brevirostre / brevirostris
Mod. L. brevirostris having a short beak < L. brevis short; -rostris -billed < rostrum beak.
Eye-ringed Flatbill (pallidus)
Latin Name: Rhynchocyclus brevirostris pallidus
pallidum / pallidus
L. pallidus pallid, pale, wan, sallow < pallere to be pale.
● ex “Pale Thrush” of Latham 1783 (Turdus).
Eye-ringed Flatbill (hellmayri)
Latin Name: Rhynchocyclus brevirostris hellmayri
hellmayri
Carl Eduard Hellmayr (1878-1944) Austrian/US ornithologist (subsp. Accipiter fasciatus, subsp. Anthoscopus caroli, Anthus, subsp. Attila rufus, subsp. Campylorhamphus trochilirostris, subsp. Catharus fuscater, subsp. Celeus elegans, syn. Chloroceryle americana cabanisii, Cinnyris, syn. Conopophaga lineata, Cranioleuca, syn. Crypturellus strigulosus, subsp. Cyanerpes caeruleus, subsp. Dendrocincla tyrannina, Drymophila, subsp. Empidonax occidentalis, subsp. Geositta cunicularia, syn. Geositta rufipennis fasciata, subsp. Hemithraupis flavicollis, subsp. Isleria hauxwelli, subsp. Lepidocolaptes angustirostris, subsp. Leptopogon superciliaris, subsp. Leptotila rufaxilla, Mecocerculus, subsp. Myioborus miniatus, subsp. Myiozetetes cayanensis, syn. Nonnula rubecula, subsp. Oenanthe familiaris, syn. Petronia petronia, subsp. Piaya cayana, syn. Pitangus sulphuratus, subsp. Poecile palustris, subsp. Pyriglena leuconota, subsp. Rhynchocyclus brevirostris, subsp. Saltator aurantiirostris, syn. Selenidera gouldii, subsp. Sporophila caerulescens, Synallaxis, subsp. Tanygnathus megalorhynchos, subsp. Terenotriccus erythrurus, syn. Thamnophilus schistaceus dubius, subsp. Tyto alba, subsp. Xenops tenuirostris).
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)