Muscisaxicola Capistratus Bird
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Muscisaxicola Capistratus Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Ptyonura capistrata J.Orn. 8 p.248
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Muscisaxicola
Taxonomy Code: cibgrt1
Type Locality: foot of Sierra de Mendoza, Argentina.
Author: Burmeister
Publish Year: 1860
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
MUSCISAXICOLA
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Rufous-naped Ground Tyrant M. rufivertex) Portmanteau of genera Muscicapa Brisson 1760, flycatcher, and Saxicola auct. (= Oenanthe Vieillot 1816), wheatear; "G. MUSCISAXICOLA. Nob. Pedibus valde elongatis, gracilibus, unguibus anticis brevibus, postice longiore parum curvato, alis prælongis, acuminatis; cauda mediocris apice recto; rostro tenui, valde compresso, elongato, non basi depresso, quibus omnibus characteribus habituque toto Saxicolis hujus generis species proxime accedunt. ... 1. M. rufivertex, Nob. ... 2. M. mentalis, Nob. ... 3. M. maculirostris, Nob. ... 4. M. striaticeps, Nob." (d'Orbigny & de La Fresnaye 1837); "Muscisaxicola d'Orbigny and Lafresnaye, 1837, Mag. Zool. [Paris], 7, cl. 2, p. 65. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1840, List Genera Birds, p. 24), Muscisaxicola rufivertex d'Orbigny and Lafresnaye." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 168).
Synon. Ptyonura.
capistratum / capistratus
L. capistratus haltered < capistrum halter, muzzle, band < capere to hold.
● ex “Red-headed Parrakeet” of Edwards 1758-1764, and “Perruche à face bleu” of Levaillant 1801-1805 (Trichoglossus).
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)
