Tyrannulus Elatus Bird
Tyrannulus Elatus Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: S[ylvia] elata IndexOrn. 2 p.549
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Tyrannulus
Taxonomy Code: yectyr1
Type Locality: Cayenne.
Author: Latham
Publish Year: 1790
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
TYRANNULUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet T. elatus) Mod. L. tyrannulus little tyrant < dim. genus Tyrannus de Lacépède, 1799, kingbird; "TYRANNEAU, Tyrannulus. Motacilla, Linn. Gm. Bec très-court, un peu grêle, convexe en dessus, entier, incliné à la pointe. — 1ere à 4e remiges les plus longues. Esp. Roitelet-Mésange, Buff." (Vieillot 1816); "Tyrannulus Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 31. Type, by monotypy, "Roitelet-Mésange" Buffon = Sylvia elata Latham." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 21).
tyrannulus
Mod. L. tyrannulus little tyrant < dim. L. tyrannus tyrant, despot < Gr. τυραννος turannos tyrant.
● ex “Petit Tyran de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 571, fig. 1 (Myiarchus).
elatus
L. elatus elevated, raised up, exalted < efferre to lift up.
● "66. TROCHILUS. ... elatus. 19. T. rectirostris virescente-aureus, rectricibus æqualibus ferrugineis apice nigris, pileo rubro cristato. Mellivora crista rubra. Edw. av. t. 344. f. superior. Habitat in India orientali. Caput nigrum, tectum pileo in cristam longam decumbentem sanguineam. Rostrum fere rectum. Cauda terminata fascia nigra." (Linnaeus 1766) (syn. Chrysolampis mosquitus).
● ex “Mésange huppée de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 708, fig. 2, and “Roitelet mésange” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Tyrannulus).
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)