Muscisaxicola Fluviatilis Bird
Muscisaxicola Fluviatilis Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Muscisaxicola fluviatilis Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt2 p.187
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Muscisaxicola
Taxonomy Code: ligtyr1
Type Locality: lower Rio Ucayali, Peru.
Author: Sclater & Salvin
Publish Year: 1866
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.
fluviatilis
L. fluviatilis riverine, of a river < fluvius, fluvii river < fluere to flow.
● ex “Grèbe de rivière”, “Castagneaux” or “Colymbus fluviatilis” of Brisson 1760, and “Dob-chick” of Pennant 1766 (syn. Tachybaptus ruficollis).
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)