Myiarchus Oberi Bird

English Name:  Lesser Antillean Flycatcher
Latin Name:  Myiarchus oberi
Protonym:  Myiarchus Oberi Ann.N.Y.Acad.Sci. 1 no.1&2 p.48
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Myiarchus
Taxonomy Code:  leafly1
Type Locality:  Dominica.
Author:  Lawrence
Publish Year:  1877
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

MYIARCHUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Short-crested Flycatcher M. ferox) Gr. μυια muia, μυιας muias  fly; αρχος arkhos  ruler, chief  < αρχω arkhō  to rule; "13. Gen. Myiarchus Cab. ¹)  Muscapa [sic] et Tyrannus Auctor. part. Tyrannula Swain. ²) 1827.  Pyrocephalus Gould. 1838.      63. 1. M. ferox Cab.  Muscicapa ferox Lin. Gmel.   ...   64. 2. M. rufiventris Cab.  Tyrannus rufiventris d'Orb. de Lafr.   ...   65. 3. M. nigricans Cab.  Tyrannula nigricans Swains.   ...   66. 4. M. ferrugineus Cab.  Todus ferrugineus Lin. Gmel. ... Tyrannus bellicosus Vieill. ... Platyrhynchus hirundinaceus Spix. ... Platyrhynchus rupestris Pr. Max. ... Hirundinea bellicosa d'Orb. de Lafr. ... Suiriri roxo oscuro Azar.   ...   67. 5. M. coronatus Cab.  Muscicapa coronata Lin. Gmel.   ...   68. 6. M. atropurpureus Cab.  Muscicapa atropurpurea Lichtenst.   ...     ¹) μυια musca, αρχος princeps.    ²) except. Muscicapa barbata Gmel. et aliae species eidem similes, quae ad genus Myiobius Gray spectant." (Cabanis 1844); "Myiarchus Cabanis, 1844, Archiv. f. Naturg., 10 (1), p. 272. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds, p. 49), Muscicapa ferox Gmelin." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 194).  
Var. Myarchus.
Synon. Eribates, Hylonax, Kaupornis, Muscifur, Myionax, Onychopterus.
● (syn. Mecocerculus Ϯ White-throated Tyrannulet M. leucophrys setophagoides) "*373. Myiarchus, Bp. ex Caban. (Myiobius p. Gr.)  ...  1. TYRANNULA setophagoides, Bp. Act. Ital. Ann. sext. Mediol. p. 405. sp. 30. ex S.^ta Fe de Bogota.  ...  2. TYRANNULA divaricata, Bp. (Pyrocephalus divaricatus, Gr.) Proc. Zool. Soc. 1837. p. 112. ex Mexico.  ...  An hujus generis?" (Bonaparte 1850); "Myiarchus Bonaparte, 1850 (not of Cabanis, 1844), Consp. Gen. Avium, 1, p. 188. Type, by monotypy,¹ Tyrannula setophagoides Bonaparte.   ¹ The second species cited, Tyrannula divaraicata Bonaparte, is doubtfully referred to the new genus and hence is unavailable." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 35).

oberi
Frederick Albion Ober (1849-1913) US naturalist, collector in the West Indies (subsp. Asio clamator, subsp. Dysithamnus mentalis, Icterus, Myiarchus).

SUBSPECIES

Lesser Antillean Flycatcher (oberi)
Latin Name: Myiarchus oberi oberi
oberi
Frederick Albion Ober (1849-1913) US naturalist, collector in the West Indies (subsp. Asio clamator, subsp. Dysithamnus mentalis, Icterus, Myiarchus).

Lesser Antillean Flycatcher (sanctaeluciae)
Latin Name: Myiarchus oberi sanctaeluciae
sanctaeluciae
St Lucia, West Indies  < Late L. sanctus  saint  < L. sanctus  holy  < sancire  to consecrate; Mod. L. Lucia Lucia, Lucy (named after the Christian martyr St. Lucy of Syracuse 283-304AD).
● Santa Lucia, Miranda, Venezuela (subsp. Lophotriccus pileatus).

Lesser Antillean Flycatcher (berlepschii)
Latin Name: Myiarchus oberi berlepschii
berlepschiana / berlepschianus / berlepschii
Hans Hermann Carl Ludwig Graf von Berlepsch (1850-1915) German ornithologist (syn. Euphonia pectoralis, subsp. Myiarchus oberi, syn. Pitylus fuliginosus).

Lesser Antillean Flycatcher (sclateri)
Latin Name: Myiarchus oberi sclateri
sclateri
● Dr Philip Lutley Sclater (1829-1913) English ornithologist, collector (subsp. Apalis cinerea, subsp. Asthenes wyatti, subsp. Attila spadiceus, Cacicus, syn. Campephilus gayaquilensis, subsp. Camptostoma obsoletum, syn. Casuarius casuarius, subsp. Cercomacra cinerascens, subsp. Chaetura cinereiventris, Chasiempis, subsp. Colinus leucopogon, syn. Crax fasciolata, syn. Cyanocorax affinis, Doliornis, Eudyptes, Euphonia (ex Bonaparte MS), subsp. Forpus modestus, subsp. Guttera verreauxi, syn. Heliomaster longirostris, subsp. Hirundinea ferruginea, subsp. Icterus pustulatus, Knipolegus, Lophophorus, Loriculus, subsp. Loxigilla noctis, Meliarchus, subsp. Monasa morphoeus, subsp. Myiarchus oberi, Myrmotherula, Myzomela, Nonnula, syn. Penelope barbata, subsp. Penelope montagnii, syn. Penelope obscura, Pheugopedius, Phyllomyias, Picumnus, syn. Pipreola chlorolepidota, syn. Plectropterus gambensis, Poecile, Pseudocolopteryx, syn. Rufirallus fasciatus, syn. Spinus magellanicus capitalis, subsp. Tachycineta euchrysea, subsp. Tangara aurulenta, syn. Tangara cabanisi, syn. Thamnophilus amazonicus, syn. Thraupis episcopus nesophilus, subsp. Thripadectes virgaticeps, subsp. Todirostrum cinereum, subsp. Tolmomyias poliocephalus, Vireo, subsp. Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus).
● William Lutley Sclater (1863-1944) English ornithologist (son of Dr Philip Lutley Sclater), Director of Cape Town Mus. 1896-1906 (syn. Apalis thoracica capensis, subsp. Caprimulgus climacurus, subsp. Cercotrichas leucophrys, syn. Chlidonias hybrida delalandii, syn. Cisticola galactotes amphilectus, subsp. Cyanomitra olivacea, subsp. Dendrocitta vagabunda, subsp. Monticola rufocinereus, subsp. Neomixis striatigula, syn. Ploceus bicolor stictifrons, Spizocorys, syn. Turtur afer).