Phylloscartes Ophthalmicus Bird

Phylloscartes Ophthalmicus Bird

Phylloscartes Ophthalmicus Bird

English Name:  Marble-faced Bristle-Tyrant
Latin Name:  Phylloscartes ophthalmicus
Protonym:  Pogonotriccus ophthalmicus Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt1 p.135
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Phylloscartes
Taxonomy Code:  mfbtyr1
Type Locality:  Amable Maria, Chanchamayo Valley, Peru.
Author:  Taczanowski
Publish Year:  1874
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

PHYLLOSCARTES
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet P. ventralis) Gr. φυλλον phullon  leaf; σκαιρω skairō  to skip, to dance; "Gen. PHYLLOSCARTES **) nov. gen. — Laub-Tachuri.   183. 1. P. ventralis Nob.   Muscicapa ventralis "Natt." Temm. Pl. col. 275. 2. — Tyrannulus ventralis Id. Tabl. méth. p. 27. — Elania ventralis Gray Gen. B. I. p. 250. 15. — Leptopogon ventralis Bp. Consp. I. p. 186. — Euscarthmus ventralis Burm. Th. Bras. II. p. 491.   ...   **) Von φυλλον (Laub) und σκαρτης (Springer).  Diese Gattung erinnert im Gefieder schon ganz an Leptopogon, hat aber einen breitern Schnabel mit weniger abgerundeter Firste und zeigt auch noch die für die Todinae characteristischen hohen Läufe." (Cabanis & Heine 1859); "Phylloscartes Cabanis and Heine, 1859, Mus. Heineanum, 2, p. 52. Type, by monotypy, Muscicapa ventralis Temminck." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 63).
Synon. Guracava, Leptotriccus, Phyllooecia.

ophthalmica / ophthalmicus
L. ophthalmicus  of the eye  < Gr. οφθαλμικος ophthalmikos  of the eye  < οφθαλμος ophthalmos  eye.

SUBSPECIES

Marble-faced Bristle-Tyrant (ophthalmicus)
Latin Name: Phylloscartes ophthalmicus ophthalmicus
ophthalmica / ophthalmicus
L. ophthalmicus  of the eye  < Gr. οφθαλμικος ophthalmikos  of the eye  < οφθαλμος ophthalmos  eye.

Marble-faced Bristle-Tyrant (purus)
Latin Name: Phylloscartes ophthalmicus purus
purus
● Rio Purús, Brazil (subsp. Manacus manacus).
● L. purus simple, pure (syn. Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus affinis, syn. Dendrocopos major kamtschaticus, subsp. Phylloscartes ophthalmicus).

Marble-faced Bristle-Tyrant (ottonis)
Latin Name: Phylloscartes ophthalmicus ottonis
ottonis
● Otto Garlepp (1864-1959) German collector in Peru 1895-1912 (Asthenes, subsp. Phylloscartes ophthalmicus, Pogonotriccus).
● Prof. Dr Friedrich Hermann Otto Finsch (1839-1917) German diplomat, colonial administrator, ornithologist, collector (subsp. Ptilinopus cinctus).