Ramphotrigon Ruficauda Bird
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Ramphotrigon Ruficauda Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Platyrhynchus ruficauda Av.Sp.Nov.Brasil. 2 p.9 pl.11 fig.1
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Ramphotrigon
Taxonomy Code: rutfla1
Type Locality: 'in sylvis fl. Amazonum''; restricted to mouth of Rio Madeira by Gyldenstolpe, 1945, Kungl. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl., ser. 3, 22(3), p. 246.
Author: von Spix
Publish Year: 1825
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
RAMPHOTRIGON
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Rufous-tailed Flatbill R. ruficauda) Gr. ῥαμφος rhamphos bill; τριγωνον trigōnon triangle < τρεις treis, τριων triōn three; γωνια gōnia angle; "Rostro trigono, supra subtusque plano, latiore quam longiore, praecipue maxilla inferiore plana, lata" (von Spix 1825); "APPENDIX. ... 808 d. (2343.) RAMPHOTRIGON, Pr. B. 1854. (Platyrhynchus ruficaudus, Spix.)" (G. Gray 1855).
Var. Ramphotrigron.
ruficauda
L. rufus red, ruddy; cauda tail.
● ex “Jacamar à Queue Rousse” of Levaillant 1801 (Galbula).
● ex “Rouge-queue de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 686, fig. 2 (syn. Synallaxis gujanensis).
● ex “Fauvette de Cayenne à queue rousse” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Rufous-tailed Warbler” of Latham 1783 (unident.).
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)
