Leptopogon Rufipectus Bird

Leptopogon Rufipectus Bird

Leptopogon Rufipectus Bird

English Name:  Rufous-breasted Flycatcher
Latin Name:  Leptopogon rufipectus
Protonym:  Tyrannula rufipectus Rev.Zool. 9 p.207
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Leptopogon
Taxonomy Code:  rubfly2
Type Locality:  Colombia [= ''Bogota].
Author:  Lafresnaye
Publish Year:  1846
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

LEPTOPOGON
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Slaty-capped Flycatcher L. superciliaris) Gr. λεπτος leptos  thin, fine, slender; πωγων pōgōn, πωγωνος pōgōnos  beard; "Leptopogon Cab. 2)   Rostrum mediocre, vix latius quam altus, subrectum, apice deflexum parum emarginatum; nares laterales, oblongae.  Vibrissae longae, tenues.  Alae, cauda pedesque mediocres.  Hoc genus transitum a Muscicapis ad Sylvias facit.  Sunt aves parvae, habitu coloribusque Regulis similes.   Typus: Leptopogon superciliaris Tsch.   ...   2) λεπτος tenuis, πωγων barba." (Cabanis 1844).
Synon. Myiaphanistes.

rufipectus
L. rufus  rufous, ruddy; pectus, pectoris  breast.