Rhytipterna Simplex Bird
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Rhytipterna Simplex Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: M[uscicapa] simplex Verz.Doubl.Zool.Mus.Berlin p.53
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Rhytipterna
Taxonomy Code: gramou1
Type Locality: Bahia, Brazil.
Author: Lichtenstein, MHC
Publish Year: 1823
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
RHYTIPTERNA
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Greyish Mourner R. simplex) Gr. ῥυτις rhutis, ῥυτιδος rhutidos wrinkle; πτερνα pterna heel; Reichenbach's 1850, plate LXV, labelled Muscicapinae: Tyranninae, shows the corrugations on the upper hinder part of the tarsus later commented on by Sharpe 1888; "Rhytipterna Reichenbach, 1850, Avium Syst. Nat., pl. 65. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds, p. 49), Tyrannus calcaratus Swainson = Muscicapa simplex Lichtenstein." (Snow in Peters 1979, VIII, 191).
simplex
L. simplex, simplicis simple, plain.
● ex “Simple Tern” of Latham 1785 (Phaetusa ☼).
SUBSPECIES
Grayish Mourner (frederici)
Latin Name: Rhytipterna simplex frederici
frederici
Frederik Paul Penard, Jr. (1876-1909) Dutch naturalist resident in Suriname (subsp. Rhytipterna simplex).
Grayish Mourner (simplex)
Latin Name: Rhytipterna simplex simplex
simplex
L. simplex, simplicis simple, plain.
● ex “Simple Tern” of Latham 1785 (Phaetusa ☼).
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)
