Amazonian Scrub-Flycatcher / Sublegatus obscurior
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Amazonian Scrub-Flycatcher
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Protonym: Sublegatus glaber obscurior Proc.Biol.Soc.Wash. 33 p.72
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Sublegatus
Taxonomy Code: amsfly1
Type Locality: Cayenne, French Guiana.
Author: Todd
Publish Year: 1920
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
SUBLEGATUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Northern Scrub Flycatcher S. arenarum glaber) L. sub near to; genus Legatus Sclater, 1859, piratic flycatcher; “76. SUBLEGATUS GLABER, sp. et gen. nov. (Pl. XIII. fig. 2.) Apparently the adult of the bird numbered 1340a in Sclater's 'American Catalogue.' It is not quite a Legatus, and in some aspects comes nearer to Elainea; but we are not able to refer it satisfactorily to any other genus. We propose, therefore, to give it a new name, with the following characters:— SUBLEGATUS, gen. nov. Habitus generalis Elaineæ, sed narium aperturis seorsum versis, rotundatis et omnino patentibus. Rostrum aliter fere sicut in genere Legato, sed magis depressum. Rictus setis paucis et inconspicuis armatus. Alæ subbreves: remige tertio quarto et quinto æqualibus et longissimis, primo nonum fere æquante: secundo sextum paulo excedente. Cauda longa, fere quadrata. Tarsi sicut in Elainea, sed robustiores." (P. Sclater & Salvin 1868); "Sublegatus Sclater and Salvin, 1868, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 171. Type, by monotypy, Sublegatus glaber Sclater and Salvin." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 18).
obscurior / obscuriora
L. obscurior, obscurioris darker < comp. obscurus dark, obscure.
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)
