Black-billed Peppershrike

SCI Name:  Cyclarhis nigrirostris
Protonym:  Cyclaris nigrirostris Rev.Zool. 5 p.133
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Vireonidae / Cyclarhis
Taxonomy Code:  blbpep1
Type Locality:  Colombia ; restricted to Bogota by Hellmayr, 1935, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 8, p. 210.
Author:  Lafresnaye
Publish Year:  1842
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CYCLARHIS
(Vireonidae; Ϯ Rufous-browed Peppershrike C. gujanensis) Gr. κυκλος kuklos  circle; ῥις rhis, ῥινος rhinos  nostrils; “Another deviation from Lanius may be seen in the Sourcirou of M. Le Vaillant, introduced in the Ois. d'Afrique, (2. pl. 76. f. 2.) though in reality a native of America; it is the Tanagra Guianensis of Latham, and it is remarkable for its round, naked nostrils, and the tooth of its bill being nearly obsolete; it has the wings of Lanius, and the tail of Falcunculus; this type I have called Cyclarhis.*  I am unacquainted with any other kindred birds from the new world   ...   *The characters of such new Genera as may be proposed, will be given in the next number, accompanied by figures of their bills, &c.” (Swainson 1824); "Cyclarhis Swainson, 1824, Zool. Journ, 1, p. 294. Type, by monotypy, Tanagra gujanensis Gmelin." (Blake in Peters, 1968, XIV, p. 103).
Var. Cyclaris, Cycloris, Cyclorhis, Cyclorrhis, Cychloris.
Synon. Laniagra.

nigrirostris
L. niger  black; -rostris  -billed  < rostrum  beak.
● ex “Black-jawed Warbler” of Latham 1783 (unident.).

SUBSPECIES

Black-billed Peppershrike (nigrirostris)
SCI Name: Cyclarhis nigrirostris nigrirostris
nigrirostris
L. niger  black; -rostris  -billed  < rostrum  beak.
● ex “Black-jawed Warbler” of Latham 1783 (unident.).

Black-billed Peppershrike (atrirostris)
SCI Name: Cyclarhis nigrirostris atrirostris
atrirostris
L. ater  black; -rostris  -billed  < rostrum  beak.