Black-capped Pygmy-Tyrant

SCI Name:  Myiornis atricapillus
Protonym:  Orchilus atricapillus Ibis p.385
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Myiornis
Taxonomy Code:  bcptyr1
Type Locality:  Angostura and ''Volcan de Irazii'' [= Talamanca, fide Hellmayr, 1927, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 5, p. 339] , Costa Rica.
Author:  Lawrence
Publish Year:  1875
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

MYIORNIS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Eared Pygmy Tyrant M. auricularis) Gr. μυια muia, μυιας muias  fly; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos  bird; "No. 79: Euscarthmus minutus W. Bertoni (sp. n.)  (Myiornis?) — guar.: jénero Tatshuri." (Bertoni 1901); "Myiornis Bertoni, 1901, Aves Nuevas Paraguay, p. 129. Type, by monotypy, Euscarthmus minutus Bertoni = Platyrhynchos auricularis Vieillot." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 71).
Synon. Notorchilus, Perissotriccus.
● (syn. Cyanophaia Ϯ Blue-headed Hummingbird C. bicolor) "Die eine, mit geradem Schnabel, nennt man Fliegenvögel, (Myiornis, Ornismyia!!, Orthorhynchus,) weil zu ihr die kleinsten Arten gehören." (Gloger 1842).

atricapillus
L. atricapillus  black-haired  < ater  black; capillus  hair of the head.
● ex “Black-crowned Plover” of Pennant 1785 and Latham 1785 (syn. Charadrius vociferus).
● ex “Japacani” of Marcgrave 1648, and “Merle à teste noire du Cap de Bonne Espérance” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Donacobius atricapilla).
● ex “Psittacus orientalis exquisitus” or “Loeri” of Seba 1734-1765, “Psittacus capite nigro, collari viridi” of Klein 1750, “Ara moluccensis varia” of Brisson 1760, and “Grande perruche à bandeau noir” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Lorius lory).
● ex “Chorlito cabeza y cuello obscuros” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 405 (syn. Nycticryphes semicollaris).
● ex “Manakin cendré de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 687, fig. 1, “Oiseau cendré de la Guyane” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Black-crowned Manakin” of Latham 1783 (syn. Pachyramphus rufus).
● ex “Caracterizado cañela y cabeza negra” (= ☼) of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 209 (syn. Platypsaris rufus).
● ex “Mésange à teste noire du Canada” of Brisson 1760 (Poecile).
● ex “Gobe-mouches à tête noire de la Chine” of Sonnerat 1782 (syn. Pycnonotus aurigaster).