Black-capped Tyrannulet

SCI Name:  Phyllomyias nigrocapillus
Protonym:  T[yrannulus] nigro-capillus Rev.Zool. 8 p.341
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Phyllomyias
Taxonomy Code:  blctyr1
Type Locality:  'Bogota,'' Colombia.
Author:  Lafresnaye
Publish Year:  1845
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

PHYLLOMYIAS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Planalto Tyrannulet P. fasciatus brevirostris) Gr. φυλλον phullon  leaf; Mod. L. myias  flycatcher  < Gr. μυια muia, μυιας muias  fly; πιαζω piazō  to seize; "Gen. PHYLLOMYIAS *) nov. gen. — Laub-Fliegenstecher.   196.  1. P. brevirostris **) Nob.   Platyrhynchus brevirostris Spix Av. Bras. II. p. 13. t. 15. 2. — Muscipeta asilus Wied Beitr. III. p. 894. — Muscicapa virescens "Natt." Temm. Pl. col. 275. 3. — Tyrannulus virescens Id. Tabl. méth. p. 27. — Muscicapa olivacea Orb. & Lafr. Syn. p. 54. 14. — Muscicapara boliviana Orb. Voy. p. 328. 244. — Myiobius asilus Gray Gen. B. I. p. 249. 68. — Elania virescens Id. l. l. p. 250. 6. — Elania olivacea Id. l. l. p. 251. 26. — Leptopogon olivaceus Bp. Consp. I. p. 186. — Muscicapa pusio Licht. in Mus. Berol.  ...  197.  2. P. Burmeisteri ***) Nob.  Elaenea brevirostris Burm. (nec Spix) Th. Bras. II. p. 479.   ...   *) Von φυλλον (Laub) und μυιας (= Muscicapa).  Diese Gattung umfasst kleinere Formen von Elaïnea mit kurzem, breitem, weniger hohem Schnabel und meist olivengrünem Gefieder ohne dunklere Kappe." (Cabanis & Heine 1859); "Phyllomyias Cabanis and Heine, 1859, Mus. Heineanum, 2, p. 57. Type, by subsequent designation (Sclater, 1888, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 14, p. 121), "P. brevirostris" = Platyrhynchus brevirostris Spix." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 3).
Synon. Acrochordopus, Idiotriccus, Oreomyias, Oreotriccus, Tyranniscus, Xanthomyias.

nigrocapillus
L. niger  black; -capillus  -capped  < capillus  hair of the head.

SUBSPECIES

Black-capped Tyrannulet (flavimentum)
SCI Name: Phyllomyias nigrocapillus flavimentum
flavimentum
L. flavus yellow, golden-yellow; mentum chin.

Black-capped Tyrannulet (nigrocapillus)
SCI Name: Phyllomyias nigrocapillus nigrocapillus
nigrocapillus
L. niger  black; -capillus  -capped  < capillus  hair of the head.

Black-capped Tyrannulet (aureus)
SCI Name: Phyllomyias nigrocapillus aureus
aureus
L. aureus  golden  < aurum  gold.
● ex “Golden-backed Finch” of Brown 1776, and “Gold-backed Grosbeak” of Latham 1783 (Euplectes).
● ex “Vultur aureus” and “Vultur Bæticus” of Ray 1713, “Vautour doré” of Brisson 1760, and “Vultur aureus” of S. Gmelin, 1774-1784 (subsp. Gypaetus barbatus).
● ex “Coq-de-Roche” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 39, Pipra rupicola J. Gmelin, 1789, and “Rock Manakin” of Latham 1802 (syn. Rupicola rupicola).
● "49. CORACIAS.  ...  aurea.  5. C. flavo-fulva, gula tectricibus primariis extremitateque rectricum nigris.  Paradisea flavo-fulva. Mus. Ad. Fr. I. p. 15.  Paradisea aurea. Edw. Av. 112. t. 112.  Habitat in Asia." (Linnaeus 1758) (Sericulus).