Black-fronted Tyrannulet / Phylloscartes nigrifrons
Black-fronted Tyrannulet
SCI Name:
Protonym: Leptopogon nigrifrons Ibis p.446
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Phylloscartes
Taxonomy Code: blftyr1
Type Locality: Roraima, 5,000 ft., ''British Guiana'' [= Venezuela] .
Author: Salvin & Godman
Publish Year: 1884
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PHYLLOSCARTES
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet P. ventralis) Gr. φυλλον phullon leaf; σκαιρω skairō to skip, to dance; "Gen. PHYLLOSCARTES **) nov. gen. — Laub-Tachuri. 183. 1. P. ventralis Nob. Muscicapa ventralis "Natt." Temm. Pl. col. 275. 2. — Tyrannulus ventralis Id. Tabl. méth. p. 27. — Elania ventralis Gray Gen. B. I. p. 250. 15. — Leptopogon ventralis Bp. Consp. I. p. 186. — Euscarthmus ventralis Burm. Th. Bras. II. p. 491. ... **) Von φυλλον (Laub) und σκαρτης (Springer). Diese Gattung erinnert im Gefieder schon ganz an Leptopogon, hat aber einen breitern Schnabel mit weniger abgerundeter Firste und zeigt auch noch die für die Todinae characteristischen hohen Läufe." (Cabanis & Heine 1859); "Phylloscartes Cabanis and Heine, 1859, Mus. Heineanum, 2, p. 52. Type, by monotypy, Muscicapa ventralis Temminck." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 63).
Synon. Guracava, Leptotriccus, Phyllooecia.
nigrifrons
L. niger black; frons, frontis forehead, brow.
● ex “Black-fronted Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (unident.).
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)