Boat-billed Flycatcher

SCI Name:  Megarynchus pitangua
Protonym:  [Lanius] Pitangua Syst.Nat.ed.12 ed.12 p.136
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Megarynchus
Taxonomy Code:  bobfly1
Type Locality:  Brazil; restricted to Rio de Janeiro by Pinto, 1944, Cat. Aves Brazil (Publ. Dept. Zool., Sao Paulo), pt. 2, p. 151.
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1766
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

MEGARYNCHUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Boat-billed Flycatcher M. pitangua) Gr. μεγα mega  much  < μεγας megas, μεγαλη megalē  great; ῥυγχος rhunkhos  bill; "Pitangua et sulphuratus valde similes sunt, ille vero major est pileo aureo, hic minor.  Genus hocce Novum ab illustrissimo Ornithologo Equite TEMMINCK dudum dictum fuit Platyrhynchos; cum vero idem nomen ante multos abhinc annos Insecti cuidam Generi inter Coleoptera rostrata dicatum fuerit; necessitas requirit, ut aliud illi tribuatur nomen genericum: nimirum MEGARYNCHUS a Celeberrimo Præside appellatus.  Idem ille celebris Vir, Eques Temminck, etiam Lanium caijanum separavit a Lanii genere, et novum exinde constituit Genus, cui nomen dedit Psaris, licet hæc species videatur cum Megaryncho posse conjungi.   Corvus flavus LINNÆI ad Megarynchum referendus" (Thunberg 1824) (OD per Laurent Raty); "Megarynchus Thunberg, 1824, Dissert. de genere Megaryncho praes. Schaerstrom, p. 2. Type, by subsequent designation (Heine, 1859, Journ. f. Ornith., 7, p. 340), Lanius pitangua Linnaeus." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 209).
Var. Megarhynchus.
Synon. Megastoma, Scaphorynchus.

pitangua
Tupí name Pitanguá guacú for a large flycatcher (mentioned by Marcgrave 1648), perhaps the Boat-billed Flycatcher (cf. Güaraní name Pihtâguá) ; ex “Tyran du Brésil” of Brisson 1760 (Megarynchus).

SUBSPECIES

Boat-billed Flycatcher (Northern)
SCI Name: Megarynchus pitangua [mexicanus Group]
MEGARYNCHUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Boat-billed Flycatcher M. pitangua) Gr. μεγα mega  much  < μεγας megas, μεγαλη megalē  great; ῥυγχος rhunkhos  bill; "Pitangua et sulphuratus valde similes sunt, ille vero major est pileo aureo, hic minor.  Genus hocce Novum ab illustrissimo Ornithologo Equite TEMMINCK dudum dictum fuit Platyrhynchos; cum vero idem nomen ante multos abhinc annos Insecti cuidam Generi inter Coleoptera rostrata dicatum fuerit; necessitas requirit, ut aliud illi tribuatur nomen genericum: nimirum MEGARYNCHUS a Celeberrimo Præside appellatus.  Idem ille celebris Vir, Eques Temminck, etiam Lanium caijanum separavit a Lanii genere, et novum exinde constituit Genus, cui nomen dedit Psaris, licet hæc species videatur cum Megaryncho posse conjungi.   Corvus flavus LINNÆI ad Megarynchum referendus" (Thunberg 1824) (OD per Laurent Raty); "Megarynchus Thunberg, 1824, Dissert. de genere Megaryncho praes. Schaerstrom, p. 2. Type, by subsequent designation (Heine, 1859, Journ. f. Ornith., 7, p. 340), Lanius pitangua Linnaeus." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 209).
Var. Megarhynchus.
Synon. Megastoma, Scaphorynchus.

Boat-billed Flycatcher (South American)
SCI Name: Megarynchus pitangua pitangua
pitangua
Tupí name Pitanguá guacú for a large flycatcher (mentioned by Marcgrave 1648), perhaps the Boat-billed Flycatcher (cf. Güaraní name Pihtâguá) ; ex “Tyran du Brésil” of Brisson 1760 (Megarynchus).

Boat-billed Flycatcher (Tumbes)
SCI Name: Megarynchus pitangua chrysogaster
chrysogaster / chrysogastra
Gr. χρυσος khrusos  gold; γαστηρ gastēr, γαστρος gastros  belly.
● ex “Lindo azul y oro cabeza celeste” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 99 (syn. Euphonia cyanocephala).
● ex “Orange-bellied Parrot” of Latham 1787 (Neophema).
● ex “Merle à ventre orangé du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 358, “Oranvert” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Orange-bellied Thrush” of Latham 1783 (syn. Spreo pulcher).