Buff-cheeked Greenlet / Pachysylvia muscicapina
Buff-cheeked Greenlet
SCI Name:
Protonym: Hylophilus muscicapinus Nomen.Av.Neotrop. p.12,156
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Vireonidae / Pachysylvia
Taxonomy Code: bucgre1
Type Locality: St. Louis d''Oyapok, French Guiana.
Author: Sclater & Salvin
Publish Year: 1873
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PACHYSYLVIA
(Vireonidae; Ϯ Lesser Greenlet P. decurtata) Gr. παχυς pakhus large, stout; genus Sylvia Scopoli, 1769, warbler; "Pachysylvia, Bp. (Mniotilta, p. Gr.) Media quasi inter Sylvicolas et Vireones: corpus concretum, decurtatum: alae amplae, breves; remigum prima brevissima! secunda aequali duodecimae; tertia, quarta, quinta et sexta omnium longissimis: cauda parva, angusta, truncata. SYLVICOLA decurtata, Bp. (Mniotilta decurtata, Gr.) Proc. Zool. Soc. 1837. p. 118. sp. 31. ex Mexico" (Bonaparte 1850).
Var. Pachysilvia.
muscicapina / muscicapinus
Mod. L. muscicapinus flycatcher-like < genus Muscicapa Brisson 1760, flycatcher.
● ex “Sylvia muscicapinus, auct. ign. M.S.” (Pachysylvia).
SUBSPECIES
Buff-cheeked Greenlet (muscicapina)
SCI Name: Pachysylvia muscicapina muscicapina
muscicapina / muscicapinus
Mod. L. muscicapinus flycatcher-like < genus Muscicapa Brisson 1760, flycatcher.
● ex “Sylvia muscicapinus, auct. ign. M.S.” (Pachysylvia).
Buff-cheeked Greenlet (griseifrons)
SCI Name: Pachysylvia muscicapina griseifrons
griseifrons
Med. L. griseum grey; L. frons, frontis forehead, brow.
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)