Caatinga Black-Tyrant / Knipolegus franciscanus
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Caatinga Black-Tyrant
SCI Name:
Protonym: Knipolegus aterrimus franciscanus Bol.Mus.Nac.RiodeJaneiro 4 p.1-7
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Knipolegus
Taxonomy Code: whwblt2
Type Locality: Lapa do Bom Jesus, Rio Sao Francisco, Bahia, Brazil.
Author: Snethlage, E
Publish Year: 1928
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
KNIPOLEGUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Blue-billed Black Tyrant K. cyanirostris) Gr. κνιψ knips, κνιπος knipos insect; λεγω legō to pick; "X. Fam. Muscicapiadae Vigors. Muscicapa Lin. 2 ... 2 Ferner könnten als Gattungen abgesondert werden: Knipolegus für Musc. lophotes Tem. und cyaneirostris Vieill. Az. 181" (Boie 1826); "Knipolegus Boie, 1826, Isis von Oken, col. 973. Type, by monotypy, Muscicapa cyanirostris Vieillot." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 173) (see Xolmis).
Var. Cnipolegus.
Synon. Ada, Blechropus, Entotriccus, Eumyiobius, Phaeotriccus, Sericoptila.
franciscana / franciscanus
● Rio São Francisco, Bahia/ Minas Gerais, Brazil (Arremon, Knipolegus, Xiphocolaptes).
● Mod. L. Franciscanus Franciscan (alluding to the scarlet robes worn by the Franciscan order) (Euplectes).
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)
