Cinnamon Attila / Attila cinnamomeus
Cinnamon Attila
SCI Name:
Protonym: [Muscicapa] cinnamomea Syst.Nat. 1 pt2 p.937
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Attila
Taxonomy Code: cinatt1
Type Locality: Cayenne.
Author: Gmelin, JF
Publish Year: 1789
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
ATTILA
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Bright-rumped Attila A. spadiceus) Attila (406-453) ruler of the Hunnish tribes that ravaged Europe in the fifth century, who revelled in the appelation “Scourge of God.” The Bright-rumped Attila was given this epithet because of its aggressive behaviour and tyrant flycatcher-like appearance and affinities; "CXVII.e Genre ATTILA; Attila. Bec triangulaire, alongé, dilaté à la base, à fosses nasales profondes, triangulaires, couvertes d'une membrane, séparées par l'arête, qui est saillante, arrondie, terminée en crochet aigu; mandibule supérieure comprimée vers l'extrémité, dentée; mandibule inférieure moins longue, à pointe vive, renflée en dessous; bouche ciliée; ailes alongées, à troisième rémige la plus longue; queue ample; élargie, presque rectiligne; tarses alongées, scutellés. ATTILA BRÉSILIEN; Attila brasiliensis. Le Tyran olive, Mus. de Paris. ... Du Brésil." (Lesson 1831); "Attila Lesson, 1831, Traité Ornith., p. 360. Type, by monotypy, Attila brasiliensis Lesson = Muscicapa spadicea Gmelin." (Snow in Peters, 1979, VIII, p. 186).
Synon. Dasycephala, Dasyopsis, Poliochrus, Pseudattila.
cinnamomeum / cinnamomeus
Mod. L. cinnamomeus cinnamon-coloured, cinnamomeous < L. cinnamomum or cinnamum cinnamon < Gr. κινναμωμον kinnamōmon or κινναμον kinnamon cinnamon.
● ex “Cinnamon Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (Attila).
● ex “Pic jaune tacheté de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 524, “Pic mordoré” of de Buffon 1770-17783, and “Ferruginous Woodpecker” of Latham 1782, and Pennant 1785 (syn. Celeus elegans).
● ex “Cinnamon Creeper” of Latham 1782 (Certhiaxis).
● ex “Cinnamon Heron” of Latham 1785 (Ixobrychus).
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)