Citron-bellied Attila / Attila citriniventris
WBN 
Citron-bellied Attila
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Protonym: Attila citriniventris Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt(27)1 p.40
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Attila
Taxonomy Code: cibatt1
Type Locality: Rio Ucayali, Peru.
Author: Sclater, PL
Publish Year: 1859
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.
citriniventris
Med. L. citrinus yellow, citrine < L. citrus citron, citrus; L. venter, ventris belly.
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)
