Cock-tailed Tyrant / Alectrurus tricolor
Cock-tailed Tyrant
SCI Name:
Protonym: Gallita tricolor Analyse p.68
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Alectrurus
Taxonomy Code: cottyr1
Type Locality: I''Amerique meridionale [= Paraguay, cf. Vieillot, 1817, Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., nouv. ed., 12, p. 408, ex Azara''s ''Gallito, no. 225].
Author: Vieillot
Publish Year: 1816
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
ALECTRURUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Cock-tailed Tyrant A. tricolor) Gr. αλεκτρυων alektruōn, αλεκτρυονος alektruonos cockerel; ουρα oura tail; "GALLITE, Alectrurus. Bec glabre et déprimé à la base, conico-convexe, crochu à la pointe; mandibule inférieure droite. — Queue comprimée, susceptible de rester relevée. Esp. nouvelles. (F) ... (F) GALLITE TRICOLOR, Gallita tricolor. Dessus de la tête, queue et pieds noirs; joues et dessous du corps blancs; dos et croupion cendrés; bec olivâtre." (Vieillot 1816); "Alectrurus Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 39. Type, by monotypy (p. 68), Gallita tricolor Vieillot." (Traylor in Peters, 1979, VIII, p. 181).
Var. Alectorurus, Alectrura, Alectura, Alecturus.
Synon. Gallita, Myiophthorus, Psalidura, Xenurus, Yetapa.
tricolor / tricolora
Late L. tricolor, tricoloris tricoloured < L. tri- three- < tres three; color, coloris colour.
● ex “Ara tricolor” of Levaillant 1801, pl. 5 (‡Ara).
● ex Certhia viridis Scopoli, 1768, “Green Creeper” of Latham 1781, and “Blue-rumped Creeper” of Latham 1787 (syn. Cinnyris afer).
● ex “Grimpereau olive des Philippines” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 576, fig. 4 (syn. Cinnyris jugularis).
● ex “Pitpit à coiffe bleue” of Mauduyt de la Varenne 1784 (syn. Dacnis lineata).
● ex "Héron bleuâtre à ventre blanc de Cayenne" of d'Aubenton 1765-1781, pl.350 (Egretta).
● ex “Azuvert” of Vieillot 1805 (Erythrura).
● ex “Baltimore bâtard du Canada” (= ♀) of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 506, fig. 2 (syn. Icterus galbula).
● ex “Quachochopitl” of Hernandez 1651, and Ray 1713, “Picus varius mexicanus major et minor” of Brisson 1760, “Épeiche du Méxique” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Varied Woodpecker” of Latham 1782 (unident. Picidae; ?Melanerpes sp.).
● ex “Choucas chauve de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 521 (Perissocephalus).
● ex “Malkoha Rouverdin” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 225 (syn. Rhamphococcyx curvirostris).
● ex “Oie de la côte de Coromandel” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 937 (syn. Sarkidiornis melanotos).
● ex “Figuier noir et jaune de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 391, fig. 2 (syn. Setophaga ruticilla).
● ex “Chorlito tarso comprimido” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 407 (Steganopus).
● ex “Tangara varié à teste verte de Cayenne” of Brisson 1760, “Tangara varié à tête verte de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 33, fig. 1, “Tricolor” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Green-headed Tanager” of Latham 1783 (syn. Tangara seledon).
● ex “Merle Tricolor à Longue Queue” of Levaillant 1802, pl. 114 (artefact).
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)