Crowned Slaty Flycatcher / Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus
Crowned Slaty Flycatcher
SCI Name:
Protonym: T[yrannus] aurantio-atrocristatus Mag.Zool. 7 cl.2 p.45
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Empidonomus
Taxonomy Code: croslf1
Type Locality: Valle Grande, Santa Crus, Bolivia.
Author: d''Orbigny & Lafresnaye
Publish Year: 1837
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
EMPIDONOMUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Variegated Flycatcher E. varius) Gr. εμπις empis, εμπιδος empidos gnat, mosquito; -νομος -nomos -ruling < νεμω nemō to hold sway over; "Gen. EMPIDONOMUS *) nov. gen. — Fleckentyrann. Tyrannus Rchb. 1850 (nec Cuv. 1799-1800). 250. 1. E. varius Nob. Suiriri chorreado debaxo Azar. Apunt. no. 187. — Muscicapa varia Vieill. N. D. XXI. p. 459. — Id. Enc. p. 832. — Muscicapa rufina Spix Av. Bras. II. p. p. 22. t. 31. — Muscipeta ruficauda Wied Beitr. III. p. 920. — Tyrannus leucotis Sws. Quart. Journ. XX. p. 276. 11. — Tyrannula Tschudii Hartl. R. Z. 1844. p. 369. — Tyrannus rufinus Cab. Schomb. Reis. Guian. III. p. 700. 152. — Scl. B. Bogot. p. 22. 233. — Burm. Th. Bras. II. p. 466. — Myiobius leucotis Gray Gen. B. I. p. 249. 19. — Myiobius Tschudii Id. l. l. p. 249. 44. — Myiobius rufinus Id. l. l. p. 249. 78. — Tityra ruficauda Id. l. l. p. 254. 43. — Myiobius varius Id. l. l. III. App. p. 11. — Muscicapa dux Licht. in Mus. Berol. ... *) Von εμπις (Mücke) und νεμω (herrschen). Diese Gruppe, welche sich deutlich durch den kleinen Schnabel und die eigenthümliche, an Myiodynastes erinnernde Fleckenzeichnung von den eigentlichen typischen Tyrannen absondert, hat schon Reichenbach von derselben unter den ihr nicht gebührenden Namen Tyrannus generisch getrennt." (Cabanis & Heine 1859); "Empidonomus Cabanis and Heine, 1859, Mus. Heineanum, 2, p. 76. Type, by monotypy, Muscicapa varia Vieillot." (Traylor in Peters, 1979, VIII, p. 220).
Var. Epidonomus.
aurantioatrocristatus
Late Med. L. aurantius orange-coloured < aurantia orange; L. ater, atri black; cristatus crested < crista crest.
SUBSPECIES
Crowned Slaty Flycatcher (pallidiventris)
SCI Name: Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus pallidiventris
pallidiventer / pallidiventris
L. pallidus pale < pallere to be pale; venter, ventris belly.
Crowned Slaty Flycatcher (aurantioatrocristatus)
SCI Name: Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus aurantioatrocristatus
aurantioatrocristatus
Late Med. L. aurantius orange-coloured < aurantia orange; L. ater, atri black; cristatus crested < crista crest.
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)