Dusky-capped Greenlet

SCI Name:  Pachysylvia hypoxantha
Protonym:  Hylophilus hypoxanthus Orn.Brasil. Abth.2 p.71,136
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Vireonidae / Pachysylvia
Taxonomy Code:  ducgre1
Type Locality:  Rio Iganna and Rio Vaupe [= Rio Uaupes], upper Rio Negro, Brazil.
Author:  von Pelzeln
Publish Year:  1868
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

PACHYSYLVIA
(Vireonidae; Ϯ Lesser Greenlet P. decurtata) Gr. παχυς pakhus large, stout; genus Sylvia Scopoli, 1769, warbler; "Pachysylvia, Bp. (Mniotilta, p. Gr.)  Media quasi inter Sylvicolas et Vireones: corpus concretum, decurtatum: alae amplae, breves; remigum prima brevissima! secunda aequali duodecimae; tertia, quarta, quinta et sexta omnium longissimis: cauda parva, angusta, truncata.  SYLVICOLA decurtata, Bp. (Mniotilta decurtata, Gr.) Proc. Zool. Soc. 1837. p. 118. sp. 31. ex Mexico" (Bonaparte 1850).
Var. Pachysilvia.

hypoxantha
Gr. ὑπο hupo  beneath; ξανθος xanthos  yellow (cf. ὑποξανθος hupoxanthos  yellowish, lightish-brown).
● ex “Pico grueso pardo y canela” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 122, and “Fringilla hypoxantha” of Lichtenstein MS (Sporophila).

SUBSPECIES

Dusky-capped Greenlet (hypoxantha)
SCI Name: Pachysylvia hypoxantha hypoxantha
hypoxantha
Gr. ὑπο hupo  beneath; ξανθος xanthos  yellow (cf. ὑποξανθος hupoxanthos  yellowish, lightish-brown).
● ex “Pico grueso pardo y canela” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 122, and “Fringilla hypoxantha” of Lichtenstein MS (Sporophila).

Dusky-capped Greenlet (fuscicapillus)
SCI Name: Pachysylvia hypoxantha fuscicapillus
fuscicapilla / fuscicapillum / fuscicapillus
L. fuscus  dusky, brown; -capillus  -capped  < capillus  hair of the head.

Dusky-capped Greenlet (flaviventris)
SCI Name: Pachysylvia hypoxantha flaviventris
flaviventer / flaviventre / flaviventris
L. flavus  yellow, golden-yellow; venter, ventris  belly.
● ex “Ortolan à ventre jaune du Cap de Bonne Espérance” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 664, fig. 2 (Emberiza).
● ex “Petit Râle de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 847 (Hapalocrex).
● ex "Ypacahá ceja blanca" of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 377 (syn. Hapalocrex flaviventer).
● ex “Coucou à ventre rayé de l’Île Panay” of Sonnerat 1776 (syn. Hierococcyx sparverioides).
● ex “Tachurí vientre amarillo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 171 (Pseudocolopteryx).
● ex “Tangara tacheté de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 290, fig. 2 (syn. Tangara mexicana).

Dusky-capped Greenlet (icterica)
SCI Name: Pachysylvia hypoxantha icterica
icterica / ictericus
Gr. ικτερικος ikterikos  jaundiced, jaundice-yellow  < ικτερος ikteros  jaundice-yellow.

Dusky-capped Greenlet (albigula)
SCI Name: Pachysylvia hypoxantha albigula
albigula
L. albus white; gula throat.

Dusky-capped Greenlet (inornata)
SCI Name: Pachysylvia hypoxantha inornata
inornata / inornatum / inornatus
L. inornatus  plain, unadorned  < in-  not; ornatus  adorned, decorated  < ornare  to adorn.
● See: mavornata