Dusky-tailed Flatbill / Ramphotrigon fuscicauda
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Dusky-tailed Flatbill
SCI Name:
Protonym: Ramphotrigon fuscicauda Am.Mus.Novit. no.187 p.5
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Ramphotrigon
Taxonomy Code: dutfla1
Type Locality: lower Rio Suno, eastern Ecuador.
Author: Chapman
Publish Year: 1925
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
RAMPHOTRIGON
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Rufous-tailed Flatbill R. ruficauda) Gr. ῥαμφος rhamphos bill; τριγωνον trigōnon triangle < τρεις treis, τριων triōn three; γωνια gōnia angle; "Rostro trigono, supra subtusque plano, latiore quam longiore, praecipue maxilla inferiore plana, lata" (von Spix 1825); "APPENDIX. ... 808 d. (2343.) RAMPHOTRIGON, Pr. B. 1854. (Platyrhynchus ruficaudus, Spix.)" (G. Gray 1855).
Var. Ramphotrigron.
fuscicauda
L. fuscus dusky; cauda tail.
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)
