Euler’s Flycatcher / Lathrotriccus euleri
Euler's Flycatcher
SCI Name:
Protonym: Empidochanes Euleri J.Orn. 16 p.195
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Lathrotriccus
Taxonomy Code: eulfly1
Type Locality: Cantagalo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Author: Cabanis
Publish Year: 1868
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
LATHROTRICCUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Euler's Flycatcher L. euleri) Gr. λαθραιος lathraios or (later form) λαθριος lathrios secret; τρικκος trikkos unknown small bird. In ornithology triccus signifies tyrant flycatcher; "Lathrotriccus, new genus Type species. - Empidochanes Euleri Cabanis (1968 [sic]: 195). ... Etymology. - From a combination of two Greek words, lathrios, meaning secret or hidden (alluding in this instance not to the bird's habits but to its obscurity within the genus Empidonax), and triccus, meaning small bird" (W. Lanyon & S. Lanyon 1986).
euleri
Carl Hieronymus Euler (1834-1901) Swiss settler in Brazil 1853, Vice-Consul in Rio de Janeiro 1867-1901, amateur ornithologist (Coccyzus, Lathrotriccus, syn. Sporophila frontalis).
SUBSPECIES
Euler's Flycatcher (Lawrence's)
SCI Name: Lathrotriccus euleri [flaviventris Group]
LATHROTRICCUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Euler's Flycatcher L. euleri) Gr. λαθραιος lathraios or (later form) λαθριος lathrios secret; τρικκος trikkos unknown small bird. In ornithology triccus signifies tyrant flycatcher; "Lathrotriccus, new genus Type species. - Empidochanes Euleri Cabanis (1968 [sic]: 195). ... Etymology. - From a combination of two Greek words, lathrios, meaning secret or hidden (alluding in this instance not to the bird's habits but to its obscurity within the genus Empidonax), and triccus, meaning small bird" (W. Lanyon & S. Lanyon 1986).
Euler's Flycatcher (Euler's)
SCI Name: Lathrotriccus euleri euleri/argentinus
LATHROTRICCUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Euler's Flycatcher L. euleri) Gr. λαθραιος lathraios or (later form) λαθριος lathrios secret; τρικκος trikkos unknown small bird. In ornithology triccus signifies tyrant flycatcher; "Lathrotriccus, new genus Type species. - Empidochanes Euleri Cabanis (1968 [sic]: 195). ... Etymology. - From a combination of two Greek words, lathrios, meaning secret or hidden (alluding in this instance not to the bird's habits but to its obscurity within the genus Empidonax), and triccus, meaning small bird" (W. Lanyon & S. Lanyon 1986).
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)