Fire-capped Tit / Cephalopyrus flammiceps
Fire-capped Tit
SCI Name:
Protonym: Aegithalus flammiceps Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1835) (1835), Pt3 no.34 p.153
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Paridae / Cephalopyrus
Taxonomy Code: fictit1
Type Locality: Himalayas; restricted to Mussoorie by Whistler, 1924, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, 45, p. 15.
Author: Burton, E
Publish Year: 1836
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CEPHALOPYRUS
(Paridae; Ϯ Fire-capped Tit C. flammiceps) Gr. κεφαλη kephalē head; πυρρος purrhos flame-coloured, red < πυρ pur, πυρος puros flame; "Cephalopyrus flammiceps, BURTON. ... FLAME-FRONTED FLOWER-PECKER ... forehead, top of head, and chin, rich shining orange-red" (Jerdon 1863); "Réguliens ... Cette dernière n'a que trois genres: Regulus, Vieill, avec trois espèces; Reguloides, Blyth, ou Phyllobasileus, Cab., avec quatre; et Cephalopyrus, Bp., que nous instituons pour un joli petit Chanteur de l'Inde, qui n'est pas tout à fait une Mésange (1) ... (1) Parus flammiceps, Burton. (Diceum sanguinifrons, Hey), Blyth., Catalog., sp. 553. ex Masouri, As. centr." (Bonaparte 1854); "Cephalopyrus Bonaparte, 1854, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, 38, p. 62. Type, by monotypy, Aegithalus flammiceps Burton." (Snow in Peters, 1967, XII, p. 69).
Var. Cephalopyrrhus.
flammiceps
L. flamma flame < flagrare to burn; -ceps -capped, -crowned < caput, capitis head.
SUBSPECIES
Fire-capped Tit (flammiceps)
SCI Name: Cephalopyrus flammiceps flammiceps
flammiceps
L. flamma flame < flagrare to burn; -ceps -capped, -crowned < caput, capitis head.
Fire-capped Tit (olivaceus)
SCI Name: Cephalopyrus flammiceps olivaceus
olivaceum / olivaceus
Mod. L. olivaceus olive-green, olivaceous < L. oliva olive.
● ex “Merle olive des grandes Indes” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 564, fig. 1 (syn. Acritillas indica).
● ex “Oliva” of Levaillant 1801, pl. 75 (Chlorophoneus).
● ex “Crimson-breasted Woodpecker” of Latham 1782 (Geocolaptes).
● ex “Troupiale olive de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 606, fig. 2, and “Cayenne Olive Oriole” of Latham 1782 (?syn. Icterus auricapillus).
● ex “White-cheeked Crow” of Latham 1801 (Psophodes).
● ex “Perroquet de l’isle de Luçon” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 287, “Perruche aux ailes chamarées” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Lace-winged Parrakeet” of Latham 1781 (syn. Tanygnathus lucionensis).
● ex "Bruant de S. Domingue" of Brisson 1760 (Tiaris).
● ex “Merle olive du Cap de Bonne Espérance” of Brisson 1760 (Turdus).
● ex “Red-ey’d Fly-catcher” of Catesby 1731, “Muscicapa olivacea” of Edwards 1758, and “Muscicapa jamaicensis” of Brisson 1760 (Vireo).
● ex “Grimpereau olive de Madagascar” of Brisson 1760 (Zosterops).
● ex “Merula olivacea indica” of Brisson 1760 (unident.).
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)