Flammulated Flycatcher / Deltarhynchus flammulatus
WBN 
Flammulated Flycatcher
SCI Name:
Protonym: Myiarchus flammulatus Ann.Lyc.Nat.Hist.N.Y. 11(1876) p.71,72
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Deltarhynchus
Taxonomy Code: flafly1
Type Locality: Cacoprieto, Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Author: Lawrence
Publish Year: 1875
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
DELTARHYNCHUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Flammulated Flycatcher D. flammulatus) Gr. δελτα delta delta, the letter Δ (D); ῥυγχος rhunkhos bill; "Doubt has been expressed by Messrs. SALVIN and GODMAN (Biologia Centrali-Americana, Aves, II, pt. 12, March, 1889, p. 96) as to the propriety of referring M. flammulatus LAWR. to the genus Myiarchus, and in this doubt I share so strongly that I have no hesitation in formally separating it. ... b2. Nostrils superior; width of bill at frontal feathers equal to length of gonys. (Tarsus much shorter than length of bill to rictus.) . . . . DELTARHYNCHUS. ... 4. Deltarhynchus Ridgway. Deltarhynchus RIDGW., MS. Type, Myiarchus flammulatus LAWR." (Ridgway 1893); "Deltarhynchus RIDGWAY, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 16, p. 606, Oct. 1893—type by orig. desig. Myiarchus flammulatus LAWRENCE." (Hellmayr, 1927, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. V, p. 188). Recent molecular studies suggest that this genus should be merged with Ramphotrigon.
flammulata / flammulatus
Mod. L. flammulatus flammulated, with flame-like markings, ruddy < L. flammula little flame < dim. flamma flame < flagrare to burn.
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)
