Gray-bellied Shrike-Tyrant

SCI Name:  Agriornis micropterus
Protonym:  Agriornis microptera Zool.Voy.Beagle[Darwin] pt9 p.57 pl.12
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Agriornis
Taxonomy Code:  gybsht1
Type Locality:  Port Desire, Patagonia, Argentina.
Author:  Gould
Publish Year:  1839
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

AGRIORNIS
(Tyrannidae; † Grey-bellied Shrike Tyrant A. micropterus) Gr. αγριος agrios  fierce; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos  bird; "Birds Pl. 12.  Agriornis micropterus.   ...   Birds Pl. 13.  Agriornis leucurus." (Gould in Darwin 1839 (January)); “GENUS. — AGRIORNIS. Gould.  Tyrannus, Eyd. & Gerv.  Pepoaza, D'Orb. & Lafr.   ...  Mr. Gould observes that the members of this genus are remarkable for their robust form and for their strength and magnitude of their bills; and their habits strictly accord with their structure, as they are fierce and courageous.   ...   1. AGRIORNIS GUTTURALIS. Gould.  ...  My specimens were obtained near Valparaiso in Chile.  I saw it as far north as the valley of Copiapó.  I was assured by the inhabitants that it is a very fierce bird, and that it will attack and kill the young of other birds.    2. AGRIORNIS STRIATUS. Gould.  ...   3. AGRIORNIS MICROPTERUS. Gould.  ...   4. AGRIORNIS MARITIMUS. G. R. Gray.  ...  Agriornis leucurus.  Gould's MSS., and on Pl. xiii.” (Gould in Darwin 1839 (July)); "Agriornis GOULD in Darwin, Zool. Beagle, 3, Part 6, pl. 12, 13, Jan. 1839— type (present designation ^a) Agriornis micropterus GOULD.  ...  ^a Gray's action (Cat. Gen. Subgen. Birds, p. 41, 1855) in selecting "Tyrannus" lividus KITTLITZ as genotype is invalid, since the genus as originally proposed in January 1839, contained only A. micropterus and A. leucurus.  The corresponding section of the letter press of the Zoology of the Beagle (pp. 33-56) was not published until July 1839." (Hellmayr, 1927, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. V, 1); "Agriornis Gould, in Darwin, 1839, Zool. Beagle, pt. 3, Birds, pls. 12, 13.  Type, by subsequent designation (Hellmayr, 1927, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 5, p. 1), Agriornis micropterus Gould." (Traylor in Peters, 1979, VIII, p. 165).
Synon. Tamnolanius.

micropterus
Gr. μικροπτερα mikroptera  small-winged  < μικρος mikros  small; -πτερος -pteros  -winged  < πτερον pteron  wing.

Micropterus
(syn. Tachyeres Ϯ Falkland Islands Steamer Duck T. brachypterus) Gr. μικροπτερα mikroptera   small-winged  < μικρος mikros  small; -πτερος -pteros  -winged  < πτερον pteron  wing; "VII^e Sous-Genre. MICROPTÈRE, micropterus.  Bec court, presque conique, très haut à la base, à arête formant presque une ligne droite; narines médianes; tarses courts, réticulés, emplumés jusqu'aux genoux; ailes impropres au vol.  Type: le CANARD AUX AILES COURTES, anas brachyptera, Lath., Quoy et Gaim., pl. 39, Zool. de l'Uranie, des îles Malouines; race-horse de Cook" (Lesson 1828).

SUBSPECIES

Gray-bellied Shrike-Tyrant (andecola)
SCI Name: Agriornis micropterus andecola
andecola / andecolus
French Andes  Andes; L. -cola  dweller  < colere  to dwell in.

Gray-bellied Shrike-Tyrant (micropterus)
SCI Name: Agriornis micropterus micropterus
micropterus
Gr. μικροπτερα mikroptera  small-winged  < μικρος mikros  small; -πτερος -pteros  -winged  < πτερον pteron  wing.