Gray-headed Tody-Flycatcher / Todirostrum poliocephalum
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Gray-headed Tody-Flycatcher
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Protonym: T[odus] poliocephalus Beitr.Naturgesch.Brasil. 3 p.964
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Todirostrum
Taxonomy Code: gyhtof1
Type Locality: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Author: zu Wied
Publish Year: 1831
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
TODIROSTRUM
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Common Tody Flycatcher T. cinereum) Genus Todus Brisson 1760, tody; L. rostrum beak; “The long spatulate bill, somewhat resembling that of the genus Todus, has been the occasion of the generic name of this group" (P. Sclater 1888); "CXLII.e Genre. GOBE-MOUCHE; Muscicapa, L. et Auct. ... 1.er Sous-genre. TODIROSTRE; Todirostrum. Bec alongé, déprimé, aplati, linguiforme; tarses minces, grêles; ailes très-courtes, brèves. 1.º Todus cinereus, Desm., pl. 2. De la Trinité, du Brésil. 2.º Todus maculatus, Desm., pl. 4. De Cayenne." (Lesson 1831); "Todirostrum Lesson, 1831, Traité Ornith., p. 384. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1840, List. Genera Birds, p. 31), "T. cinerum" Linnaeus = Todus cinereus Linnaeus." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 87).
Var. Todrirostrum, Todirostris (L. -rostris -billed).
Synon. Triccus.
poliocephala / poliocephalum
Gr. πολιος polios grey, grizzled, hoary, whitish, white; -κεφαλος -kephalos -headed < κεφαλη kephalē head.
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)
