Greater Wagtail-Tyrant

SCI Name:  Stigmatura budytoides
Protonym:  C[ulicivora] budytoides Mag.Zool. 7 cl.2 p.56
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Stigmatura
Taxonomy Code:  grwtyr1
Type Locality:  Valle Grande, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
Author:  d''Orbigny & Lafresnaye
Publish Year:  1837
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

STIGMATURA
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Greater Wagtail Tyrant S. budytoides) Gr. στιγμα stigma, στιγματος stigmatos  spot  < στιζω stizō  to tattoo; ουρα oura  tail; "104. STIGMATURA BUDYTOIDES.   ...   The characters of the genus Stigmatura, as we propose to call this form, consist (1) in the very short wings, the longest primaries (third and fourth) hardly exceeding the longest secondaries; (2) in the very long tail, formed by graduated feathers (much as in Anæretes agilis); and (3) in the long strong tarsi and short hind claw.  Anæretes agilis has similar tarsi, but the hind claw is much stronger and longer.  Stigmatura is further remarkable for the black and white banded tail, which is unlike anything in the whole group of Tyrannidæ; it is very different in style of coloration to Anæretes, and in this respect comes nearer to Hapalocercus." (P. Sclater & Salvin 1866); "Stigmatura Sclater and Salvin, 1866, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 188. Type, by monotypy, Culicivora budytoides d'Orbigny and Lafresnaye." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 44).

stigmatura
Gr. στιγμα stigma, στιγματος stigmatos  spot  < στιζω stizō  to tattoo;
-ουρος -ouros  -tailed  < ουρα oura  tail.

budytoides
Genus Budytes Cuvier 1817, yellow wagtail; Gr. -οιδης -oidēs  resembling; "G.  CULICIVORA. Swainson.   ...   2. C. budytoides, Nob. — Longitudine caudæ coloribusque cum Motacilla flava aut boarula hæc species congruit, supra fusco-murina fronte superciliisque pallide" (d'Orbigny & de La Fresnaye 1837) (Stigmatura).

SUBSPECIES

Greater Wagtail-Tyrant (Greater)
SCI Name: Stigmatura budytoides [budytoides Group]
STIGMATURA
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Greater Wagtail Tyrant S. budytoides) Gr. στιγμα stigma, στιγματος stigmatos  spot  < στιζω stizō  to tattoo; ουρα oura  tail; "104. STIGMATURA BUDYTOIDES.   ...   The characters of the genus Stigmatura, as we propose to call this form, consist (1) in the very short wings, the longest primaries (third and fourth) hardly exceeding the longest secondaries; (2) in the very long tail, formed by graduated feathers (much as in Anæretes agilis); and (3) in the long strong tarsi and short hind claw.  Anæretes agilis has similar tarsi, but the hind claw is much stronger and longer.  Stigmatura is further remarkable for the black and white banded tail, which is unlike anything in the whole group of Tyrannidæ; it is very different in style of coloration to Anæretes, and in this respect comes nearer to Hapalocercus." (P. Sclater & Salvin 1866); "Stigmatura Sclater and Salvin, 1866, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 188. Type, by monotypy, Culicivora budytoides d'Orbigny and Lafresnaye." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 44).

Greater Wagtail-Tyrant (Caatinga)
SCI Name: Stigmatura budytoides gracilis
gracilis
L. gracilis or gracilus  slender, elegant, slim, thin.
● “has many characters in common with the Ptilotis chrysotis ... and the Ptilotis similis ... but it differs from both in the greater slenderness of its form, in its diminutive size, and, especially from the former, in the uniform colouring of its throat and abdomen” (Gould 1866) (Microptilotis).
● ex “Gracile Goatsucker” of Latham 1801 (syn. Podargus strigoides).