Greenish Tyrannulet / Phyllomyias virescens
Greenish Tyrannulet
SCI Name:
Protonym: Muscicapa virescens Pl.Col. livr.46 textpl.275 fig.3
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Phyllomyias
Taxonomy Code: gretyr1
Type Locality: Brazil; restricted to Curytiba, Parana, by Hellmayr, 1927, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 5, p. 461.
Author: Temminck
Publish Year: 1824
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PHYLLOMYIAS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Planalto Tyrannulet P. fasciatus brevirostris) Gr. φυλλον phullon leaf; Mod. L. myias flycatcher < Gr. μυια muia, μυιας muias fly; πιαζω piazō to seize; "Gen. PHYLLOMYIAS *) nov. gen. — Laub-Fliegenstecher. 196. 1. P. brevirostris **) Nob. Platyrhynchus brevirostris Spix Av. Bras. II. p. 13. t. 15. 2. — Muscipeta asilus Wied Beitr. III. p. 894. — Muscicapa virescens "Natt." Temm. Pl. col. 275. 3. — Tyrannulus virescens Id. Tabl. méth. p. 27. — Muscicapa olivacea Orb. & Lafr. Syn. p. 54. 14. — Muscicapara boliviana Orb. Voy. p. 328. 244. — Myiobius asilus Gray Gen. B. I. p. 249. 68. — Elania virescens Id. l. l. p. 250. 6. — Elania olivacea Id. l. l. p. 251. 26. — Leptopogon olivaceus Bp. Consp. I. p. 186. — Muscicapa pusio Licht. in Mus. Berol. ... 197. 2. P. Burmeisteri ***) Nob. Elaenea brevirostris Burm. (nec Spix) Th. Bras. II. p. 479. ... *) Von φυλλον (Laub) und μυιας (= Muscicapa). Diese Gattung umfasst kleinere Formen von Elaïnea mit kurzem, breitem, weniger hohem Schnabel und meist olivengrünem Gefieder ohne dunklere Kappe." (Cabanis & Heine 1859); "Phyllomyias Cabanis and Heine, 1859, Mus. Heineanum, 2, p. 57. Type, by subsequent designation (Sclater, 1888, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 14, p. 121), "P. brevirostris" = Platyrhynchus brevirostris Spix." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 3).
Synon. Acrochordopus, Idiotriccus, Oreomyias, Oreotriccus, Tyranniscus, Xanthomyias.
virescens
L. virescens, virescentis greenish < virescere to become green < virere to be green.
● ex “Agile Parrot” of Latham 1781, and “Petit Perroquet verd” of Levaillant 1801-1805 (syn. Amazona agilis).
● ex “Psittaca cayenensis” of Brisson 17690, “Petite perruche verte de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 359, “Perruche à ailes variées” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Yellow-winged Parrakeet” of Latham 1781 (syn. Brotogeris versicolurus).
● "76. ARDEA. ... virescens. 15. A. occipite subcristato, dorso viridi, pectore rufescente. Ardea stellaris minor. Sloan. jam. 3. p. 315. t. 263. Raj. av. 189. n. 2. Catesb. car. 1. p. 80. t. 80. Habitat in America." (Linnaeus 1758) (subsp. Butorides striata).
● ex Muscicapa querula A. Wilson, 1810 (Empidonax).
● ex “Tordo Dragon” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 65 (Pseudoleistes).
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)