Handsome Flycatcher

SCI Name:  Nephelomyias pulcher
Protonym:  Myiobius pulcher Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1860) (1860), Pt(28)3 p.464
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Nephelomyias
Taxonomy Code:  hanfly1
Type Locality:  Ecuador; from vicinity of Quito, fide Hellmayr, 1927, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 5, p. 248.
Author:  Sclater, PL
Publish Year:  1861
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

NEPHELOMYIAS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Ochraceous-breasted Flycatcher N. ochraceiventris) Gr. νεφελη nephelē  cloud; Mod. L. myias  flycatcher  < Gr. μυια muia, μυιας muias  fly; πιαζω piazō  to seize; "Nephelomyias, gen. nov. Ohlson, Fjeldså & Ericson.  Type species: Mitrephorus ochraceiventris Cabanis, 1873.  ... Etymology: The genus name Nephelomyias (from Gr. Nephéle = cloud, mod. L. myias = a flycatcher) highlights the restricted Andean cloud forest canopy habitat of all three species. The name is masculine in gender" (Ohlson et al. 2009).

pulcher
L. pulcher, pulchra  beautiful, handsome, bright, shining.
● ex “Merle à ventre orangé du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 358, and “Oranvert” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Spreo).

SUBSPECIES

Handsome Flycatcher (pulcher)
SCI Name: Nephelomyias pulcher pulcher
pulcher
L. pulcher, pulchra  beautiful, handsome, bright, shining.
● ex “Merle à ventre orangé du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 358, and “Oranvert” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Spreo).

Handsome Flycatcher (bellus)
SCI Name: Nephelomyias pulcher bellus
bellus
L. bellus  pretty, charming  < benus old form of bonus  good.

Handsome Flycatcher (oblitus)
SCI Name: Nephelomyias pulcher oblitus
oblita / oblitus
L. oblitus forgotten < oblivisci to forget.