Hangnest Tody-Tyrant

SCI Name:  Hemitriccus nidipendulus
Protonym:  E[uscarthmus] nidipendulus Beitr.Naturgesch.Brasil. 3 p.950
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Hemitriccus
Taxonomy Code:  hattyr1
Type Locality:  Rio Mucuri and interior of Bahia, Brazil; restricted to Rio Mucuri by Pinto, 1944, Cat. Aves do Brasil (Publ. Dept. ZooL, Sao Paulo), pt. 2, p. 230.
Author:  zu Wied
Publish Year:  1831
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

HEMITRICCUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Drab-breasted Bamboo Tyrant H. diops) Gr. ἡμι- hēmi-  small  < ἡμισυς hēmisus  half; τρικκος trikkos  unidentified small bird. In ornithology triccus signifies tyrant flycatcher; "PHYLLOSCARTES   ...   In ihre Nähe würden zu stellen sein die Genera:  Hemitriccus Nob. (von ἡμι, halb und τρικκος = Todus).  (Musciphaga (!) Less. 1831).  Von Euscarthmus durch längere Flügel, stärken und breitern Schwanz und grössere Entwickelung der Bartborsten verschieden:   H. diops. — Muscicapa diops "Natt." Temm. Pl. col. 144.1. — Todirostrum diops Lafr. R. Z. 1846. p. 365. 13. — Euscarthmus vilis Burm. Th. Bras. II. p. 490. — Muscicapa vilis Licht. in Mus. Berol. (Brasilien)." (Cabanis & Heine 1859); "Hemitriccus Cabanis and Heine, 1859, Museum Heineanum, II, p. 52.  New name for Musciphaga Lesson, 1837, considered barbarous." (JAJ 2021).
Var. Hemitriscus.   
Synon. Andinotriccus, Bornscheinia, Campina, Ceratotriccus, Euscarthmornis, Idioptilon, Inambariornis, Microcochlearius, Musciphaga, Snethlagea, Todirhamphus.

nidipendulum / nidipendulus
L. nidus, nidi  nest; pendulus  hanging, pendulous  < pendere  to hang down.
● ex “Icterus minor, nidum suspendens” of Ray 1713, and “Witchy Picket”, “Spanish Nightingale”, and “American Hangnest” of Sloane 1725 (unident.?Icterus sp.).

SUBSPECIES

Hangnest Tody-Tyrant (nidipendulus)
SCI Name: Hemitriccus nidipendulus nidipendulus
nidipendulum / nidipendulus
L. nidus, nidi  nest; pendulus  hanging, pendulous  < pendere  to hang down.
● ex “Icterus minor, nidum suspendens” of Ray 1713, and “Witchy Picket”, “Spanish Nightingale”, and “American Hangnest” of Sloane 1725 (unident.?Icterus sp.).

Hangnest Tody-Tyrant (paulistus)
SCI Name: Hemitriccus nidipendulus paulistus
paulista / paulistus
São Paulo, Brazil.