Hispaniolan Pewee / Contopus hispaniolensis
Hispaniolan Pewee
SCI Name:
Protonym: Tyrannula carriboea (var. hispaniolensis) Proc.BostonSoc.Nat.Hist. 11(1866) p.91
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Contopus
Taxonomy Code: hispew1
Type Locality: Santo Domingo.
Author: Bryant, H
Publish Year: 1867
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CONTOPUS
(Tyrannidae; † Eastern Wood Pewee C. virens) Gr. κοντος kontos pole, shaft; πους pous, ποδος podos foot; "70. Contopus virens Cab. Muscicapa virens Lin. Gm. — Muscicapa rapax Wils. — Tyrannula virens Jard. — Myiarchus virens Cab. — Bombito. "Ist sehr selten auf Cuba" Gundl. [Diese Art bildet den Typus der Gattung Contopus. Dieselbe schliesst sich näher als die folgenden Gruppen [Myiarchus] an die Tyrannen an, durch lange spitze Flügel. Der Schwanz ist ausgerandet und die kurzen Läufe geben ein characteristisches Kennzeichen ab. Hierher gehören ferner: C. Cooperi. — Muscicapa Cooperi Nutt. C. cinereus — Platyrhynchus cinereus Spix. C. ardesiacus. — Tyrannula ardosiaca Lafr." (Cabanis 1855); "Contopus (not Contipus MARSEUL, 1853) CABANIS, Journ. Orn., 3, p. 479, 1855— type by orig. desig. Muscicapa virens LINNAEUS." (Hellmayr, 1927, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. V, 190); "Contopus Cabanis, 1855, Journ. f. Ornith., 3, p. 479. Type, by original designation, Muscicapa virens Linnaeus." (Traylor in Peters, 1979, VIII, p. 127).
Var. Contopes, Conchopus.
Synon. Blacicus, Capnixus, Horizopus, Myiochanes, Nuttallornis, Planchesia, Syrichta, Syrichtha.
hispaniolensis
Mod. L. Hispaniolensis Spanish or Hispaniolan < L. Hispania Spain.
● San Domingo (= Isla Española = Hispaniola) (Contopus, ?syn. Vireo olivaceus (ex “Merula olivacea dominicensis” of Brisson, “Merle olive de St. Domingue” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 273, fig. 1, and “Hispaniola Thrush” of Latham 1783)).
● Spain (Passer).
● Erroneous TL. San Domingo (= Peru) (Poospiza).
SUBSPECIES
Hispaniolan Pewee (hispaniolensis)
SCI Name: Contopus hispaniolensis hispaniolensis
hispaniolensis
Mod. L. Hispaniolensis Spanish or Hispaniolan < L. Hispania Spain.
● San Domingo (= Isla Española = Hispaniola) (Contopus, ?syn. Vireo olivaceus (ex “Merula olivacea dominicensis” of Brisson, “Merle olive de St. Domingue” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 273, fig. 1, and “Hispaniola Thrush” of Latham 1783)).
● Spain (Passer).
● Erroneous TL. San Domingo (= Peru) (Poospiza).
Hispaniolan Pewee (tacitus)
SCI Name: Contopus hispaniolensis tacitus
tacitus
L. tacitus silent, concealed, unmentioned < tacere to be silent.
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)