Lesser Antillean Pewee / Contopus latirostris
Lesser Antillean Pewee
SCI Name:
Protonym: Myiobius latirostris Nouv.Arch.Mus.Hist.Nat.Bull. 2 p.22 pl.3 fig.2
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Contopus
Taxonomy Code: leapew1
Type Locality: St. Lucia.
Author: Verreaux, J
Publish Year: 1866
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.
latirostra / latirostre / latirostris
L. latus broad; -rostris -billed < rostrum beak.
● ex “Canard du nord” or “Marchand” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 995 (syn. Melanitta perspicillata).
SUBSPECIES
Lesser Antillean Pewee (Lesser Antilles)
SCI Name: Contopus latirostris brunneicapillus
brunneicapilla / brunneicapillum / brunneicapillus
Mod. L. brunneus brown < Med. L. brunius brown; L. -capillus -capped < capillus hair of the head.
Lesser Antillean Pewee (Puerto Rico)
SCI Name: Contopus latirostris blancoi
blancoi
Tomás Blanco (fl. 1874) apothecary in San Juan, Puerto Rico (subsp. Contopus latirostris).
Lesser Antillean Pewee (St. Lucia)
SCI Name: Contopus latirostris latirostris
latirostra / latirostre / latirostris
L. latus broad; -rostris -billed < rostrum beak.
● ex “Canard du nord” or “Marchand” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 995 (syn. Melanitta perspicillata).
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)