Lesser Kiskadee / Pitangus lictor
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Lesser Kiskadee
SCI Name:
Protonym: L[anius] Lictor Verz.Doubl.Zool.Mus.Berlin p.49
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Pitangus
Taxonomy Code: leskis1
Type Locality: Para [= Belem] , Brazil.
Author: Lichtenstein, MHC
Publish Year: 1823
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PITANGUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Great Kiskadee P. sulphuratus) Tupí name Pitanguá guacú for a large flycatcher, perhaps the Great Kiskadee (cf. “forest of Pitanga, about twenty leagues west of Bahia” (Swainson 1820-1823)); "PITANGUS. Rostrum magnum. Alæ mediocres, remigum pogoniis internis immarginatis, apice obtusis. Cauda æqualis. Pedes subbreves, fortes. ... Type. Tyrannus sulphuratus. Vieill. Ois. de L'Am. pl. 47." (Swainson 1827).
Synon. Apolites, Saurophagus.
lictor
L. lictor, lictoris lictor, magistrate’s attendant who bore the rods of office and carried out sentences and executions.
SUBSPECIES
Lesser Kiskadee (panamensis)
SCI Name: Pitangus lictor panamensis
panama / panamense / panamensis
Panama (said to be the name of a fishing village meaning "plenty of fish").
Lesser Kiskadee (lictor)
SCI Name: Pitangus lictor lictor
lictor
L. lictor, lictoris lictor, magistrate’s attendant who bore the rods of office and carried out sentences and executions.
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)
