Long-crested Pygmy-Tyrant / Lophotriccus eulophotes
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Long-crested Pygmy-Tyrant
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Protonym: Lophotriccus eulophotes Proc.Biol.Soc.Wash. 38 p.93
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Lophotriccus
Taxonomy Code: lcptyr1
Type Locality: Hyutanahan [= Hiutanaa] , Rio Purus, Amazonas, Brazil.
Author: Todd
Publish Year: 1925
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
LOPHOTRICCUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Scale-crested Pygmy Tyrant L. pileatus squamaecrista) Gr. λοφος lophos crest; τρικκος trikkos unidentified small bird. In ornithology triccus signifies tyrant flycatcher; "80. LOPHOTRICCUS1 SQUAMICRISTATUS (Lafr.). ... 1 Lophotriccus, nov. gen., Berlepsch. λοφος = huppe; τρικκος, nom propre. Les espèces: 1. L. spicifer (Lafr.); 2. L. squamicristatus (Lafr.)" (von Berlepsch 1883); "Lophotriccus Berlepsch, 1883, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 553. Type, by subsequent designation (Sharpe, 1884, Zool. Record for 1883, Aves, p. 34). "Lophotriccus squamicristatus (Lafr.)" = Todirostrum squamaecrista Lafresnaye." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 73).
Synon. Colopterus, Colopteryx, Cometornis, Orchilus.
eulophota / eulophotes
Gr. ευλοφος eulophos well-plumed, well-crested < ευ eu good; λοφος lophos crest; -οτης -otēs featuring, quality.
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)
