Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet / Phylloscartes ventralis
Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet
SCI Name:
Protonym: Muscicapa ventralis Pl.Col. livr.46 textpl.275 fig.2
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Phylloscartes
Taxonomy Code: moctyr2
Type Locality: Brazil; Ipanema, Sao Paulo, designated as type locality by Hellmayr, 1927, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 5, p. 350.
Author: Temminck
Publish Year: 1824
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PHYLLOSCARTES
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet P. ventralis) Gr. φυλλον phullon leaf; σκαιρω skairō to skip, to dance; "Gen. PHYLLOSCARTES **) nov. gen. — Laub-Tachuri. 183. 1. P. ventralis Nob. Muscicapa ventralis "Natt." Temm. Pl. col. 275. 2. — Tyrannulus ventralis Id. Tabl. méth. p. 27. — Elania ventralis Gray Gen. B. I. p. 250. 15. — Leptopogon ventralis Bp. Consp. I. p. 186. — Euscarthmus ventralis Burm. Th. Bras. II. p. 491. ... **) Von φυλλον (Laub) und σκαρτης (Springer). Diese Gattung erinnert im Gefieder schon ganz an Leptopogon, hat aber einen breitern Schnabel mit weniger abgerundeter Firste und zeigt auch noch die für die Todinae characteristischen hohen Läufe." (Cabanis & Heine 1859); "Phylloscartes Cabanis and Heine, 1859, Mus. Heineanum, 2, p. 52. Type, by monotypy, Muscicapa ventralis Temminck." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 63).
Synon. Guracava, Leptotriccus, Phyllooecia.
ventralis
L. ventralis of the belly, ventral, -bellied < venter, ventris belly.
● ex “Perroquet à ventre pourpre de la Martinique” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 548 (Amazona).
● ex “Tourterelle du Canada” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 176 (syn. Ectopistes migratorius).
● ex “Pie à Culotte de Peau” of Levaillant 1800, pl. 55 (artefact).
SUBSPECIES
Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet (angustirostris)
SCI Name: Phylloscartes ventralis angustirostris
angustirostris
L. angustus narrow; -rostris -billed < rostrum beak.
● ex “Trepadore comun” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 242 (Lepidocolaptes).
Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet (tucumanus)
SCI Name: Phylloscartes ventralis tucumanus
tucumana / tucumanum / tucumanus
Tucumán Province, Argentina.
Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet (ventralis)
SCI Name: Phylloscartes ventralis ventralis
ventralis
L. ventralis of the belly, ventral, -bellied < venter, ventris belly.
● ex “Perroquet à ventre pourpre de la Martinique” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 548 (Amazona).
● ex “Tourterelle du Canada” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 176 (syn. Ectopistes migratorius).
● ex “Pie à Culotte de Peau” of Levaillant 1800, pl. 55 (artefact).
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)