Northern Bentbill / Oncostoma cinereigulare
WBN 
Northern Bentbill
SCI Name:
Protonym: Todirostrum cinereigulare Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1856) (1856), Pt24 no.319 p.295
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Oncostoma
Taxonomy Code: norben1
Type Locality: Cordoba, Veracruz, Mexico.
Author: Sclater, PL
Publish Year: 1857
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
ONCOSTOMA
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Northern Bentbill O. cinereigulare) Gr. ογκος onkos bulk, weight; στομα stoma, στοματος stomatos mouth; "98. TODIROSTRUM CINEREIGULARE, sp. nov. ... rostro compressiusculo, crassiusculo; culmen carinato, incurvo ... This Todirostrum differs slightly in the form of the bill from the ordinary members of the genus, that part being rather thicker, and with the culmen elevated and more incurved than in the typical species of the group." (P. Sclater 1856); "Genus ONCOSTOMA. 1269. ONCOSTOMA CINEREIGULARE. Todirostrum cinereigulare, Sclater, P.Z.S. 1856, p. 295." (P. Sclater 1862); "Oncostoma Sclater, 1862, Cat. Coll. Amer. Birds, p. 208. Type, by monotypy, Todirostrum cinereigulare Sclater." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 78).
cinereigulare / cinereigularis
L. cinereus ash-coloured < cinis, cineris ashes; Mod. L. gularis throated < L. gula throat.
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)
