Northern Scrub-Flycatcher

SCI Name:  Sublegatus arenarum
Protonym:  Elainea arenarum Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt2 p.190
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Sublegatus
Taxonomy Code:  nosfly1
Type Locality:  Punta Arenas, Costa Rica.
Author:  Salvin
Publish Year:  1863
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

SUBLEGATUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Northern Scrub Flycatcher S. arenarum glaber) L. sub  near to; genus Legatus Sclater, 1859, piratic flycatcher; “76. SUBLEGATUS GLABER, sp. et gen. nov.  (Pl. XIII. fig. 2.)  Apparently the adult of the bird numbered 1340a in Sclater's 'American Catalogue.' It is not quite a Legatus, and in some aspects comes nearer to Elainea; but we are not able to refer it satisfactorily to any other genus. We propose, therefore, to give it a new name, with the following characters:—  SUBLEGATUS, gen. nov.  Habitus generalis Elaineæ, sed narium aperturis seorsum versis, rotundatis et omnino patentibus.  Rostrum aliter fere sicut in genere Legato, sed magis depressum.  Rictus setis paucis et inconspicuis armatus.  Alæ subbreves: remige tertio quarto et quinto æqualibus et longissimis, primo nonum fere æquante: secundo sextum paulo excedente.  Cauda longa, fere quadrata.  Tarsi sicut in Elainea, sed robustiores." (P. Sclater & Salvin 1868); "Sublegatus Sclater and Salvin, 1868, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 171. Type, by monotypy, Sublegatus glaber Sclater and Salvin." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 18).

arenarum
● L. arenarum  of the sands  < arena (properly harena)  sand (Percnostola).
● Punta Arenas, Costa Rica (Sublegatus).

SUBSPECIES

Northern Scrub-Flycatcher (arenarum)
SCI Name: Sublegatus arenarum arenarum
arenarum
● L. arenarum  of the sands  < arena (properly harena)  sand (Percnostola).
● Punta Arenas, Costa Rica (Sublegatus).

Northern Scrub-Flycatcher (atrirostris)
SCI Name: Sublegatus arenarum atrirostris
atrirostris
L. ater  black; -rostris  -billed  < rostrum  beak.

Northern Scrub-Flycatcher (glaber)
SCI Name: Sublegatus arenarum glaber
glaber
L. glaber smooth, bald, hair-less.
● ex “Smooth-billed Toucan” of Latham 1787 (syn. Pteroglossus viridis).
● “Rictus setis paucis et inconspicuis armatus” (P. Sclater & Salvin 1868) (Sublegatus).

Northern Scrub-Flycatcher (pallens)
SCI Name: Sublegatus arenarum pallens
pallens
L. pallens, pallentis  pale-coloured, greenish, yellowish  < pallere  to be pale.

Northern Scrub-Flycatcher (tortugensis)
SCI Name: Sublegatus arenarum tortugensis
tortugae / tortugensis
● Isla Tortuga, Baja California, Mexico (Spanish tortuga  turtle) (subsp. Amphispiza bilineata).
● Isla La Tortuga, Venezuela (subsp. Eupsittula pertinax, subsp. Sublegatus arenarum, subsp. Tiaris bicolor).
● Tortuga I. (= Tortue), Hispaniola (subsp. Vireo griseus).

Northern Scrub-Flycatcher (orinocensis)
SCI Name: Sublegatus arenarum orinocensis
orinocensis
Río Orinoco, Venezuela.