Ochraceous-breasted Flycatcher / Nephelomyias ochraceiventris

Ochraceous-breasted Flycatcher / Nephelomyias ochraceiventris

Ochraceous-breasted Flycatcher

SCI Name:  Nephelomyias ochraceiventris
Protonym:  Mitrephorus ochraceiventris J.Orn. 21 p.320
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Tyrannidae /
Taxonomy Code:  ocbfly2
Type Locality:  Maraynioc, Junin, Peru.
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Publish Year:  1873
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DEFINITIONS

NEPHELOMYIAS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Ochraceous-breasted Flycatcher N. ochraceiventris) Gr. νεφελη nephelē  cloud; Mod. L. myias  flycatcher  < Gr. μυια muia, μυιας muias  fly; πιαζω piazō  to seize; "Nephelomyias, gen. nov. Ohlson, Fjeldså & Ericson.  Type species: Mitrephorus ochraceiventris Cabanis, 1873.  ... Etymology: The genus name Nephelomyias (from Gr. Nephéle = cloud, mod. L. myias = a flycatcher) highlights the restricted Andean cloud forest canopy habitat of all three species. The name is masculine in gender" (Ohlson et al. 2009).

ochraceiventer / ochraceiventris
Mod. L. ochraceus  ochraceous  < L. ochra  ochre  < Gr. ωχρα ōkhra  yellow ochre; L. venter, ventris  belly.