Ornate Flycatcher

SCI Name:  Myiotriccus ornatus
Protonym:  Tyrannula ornata Rev.Mag.Zool.(2), 5 p.57
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Myiotriccus
Taxonomy Code:  ornfly1
Type Locality:  'Colombia vel in Rio Negro?''; restricted to Bogota by Hellmayr, 1927, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 5, p. 241.
Author:  Lafresnaye
Publish Year:  1853
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

MYIOTRICCUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Eastern Ornate Flycatcher M. phoenicurus) Gr. μυια muia, μυιας muias  fly; τρικκος trikkos  unidentified small bird. In ornithology triccus signifies tyrant flycatcher; "Myiotriccus gen. nov.  (Tryannidæ.[sic])   Similar to Aphanotriccus in those structural characters which separate the latter from Myiobius, but outermost primaries longer (tenth equal to second or third, ninth longer than fifth or sixth), tail much shorter than wing to end of distal secondaries, a yellow spot on crown and rump (as in Myiobius), and tail at least partly rufous.   Type, Tyrannula phœnicura Sclater.   (Mυια, a fly; τρικκος, a small bird.)  Species: Myiotriccus ornatus (Lafresnaye), Myiotriccus stellatus (Cabanis), Myiotriccus phœnicurus (Sclater), Myiotriccus aureiventris (Sclater)." (Ridgway 1905).

ornatum / ornatus
L. ornatus  ornate, adorned, decorated, splendid, embellished  < ornare  to adorn.
● ex “Choucador” of Levaillant 1801, pl. 86 (Lamprotornis).
● ex “Oiseau-mouche dit Hupecol de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 640, fig. 3 (Lophornis).
● ex “Oiseau-mouche dit Hupecol de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 640, fig. 3, “Hupecol” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Tufted-necked Humming-bird” of Latham 1782 (syn. Lophornis ornatus).
● ex “Variegated Bee-eater” of Latham 1801 (Merops).
● ex “Aigle moyen de la Guiane” of Mauduyt de la Varenne 1784, and “Autour Huppé” of Levaillant 1798, pl. 26 (Spizaetus).
● "44. PSITTACUS.  ...  ornatus.  14. P. macrourus luteo-viridis, occipite gula pectoreque rubris, vertice auribusque cæruleis.  Psittacus minor e coccineo viridis. Edw. av. 174. t. 174.  Habitat in America." (Linnaeus 1758) (Trichoglossus).

SUBSPECIES

Ornate Flycatcher (Western)
SCI Name: Myiotriccus ornatus ornatus/stellatus
MYIOTRICCUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Eastern Ornate Flycatcher M. phoenicurus) Gr. μυια muia, μυιας muias  fly; τρικκος trikkos  unidentified small bird. In ornithology triccus signifies tyrant flycatcher; "Myiotriccus gen. nov.  (Tryannidæ.[sic])   Similar to Aphanotriccus in those structural characters which separate the latter from Myiobius, but outermost primaries longer (tenth equal to second or third, ninth longer than fifth or sixth), tail much shorter than wing to end of distal secondaries, a yellow spot on crown and rump (as in Myiobius), and tail at least partly rufous.   Type, Tyrannula phœnicura Sclater.   (Mυια, a fly; τρικκος, a small bird.)  Species: Myiotriccus ornatus (Lafresnaye), Myiotriccus stellatus (Cabanis), Myiotriccus phœnicurus (Sclater), Myiotriccus aureiventris (Sclater)." (Ridgway 1905).

Ornate Flycatcher (Eastern)
SCI Name: Myiotriccus ornatus phoenicurus/aureiventris
MYIOTRICCUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Eastern Ornate Flycatcher M. phoenicurus) Gr. μυια muia, μυιας muias  fly; τρικκος trikkos  unidentified small bird. In ornithology triccus signifies tyrant flycatcher; "Myiotriccus gen. nov.  (Tryannidæ.[sic])   Similar to Aphanotriccus in those structural characters which separate the latter from Myiobius, but outermost primaries longer (tenth equal to second or third, ninth longer than fifth or sixth), tail much shorter than wing to end of distal secondaries, a yellow spot on crown and rump (as in Myiobius), and tail at least partly rufous.   Type, Tyrannula phœnicura Sclater.   (Mυια, a fly; τρικκος, a small bird.)  Species: Myiotriccus ornatus (Lafresnaye), Myiotriccus stellatus (Cabanis), Myiotriccus phœnicurus (Sclater), Myiotriccus aureiventris (Sclater)." (Ridgway 1905).