Plain Tyrannulet / Inezia inornata
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Plain Tyrannulet
SCI Name:
Protonym: Serphophaga inornata Boll.Mus.Zool.Anat.Comp.Torino 12 no.292 p.13
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Inezia
Taxonomy Code: platyr1
Type Locality: San Francisco, Bolivian Chaco [= Dept. Tarija].
Author: Salvadori
Publish Year: 1897
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
INEZIA
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Pale-tipped Tyrannulet I. caudata) Enriqueta Inez Cherrie (1898-1943) daughter of US ornithologist George Cherrie; "Inezia genus novum. Type Capsiempis caudata Salvin. Superficially resembling the genus Capsiempis, but with the tarsal envelope of a distinct type, being taxaspidean. ... The rictal bristles are smaller and softer than in Capsiempis. ... Named after my daughter Enriqueta Inez Cherrie, who first saw the light of day in the region where her father met with Inezia" (Cherrie 1909); "Inezia CHERRIE, Mus. Brookl. Inst., Sci. Bull., 1, p. 390, 1909—type by orig. desig. Capsiempis caudata SALVIN." (Hellmayr, 1927, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. V, p. 389).
inornata / inornatum / inornatus
L. inornatus plain, unadorned < in- not; ornatus adorned, decorated < ornare to adorn.
● See: mavornata
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)
