Rough-legged Tyrannulet / Phyllomyias burmeisteri

Rough-legged Tyrannulet / Phyllomyias burmeisteri

Rough-legged Tyrannulet

SCI Name:  Phyllomyias burmeisteri
Protonym:  P[hyllomyias] Burmeisteri Mus.Hein. 2 p.57
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Tyrannidae /
Taxonomy Code:  roltyr1
Type Locality:  Brazil; restricted Rio de Janeiro by Pinto, 1944, Cat. Aves Brasil (Publ. Dept. ZooL, Sao Paulo), pt. 2, p. 298.
Author:  
Publish Year:  1859
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DEFINITIONS

PHYLLOMYIAS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Planalto Tyrannulet P. fasciatus brevirostris) Gr. φυλλον phullon  leaf; Mod. L. myias  flycatcher  < Gr. μυια muia, μυιας muias  fly; πιαζω piazō  to seize; "Gen. PHYLLOMYIAS *) nov. gen. — Laub-Fliegenstecher.   196.  1. P. brevirostris **) Nob.   Platyrhynchus brevirostris Spix Av. Bras. II. p. 13. t. 15. 2. — Muscipeta asilus Wied Beitr. III. p. 894. — Muscicapa virescens "Natt." Temm. Pl. col. 275. 3. — Tyrannulus virescens Id. Tabl. méth. p. 27. — Muscicapa olivacea Orb. & Lafr. Syn. p. 54. 14. — Muscicapara boliviana Orb. Voy. p. 328. 244. — Myiobius asilus Gray Gen. B. I. p. 249. 68. — Elania virescens Id. l. l. p. 250. 6. — Elania olivacea Id. l. l. p. 251. 26. — Leptopogon olivaceus Bp. Consp. I. p. 186. — Muscicapa pusio Licht. in Mus. Berol.  ...  197.  2. P. Burmeisteri ***) Nob.  Elaenea brevirostris Burm. (nec Spix) Th. Bras. II. p. 479.   ...   *) Von φυλλον (Laub) und μυιας (= Muscicapa).  Diese Gattung umfasst kleinere Formen von Elaïnea mit kurzem, breitem, weniger hohem Schnabel und meist olivengrünem Gefieder ohne dunklere Kappe." (Cabanis & Heine 1859); "Phyllomyias Cabanis and Heine, 1859, Mus. Heineanum, 2, p. 57. Type, by subsequent designation (Sclater, 1888, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 14, p. 121), "P. brevirostris" = Platyrhynchus brevirostris Spix." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 3).
Synon. Acrochordopus, Idiotriccus, Oreomyias, Oreotriccus, Tyranniscus, Xanthomyias.

burmeisteri
Prof. Dr Karl Hermann Konrad Burmeister (1807-1892) German zoologist, entomologist based in Argentina 1861-1892, explorer and collector in Brazil 1850-1852 and Argentina 1857-1860 (Chunga, syn. Geositta rufipennis, Microstilbon, Phyllomyias, subsp. Suiriri suiriri).

SUBSPECIES

Rough-legged Tyrannulet (Zeledon's)
SCI Name: Phyllomyias burmeisteri zeledoni
zeledoni
José Castulo Zeledón (1846-1923) Costa Rican businessman, naturalist, collector (Cantorchilus, syn. Chlorospingus pileatus, subsp. Cochlearius cochlearius, subsp. Cyanocorax affinis, Hafferia, Phyllomyias, subsp. Pittasoma michleri).

Rough-legged Tyrannulet (White-fronted)
SCI Name: Phyllomyias burmeisteri [leucogonys Group]
PHYLLOMYIAS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Planalto Tyrannulet P. fasciatus brevirostris) Gr. φυλλον phullon  leaf; Mod. L. myias  flycatcher  < Gr. μυια muia, μυιας muias  fly; πιαζω piazō  to seize; "Gen. PHYLLOMYIAS *) nov. gen. — Laub-Fliegenstecher.   196.  1. P. brevirostris **) Nob.   Platyrhynchus brevirostris Spix Av. Bras. II. p. 13. t. 15. 2. — Muscipeta asilus Wied Beitr. III. p. 894. — Muscicapa virescens "Natt." Temm. Pl. col. 275. 3. — Tyrannulus virescens Id. Tabl. méth. p. 27. — Muscicapa olivacea Orb. & Lafr. Syn. p. 54. 14. — Muscicapara boliviana Orb. Voy. p. 328. 244. — Myiobius asilus Gray Gen. B. I. p. 249. 68. — Elania virescens Id. l. l. p. 250. 6. — Elania olivacea Id. l. l. p. 251. 26. — Leptopogon olivaceus Bp. Consp. I. p. 186. — Muscicapa pusio Licht. in Mus. Berol.  ...  197.  2. P. Burmeisteri ***) Nob.  Elaenea brevirostris Burm. (nec Spix) Th. Bras. II. p. 479.   ...   *) Von φυλλον (Laub) und μυιας (= Muscicapa).  Diese Gattung umfasst kleinere Formen von Elaïnea mit kurzem, breitem, weniger hohem Schnabel und meist olivengrünem Gefieder ohne dunklere Kappe." (Cabanis & Heine 1859); "Phyllomyias Cabanis and Heine, 1859, Mus. Heineanum, 2, p. 57. Type, by subsequent designation (Sclater, 1888, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 14, p. 121), "P. brevirostris" = Platyrhynchus brevirostris Spix." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 3).
Synon. Acrochordopus, Idiotriccus, Oreomyias, Oreotriccus, Tyranniscus, Xanthomyias.

Rough-legged Tyrannulet (Burmeister's)
SCI Name: Phyllomyias burmeisteri burmeisteri
burmeisteri
Prof. Dr Karl Hermann Konrad Burmeister (1807-1892) German zoologist, entomologist based in Argentina 1861-1892, explorer and collector in Brazil 1850-1852 and Argentina 1857-1860 (Chunga, syn. Geositta rufipennis, Microstilbon, Phyllomyias, subsp. Suiriri suiriri).