Royal Flycatcher

SCI Name:  Onychorhynchus coronatus
Protonym:  Muscicapa coronata Natursyst.Suppl. Suppl. p.168
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Oxyruncidae / Onychorhynchus
Taxonomy Code:  royfly1
Type Locality:  Cayenne.
Author:  Statius Muller
Publish Year:  1776
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

ONYCHORHYNCHUS
(Tityridae; Ϯ Amazonian Royal Flycatcher O. coronatus) Gr. ονυξ onux, ονυχος onukhos  nail; ῥυγχος rhunkhos  bill; "[tabula 1 Aves] VI. 3.R[ostrum]. rectum et depressum.   18.   70. Todier. Todus. L.   71. Platyrhynchus. Desm.   72. Onychorhynchus. Fr.  ...  [tabula comp. avium] R[ostrum]. capite, transverse cristato, longius, unguiculatum.  ...  ONYCHORHYNCHUS. Fr." (Fischer von Waldheim 1810); "Onychorhynchus Fischer von Waldheim, 1810, Descr. Obj. Rares Mus. Hist. Nat. Univ. Imp. Moscou, 1, p. 1, pl. Type, by monotypy, Todus regius Linn. Gmel. = Muscicapa coronata Müller." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 113). It has been suggested that this genus, together with Myiobius and Terenotriccus, be moved to the Oxyruncidae, or that it be treated as a separate family Onychorhynchidae.
Var. Onyrhynchus, Onichorhynchus.
Synon. Megalophus, Muscivora, Trepsiphone.

coronatum / coronatus
L. coronatus crowned  < coronare  to crown  < corona  crown.
● ex “Perroquet Dufresne” of Levaillant 1805 (syn. Amazona dufresniana).
● ex “Calao des Philippines” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 873, “Calao de Malabar” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Pied Hornbill” of Latham 1781 (Anthracoceros).
● ex “Aguila coronada” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 7 (Harpyhaliaetus).
● ex “Tyran huppé de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 289 (Onychorhynchus).
● ex “Merle de Bengale” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 258 (syn. Pitta brachyura).
● ex “Gobe-mouche rouge huppé” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 675, fig. 2, “Rubin de la rivière des Amazones” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Round-crested Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (syn. Pyrocephalus rubinus).
● ex “Crowned Eagle” of Edwards 1758 (Stephanoaetus).
● ex “Tordo de bosque coronado y negro” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 77 (Tachyphonus).
● ex "Pluvier du cap de Bonne-Espérance" of d'Aubenton 176501781, pl. 800, "Pluvier couronné" of de Buffon 1770-1785, and "Wreathed Plover" of Latham 1785 (Vanellus).
● ex “Pepoazá coronada” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 202 (Xolmis).

SUBSPECIES

Royal Flycatcher (Northern)
SCI Name: Onychorhynchus coronatus mexicanus/fraterculus
ONYCHORHYNCHUS
(Tityridae; Ϯ Amazonian Royal Flycatcher O. coronatus) Gr. ονυξ onux, ονυχος onukhos  nail; ῥυγχος rhunkhos  bill; "[tabula 1 Aves] VI. 3.R[ostrum]. rectum et depressum.   18.   70. Todier. Todus. L.   71. Platyrhynchus. Desm.   72. Onychorhynchus. Fr.  ...  [tabula comp. avium] R[ostrum]. capite, transverse cristato, longius, unguiculatum.  ...  ONYCHORHYNCHUS. Fr." (Fischer von Waldheim 1810); "Onychorhynchus Fischer von Waldheim, 1810, Descr. Obj. Rares Mus. Hist. Nat. Univ. Imp. Moscou, 1, p. 1, pl. Type, by monotypy, Todus regius Linn. Gmel. = Muscicapa coronata Müller." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 113). It has been suggested that this genus, together with Myiobius and Terenotriccus, be moved to the Oxyruncidae, or that it be treated as a separate family Onychorhynchidae.
Var. Onyrhynchus, Onichorhynchus.
Synon. Megalophus, Muscivora, Trepsiphone.

Royal Flycatcher (Pacific)
SCI Name: Onychorhynchus coronatus occidentalis
occidentale / occidentalis
L. occidentalis  western  < occidens, occidentis  west  < occidere  to set. This toponym was frequently given to taxa discovered in locations west of previously known populations.
● Cocal, Western Andes, Colombia (Dysithamnus).
● Jamaica; ex “Onocrotalus” or “Pelecanus fuscus” of Sloane 1725, “Pelican of America” of Edwards 1747, and “Pelecanus” of Browne 1756 (Pelecanus).
● TL. Day Dawn, Western Australia; "Westralian Wedgebill" (Mathews 1912) (Psophodes).

Royal Flycatcher (Amazonian)
SCI Name: Onychorhynchus coronatus coronatus/castelnaui
ONYCHORHYNCHUS
(Tityridae; Ϯ Amazonian Royal Flycatcher O. coronatus) Gr. ονυξ onux, ονυχος onukhos  nail; ῥυγχος rhunkhos  bill; "[tabula 1 Aves] VI. 3.R[ostrum]. rectum et depressum.   18.   70. Todier. Todus. L.   71. Platyrhynchus. Desm.   72. Onychorhynchus. Fr.  ...  [tabula comp. avium] R[ostrum]. capite, transverse cristato, longius, unguiculatum.  ...  ONYCHORHYNCHUS. Fr." (Fischer von Waldheim 1810); "Onychorhynchus Fischer von Waldheim, 1810, Descr. Obj. Rares Mus. Hist. Nat. Univ. Imp. Moscou, 1, p. 1, pl. Type, by monotypy, Todus regius Linn. Gmel. = Muscicapa coronata Müller." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 113). It has been suggested that this genus, together with Myiobius and Terenotriccus, be moved to the Oxyruncidae, or that it be treated as a separate family Onychorhynchidae.
Var. Onyrhynchus, Onichorhynchus.
Synon. Megalophus, Muscivora, Trepsiphone.

Royal Flycatcher (Swainson's)
SCI Name: Onychorhynchus coronatus swainsoni
swainsoni / swainsonii
William Swainson (1789-1855) English naturalist, artist, collector (Buteo, syn. Campephaga flava, Catharus, Chlorostilbon, syn. Circus macrourus, syn. Coracina lineata, syn. Cossypha niveicapilla, syn. Criniger calurus verreauxi, syn. Doricha enicura, Gampsonyx, syn. Halcyon leucocephala pallidiventris, syn. Iduna caligata, Limnothlypis, syn. Mackenziaena severa, syn. Momotus momota bahamensis, Myiarchus (ex “Suirirí pardo amarillo menor” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 193), syn. Myrmeciza longipes (ex Myrmothera longipes Swainson, 1825), subsp. Notharchus macrorhynchos, Onychorhynchus, syn. Pachyramphus marginatus, Passer, syn. Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, syn. Phigys solitarius, syn. Philohydor lictor, syn. Phylloscopus nitidus, Polytelis, Pternistis, syn. Ptilinopus regina, subsp. Ramphastos ambiguus, syn. Struthidea cinerea, syn. Tangara sayaca, syn. Thinocorus rumicivorus, syn. Trichoglossus moluccanus, syn. Turdoides jardineii, subsp. Vireo gilvus).