Ruddy Tody-Flycatcher / Poecilotriccus russatus
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Ruddy Tody-Flycatcher
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Protonym: Euscarthmus russatus Ibis p.445
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Poecilotriccus
Taxonomy Code: rudtof1
Type Locality: Mt. Roraima, 6,000 ft., British Guiana [= Venezuela] .
Author: Salvin & Godman
Publish Year: 1884
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
POECILOTRICCUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Rufous-crowned Tody Tyrant P. ruficeps) Gr. ποικιλος poikilos variegated; τρικκος trikkos unidentified small bird. In ornithology triccus signifies tyrant flycatcher; "79. Poecilotriccus*) lenzi sp. nov. ... P. P. rufigeni ex Ecuad. occ. maxime affinis, sed pileo capitisque lateribus clarius rufo-castaneis, pileo rufo magis ad nucham protenso, gula solum in medio linea transversa rufescente ornata (neque gula superiore tota nisi mento-rufo-castanea), abdomine clarius flavo, tectricibus alarum superioribus anterioribus apicibus rufescentibus, rectricibus externis apice extus late flavescente marginatis necnon alis longioribus distinguendus. ... *) Poecilotriccus nov. gen. Berlepsch von ποικιλος (bunt) und triccus (nom. propr.) (rostro gracili inter genera Todirostrum et Euscarthmus intermedium)." (von Berlepsch 1884); "Poecilotriccus Berlepsch, 1884, Journ. f. Ornith., 32, p. 298. Type, by monotypy, "Poecilotriccus lenzi sp. nov." = Todirostrum lenzi Berlepsch = Todirhamphus ruficeps Kaup." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 76).
Synon. Krotalotriccus, Lanyonia, Physatriccus.
russata / russatum / russatus
L. russatus clothed in red, reddened < russus russet.
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)
