Rufous-capped Motmot / Baryphthengus ruficapillus
Rufous-capped Motmot
SCI Name:
Protonym: Baryphonus ruficapillus Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 21 p.315
Taxonomy: Coraciiformes / Momotidae / Baryphthengus
Taxonomy Code: rucmot2
Type Locality: No locality = vicinity of Lima, Perti, ex Levaillant, Hist. Nat. Ois. Paradis, etc. pi. 39. Error = southeastern Brazil.
Author: Vieillot
Publish Year: 1818
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
BARYPHTHENGUS
(Momotidae; Ϯ Rufous-capped Motmot B. ruficapillus) Gr. βαρυφθογγος baruphthongos and βαρυφθεγκτης baruphthenktēs deep-toned < βαρυς barus grave, heavy; φθεγγομαι phthengomai to speak; "Gen. BARYPHTHENGUS *) Nob. — Taquara. Baryphonus Bp. 1854 (nec Vieill. 1816). 350. 1. B. ruficapillus Nob. Tutu Azar. Apunt. no. 52. — ?Motmot dombé Levaill. Ois. Par., Roll. &c. I. p. 113. t. 39. — Scl. Rev. Momot. p. 11. I. — Motmot oranroux Levaill. Hist. Nat. Promer. & Guêp. III. Suppl. p. 41. t. B. — ?Baryphonus ruficapillus Vieill. N. D. XXI. p. 315. — Id. Enc. p. 898. 2. — Id. Gal. Ois. II. p. 319. t. 190. — Bp. Consp. Vol. Anis. p. 8. gen. 94. 226. — Baryphonus cyanogaster Vieill. N. D. XXI. p. 317. — Id. Enc. p. 898. 3. — Prionites ruficapillus "Ill." Licht. Doubl. p. 21. 206. — Wied Beitr. III. p. 1257. — Tsch.Consp. p. 38. 214. — Id. Faun. Per. p. 251. — Hartl. Ind. Azar. p. 4. — ?Bp. Consp. I. p. 165. gen. 315. 4. — Prionites tutu Ranz. Elem. Zool. III. 3. p. 157. — ?Less.Trait. p. 251. 2. — ?Prionites dombeyanus Ranz. Elem. Zool. III. 3. p. 158. — Prionites rubricapillus Steph. Gen. Z. XIV. p. 84. — ?Momotus Dombeyi Less. Man. Orn. II. p. 103. — Momotus Levaillantii Id. Descr. Mammif. & Ois. p. 265 — Gray Gen. B. I. p. 68. 5. — Id. List Spec. B. Brit. Mus. II. 1. p. 39. 4. — ?Prionites Dombeyi Sws. Class. B. II. p. 338. — ?Momotus ruficapillus Gray Gen. B. I. p. 68. 4. — Momotus tutu Less. Descr. Mammif. & Ois. p. 265. — Prionites Levaillantii Bp. Consp. I. p. 165. gen. 315. 5. — Momotus cyanogaster Scl. Rev. Momot. p. 8. 12. ... 351. 2. B. melancholicus nov. sp. ... ?Buenos Ayres ... *) Von βαρυφθεγγος = βαρυφωνος (mit tiefer Stimme)." (Cabanis & Heine 1859); "Baryphthengus Cabanis and Heine, 1859, Museum Heineanum, II, p. 114. New name for Baryphonus Bonaparte, 1854, preoccupied by Baryphonus Vieillot, 1816." (JAJ 2021).
Var. Barypthengus.
Synon. Urospatha.
ruficapilla / ruficapillum / ruficapillus
L. rufus red, ruddy, rufous; -capillus -capped < capillus hair of the head.
● ex “Tutu” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 52, and “Motmot Oranroux” of Levaillant 1806 < French orange orange; roux red (Baryphthengus).
● ex “Tordo del corona de canela” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 72 (Chrysomus).
● ex “Rousse-Tête” of Levaillant 1803, pl. 124 (syn. Cisticola fulvicapillus).
● ex “Ficedula martinicana” of Brisson 1760, “Figuier à tête rousse” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Bloody-side Warbler” of Latham 1783 and Pennant 1785 (subsp. Dendroica petechia).
● ex “Tachurí corona de canela” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 164 (syn. Euscarthmus meloryphus).
● ex “Suirirí cabeza y rabadilla de canela” (= ♀) of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 178 (syn. Knipolegus cyanirostris).
● ex “Guêpier Rousse Tête” or “Guêpier Bonelli” of Levaillant 1814, pl. 19 (syn. Merops superciliosus).
● ex “Ortolan de la Louisiane” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 158, fig. 1 (syn. Zonotrichia leucophrys).
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)