Rufous Flycatcher / Myiarchus semirufus
WBN 
Rufous Flycatcher
SCI Name:
Protonym: Myiarchus semirufus Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt1 p.138 pl.11
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Myiarchus
Taxonomy Code: ruffly1
Type Locality: Pacasmayo, Peru.
Author: Sclater & Salvin
Publish Year: 1878
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
MYIARCHUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Short-crested Flycatcher M. ferox) Gr. μυια muia, μυιας muias fly; αρχος arkhos ruler, chief < αρχω arkhō to rule; "13. Gen. Myiarchus Cab. 1) Muscapa [sic] et Tyrannus Auctor. part. Tyrannula Swain. 2) 1827. Pyrocephalus Gould. 1838. 63. 1. M. ferox Cab. Muscicapa ferox Lin. Gmel. ... 64. 2. M. rufiventris Cab. Tyrannus rufiventris d'Orb. de Lafr. ... 65. 3. M. nigricans Cab. Tyrannula nigricans Swains. ... 66. 4. M. ferrugineus Cab. Todus ferrugineus Lin. Gmel. ... Tyrannus bellicosus Vieill. ... Platyrhynchus hirundinaceus Spix. ... Platyrhynchus rupestris Pr. Max. ... Hirundinea bellicosa d'Orb. de Lafr. ... Suiriri roxo oscuro Azar. ... 67. 5. M. coronatus Cab. Muscicapa coronata Lin. Gmel. ... 68. 6. M. atropurpureus Cab. Muscicapa atropurpurea Lichtenst. ... 1) μυια musca, αρχος princeps. 2) except. Muscicapa barbata Gmel. et aliae species eidem similes, quae ad genus Myiobius Gray spectant." (Cabanis 1844); "Myiarchus Cabanis, 1844, Archiv. f. Naturg., 10 (1), p. 272. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds, p. 49), Muscicapa ferox Gmelin." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 194).
Var. Myarchus.
Synon. Eribates, Hylonax, Kaupornis, Muscifur, Myionax, Onychopterus.
● (syn. Mecocerculus Ϯ White-throated Tyrannulet M. leucophrys setophagoides) "*373. Myiarchus, Bp. ex Caban. (Myiobius p. Gr.) ... 1. TYRANNULA setophagoides, Bp. Act. Ital. Ann. sext. Mediol. p. 405. sp. 30. ex S.ta Fe de Bogota. ... 2. TYRANNULA divaricata, Bp. (Pyrocephalus divaricatus, Gr.) Proc. Zool. Soc. 1837. p. 112. ex Mexico. ... An hujus generis?" (Bonaparte 1850); "Myiarchus Bonaparte, 1850 (not of Cabanis, 1844), Consp. Gen. Avium, 1, p. 188. Type, by monotypy,1 Tyrannula setophagoides Bonaparte. 1 The second species cited, Tyrannula divaraicata Bonaparte, is doubtfully referred to the new genus and hence is unavailable." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 35).
semirufa / semirufus
L. semi- half- < semis, semissis half < as, assis whole; rufus rufous.
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)
