Smoke-colored Pewee / Contopus fumigatus
Smoke-colored Pewee
SCI Name:
Protonym: T[yrannus] fumigatus Mag.Zool. 7 cl.2 p.43
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Contopus
Taxonomy Code: smcpew1
Type Locality: Yungas in Bolivia.
Author: d''Orbigny & Lafresnaye
Publish Year: 1837
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CONTOPUS
(Tyrannidae; † Eastern Wood Pewee C. virens) Gr. κοντος kontos pole, shaft; πους pous, ποδος podos foot; "70. Contopus virens Cab. Muscicapa virens Lin. Gm. — Muscicapa rapax Wils. — Tyrannula virens Jard. — Myiarchus virens Cab. — Bombito. "Ist sehr selten auf Cuba" Gundl. [Diese Art bildet den Typus der Gattung Contopus. Dieselbe schliesst sich näher als die folgenden Gruppen [Myiarchus] an die Tyrannen an, durch lange spitze Flügel. Der Schwanz ist ausgerandet und die kurzen Läufe geben ein characteristisches Kennzeichen ab. Hierher gehören ferner: C. Cooperi. — Muscicapa Cooperi Nutt. C. cinereus — Platyrhynchus cinereus Spix. C. ardesiacus. — Tyrannula ardosiaca Lafr." (Cabanis 1855); "Contopus (not Contipus MARSEUL, 1853) CABANIS, Journ. Orn., 3, p. 479, 1855— type by orig. desig. Muscicapa virens LINNAEUS." (Hellmayr, 1927, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. V, 190); "Contopus Cabanis, 1855, Journ. f. Ornith., 3, p. 479. Type, by original designation, Muscicapa virens Linnaeus." (Traylor in Peters, 1979, VIII, p. 127).
Var. Contopes, Conchopus.
Synon. Blacicus, Capnixus, Horizopus, Myiochanes, Nuttallornis, Planchesia, Syrichta, Syrichtha.
fumigata / fumigatus
L. fumigatus smoked < fumigavi to smoke < fumus, fumi smoke.
● ex “Grimpar Enfumé” of Levaillant 1807 (syn. Dendrocincla fuliginosa).
SUBSPECIES
Smoke-colored Pewee (ardosiacus)
SCI Name: Contopus fumigatus ardosiacus
ardoisiaceus / ardosiaca / ardosiacea / ardosiaceus / ardosiacus
Mod. L. ardosiaceus slate-coloured < French ardoisé slate-grey.
Smoke-colored Pewee (cineraceus)
SCI Name: Contopus fumigatus cineraceus
cineracea / cineraceum / cineraceus
L. cineraceus ash-grey < cinis, cineris ashes.
● ex “Cotinga cendré” of Levaillant 1801 (syn. Lipaugus vociferans).
● ex “Cinereous Godwit” of Pennant 1768, and Latham 1785 (syn. Tringa nebularia).
Smoke-colored Pewee (duidae)
SCI Name: Contopus fumigatus duidae
duidae
Cerro Duida, Amazonas, Venezuela.
Smoke-colored Pewee (zarumae)
SCI Name: Contopus fumigatus zarumae
zarumae
Zaruma, El Oro, south-western Ecuador.
Smoke-colored Pewee (fumigatus)
SCI Name: Contopus fumigatus fumigatus
fumigata / fumigatus
L. fumigatus smoked < fumigavi to smoke < fumus, fumi smoke.
● ex “Grimpar Enfumé” of Levaillant 1807 (syn. Dendrocincla fuliginosa).
Smoke-colored Pewee (brachyrhynchus)
SCI Name: Contopus fumigatus brachyrhynchus
brachyrhynchus / brachyrrhynchus
Gr. βραχυς brakhus short; ῥυγχος rhunkhos bill.
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)