Spectacled Tyrant / Hymenops perspicillatus
Spectacled Tyrant
SCI Name:
Protonym: Motacilla perspicillata Syst.Nat. 1 pt2 p.969
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Hymenops
Taxonomy Code: spetyr1
Type Locality: Montevideo.
Author: Gmelin, JF
Publish Year: 1789
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
HYMENOPS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Spectacled Tyrant H. perspicillatus) Gr. ὑμην humēn, ὑμενος humenos skin, membrane; ωψ ōps, ωπος ōpos eye; "Clignot, ou Traquet a lunette ... Un cercle d'une peau jaunâtre plissée tout autour des yeux de cet oiseau, et qui semble les garnir de lunettes" (Richard 1828); "Diverses sortes de passereaux viennent jusque près des villages: c'est ainsi que nous y observâmes une petite mésange, plusieurs moucherolles, et entre autres le clignot du Paraguay (hymenops nyctitarius, Commers., Dessins inédits.)" (Lesson 1828); "Hymenops Lesson, 1828, Voy. Coquille, Zool., 1, p. 239. Type, by monotypy, hymenops (sic) nyctitarius Lesson = Motacilla perspicillata Gmelin." (Traylor in Peters, 1979, VIII, p. 178).
Synon. Ada, Lichenops, Perspicilla.
perspicillata / perspicillatum / perspicillatus
Mod. L. perspicillatus spectacled < L. perspicillum lens, spectacle < perspicere to see through.
● ex “Merle de la Chine” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 604, and de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Spectacle Thrush” of Latham 1783 (Garrulax).
● ex “Clignot” or “Traquet à lunette” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Spectacle Warbler” of Latham 1783 (Hymenops).
● "61. ANAS. ... perspicillata. 22. A. nigra, vertice nuchaque albis, macula nigra rostri pone nares. Anas canadensis major niger. Edw. av. 155. t. 155. Habitat in Canada." (Linnaeus 1758) (Melanitta).
● ex “Spectacle-Owl” of Latham 1787 (Pulsatrix).
● ex “Gobe-Mouche à Lunettes” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 152 (syn. Rhipidura javanica).
SUBSPECIES
Spectacled Tyrant (perspicillatus)
SCI Name: Hymenops perspicillatus perspicillatus
perspicillata / perspicillatum / perspicillatus
Mod. L. perspicillatus spectacled < L. perspicillum lens, spectacle < perspicere to see through.
● ex “Merle de la Chine” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 604, and de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Spectacle Thrush” of Latham 1783 (Garrulax).
● ex “Clignot” or “Traquet à lunette” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Spectacle Warbler” of Latham 1783 (Hymenops).
● "61. ANAS. ... perspicillata. 22. A. nigra, vertice nuchaque albis, macula nigra rostri pone nares. Anas canadensis major niger. Edw. av. 155. t. 155. Habitat in Canada." (Linnaeus 1758) (Melanitta).
● ex “Spectacle-Owl” of Latham 1787 (Pulsatrix).
● ex “Gobe-Mouche à Lunettes” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 152 (syn. Rhipidura javanica).
Spectacled Tyrant (andinus)
SCI Name: Hymenops perspicillatus andinus
andina / andinum / andinus / andium
Mod. L. Andinus Andean, of the Andes < Andium Andes.
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)