Strange-tailed Tyrant / Alectrurus risora
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Strange-tailed Tyrant
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Protonym: Muscicapa risora Gal.Ois. 1 p.209 pl.131
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Alectrurus
Taxonomy Code: stttyr1
Type Locality: Brazil; restricted to Rio Grande do Sul by Pinto, 1944, Cat. Aves. Brasil (Publ. Dept. Zool. Sao Paulo), pt. 2, p. 113.
Author: Vieillot
Publish Year: 1824
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
ALECTRURUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Cock-tailed Tyrant A. tricolor) Gr. αλεκτρυων alektruōn, αλεκτρυονος alektruonos cockerel; ουρα oura tail; "GALLITE, Alectrurus. Bec glabre et déprimé à la base, conico-convexe, crochu à la pointe; mandibule inférieure droite. — Queue comprimée, susceptible de rester relevée. Esp. nouvelles. (F) ... (F) GALLITE TRICOLOR, Gallita tricolor. Dessus de la tête, queue et pieds noirs; joues et dessous du corps blancs; dos et croupion cendrés; bec olivâtre." (Vieillot 1816); "Alectrurus Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 39. Type, by monotypy (p. 68), Gallita tricolor Vieillot." (Traylor in Peters, 1979, VIII, p. 181).
Var. Alectorurus, Alectrura, Alectura, Alecturus.
Synon. Gallita, Myiophthorus, Psalidura, Xenurus, Yetapa.
risora
Brazilian Portuguese name Risora mocker, for the Strange-tailed Tyrant (Alectrurus).
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)
