Tawny-chested Flycatcher

SCI Name:  Aphanotriccus capitalis
Protonym:  Myiobius capitalis Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1864) (1864), Pt3 p.583
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Aphanotriccus
Taxonomy Code:  tacfly1
Type Locality:  Tucurrlque, Costa Rica.
Author:  Salvin
Publish Year:  1865
IUCN Status:  Vulnerable

DEFINITIONS

APHANOTRICCUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Tawny-chested Flycatcher A. capitalis) Gr. αφανης aphanēs  unseen, obscure  < negative prefix α- a- ; φαινω phainō  to show; τρικκος trikkos  unidentified small bird. In ornithology triccus signifies tyrant flycatcher; "Aphanotriccus gen. nov.  (Tryannidæ [sic].)   Similar to Myiobius Gray but outermost primaries longer (the tenth equal to first instead of much shorter than secondaries, the ninth not shorter than fifth), rictal bristles weaker (not reaching to tip of bill), tail much longer than distance from bend of wing to end of distal secondaries, and without yellow on crown nor rump.   Type, Myiobius capitalis Salvin = Aphanotriccus capitalis.  (Aφανης, unseen, obscure; τρικκος, a small bird)" (Ridgway 1905); "Aphanotriccus Ridgway, 1905, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 18, p. 207.  Type, by original designation, Myiobius capitalis Salvin." (Traylor in Peters, 1979, VIII, p. 123).
Var. Aphantotriccus.
Synon. Praedo.

capitale / capitalis
L. capitalis  relating to the head, capital, chief  < caput, capitis  head, chief.
● "Forehead, and crown to line between middle of orbits, pale creamy drab, shading abruptly into the purplish iridescence which overlies remainder of crown and back of neck." (Nelson 1898) (subsp. Leptotila verreauxi).
● ex “Capital Tanager” of Latham 1787 (Ploceus).