White-banded Tyrannulet / Mecocerculus stictopterus
White-banded Tyrannulet
SCI Name:
Protonym: Elainia stictoptera Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1858) (1858), Pt26 no.381 p.554 pl.146 fig.2
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Mecocerculus
Taxonomy Code: whbtyr1
Type Locality: Matos [= Matus, Chimborazo] , Ecuador.
Author: Sclater, PL
Publish Year: 1859
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
MECOCERCULUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ White-throated Tyrannulet M. leucophrys setophagoides) Dim. < Gr. μηκος mēkos length; κερκος kerkos tail; "I am indebted to Mr Gould's kindness for two specimens of Tyrant-birds from a collection recently received by him from the highlands of Ecuador. They are of nearly allied species, but stand best in the two neighbouring sections of Ochthoëca and Mecocerculus. By the latter name I propose to replace Myiarchus (Bp., nec Cab.), using it as a generic title for Fluvicola leucophrys, Lafr. et D'Orb., and its allies. ... 2. MECOCERCULUS GRATIOSUS. ... Obs. Affinis Mecocerculo diademati" (P. Sclater 1862) (see Myiarchus).
Var. Macrocerculus.
Synon. Mecocerciscus.
stictoptera / stictopterus
Gr. στικτος stiktos spotted < στιζω stizō to tattoo; -πτερος -pteros
-winged < πτερον pteron wing.
SUBSPECIES
White-banded Tyrannulet (stictopterus)
SCI Name: Mecocerculus stictopterus stictopterus
stictoptera / stictopterus
Gr. στικτος stiktos spotted < στιζω stizō to tattoo; -πτερος -pteros
-winged < πτερον pteron wing.
White-banded Tyrannulet (albocaudatus)
SCI Name: Mecocerculus stictopterus albocaudatus
albocaudatus
L. albus white; caudatus tailed < cauda tail.
White-banded Tyrannulet (taeniopterus)
SCI Name: Mecocerculus stictopterus taeniopterus
taenioptera / taeniopterus
Gr. ταινια tainia band, ribbon; -πτερος -pteros -winged < πτερον pteron wing.
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)