White-banded Tyrannulet

SCI Name:  Mecocerculus stictopterus
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.