White-bellied Pygmy-Tyrant / Myiornis albiventris
White-bellied Pygmy-Tyrant
SCI Name:
Protonym: Orchilus albiventris Ibis p.389
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Myiornis
Taxonomy Code: wbptyr1
Type Locality: La Merced, 2,600 ft., Peru.
Author: von Berlepsch & Stolzmann
Publish Year: 1894
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
MYIORNIS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Eared Pygmy Tyrant M. auricularis) Gr. μυια muia, μυιας muias fly; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos bird; "No. 79: Euscarthmus minutus W. Bertoni (sp. n.) (Myiornis?) — guar.: jénero Tatshuri." (Bertoni 1901); "Myiornis Bertoni, 1901, Aves Nuevas Paraguay, p. 129. Type, by monotypy, Euscarthmus minutus Bertoni = Platyrhynchos auricularis Vieillot." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 71).
Synon. Notorchilus, Perissotriccus.
● (syn. Cyanophaia Ϯ Blue-headed Hummingbird C. bicolor) "Die eine, mit geradem Schnabel, nennt man Fliegenvögel, (Myiornis, Ornismyia!!, Orthorhynchus,) weil zu ihr die kleinsten Arten gehören." (Gloger 1842).
albiventer / albiventre / albiventris
L. albus white; venter, ventris belly.
● ex “Drongri à Ventre Blanc” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 171 (syn. Dicrurus leucophaeus).
● ex “Martin-pêcheur de l’Île de Luçon” of Sonnerat 1776 (Halcyon).
● ex “Hirondelle à ventre blanc de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 546, fig. 2 (Tachycineta).
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)