White-headed Marsh Tyrant

SCI Name:  Arundinicola leucocephala
Protonym:  Pipra leucocephala Mus.AdolphiFriderici 2 p.33
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Arundinicola
Taxonomy Code:  whmtyr1
Type Locality:  no locality; Surinam designated by Linnaeus, 1766, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, 1, p. 340.
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1764
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

ARUNDINICOLA
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ White-headed Marsh Tyrant A. leucocephala) L. arundo, arundinis  reed; -cola  dweller  < colere  to inhabit; "ARUNDINICOLE, Arundinicola ...  Ces oiseaux se tiennent exclusivement aux bords des eaux, dans les joncs et dessus, et se posent peu à terre ...  Nous les avons, dans notre Synopsis, placés avec les Alecturus; mais ils en diffèrent par le bec beaucoup plus long et parce qu'ils pénètrent dans l'intérieur des joncs, au lieu de rester toujours en dehors" (d'Orbigny 1840); "Arundinicola d'Orbigny, 1840, Voy. Amér. Mérid., 4, pt. 3, Ois., p. 334. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1841, List Genera Birds, p. 40), A. leucocephala (Pall.) "d'Orb. et Lafr." = Pipra leucocephala Linnaeus." (Traylor in Peters, 1979, VIII, p. 179).
Synon. Dixiphia, Myiophila.
• (syn. Xolmis † White Monjita X. irupero) Reichenbach's 1850, plate LXIV, labelled Muscicapinae: Fluvicolinae genuinae, shows a variety of tyrants and other fly-catching passerines; "Arundinicola, Reichenbach, 1850, Avium Systema Naturale, pl. LXIV (no specific names given) (not of d'Orbigny, 1840).  Type, by subequent designation (Cabanis and Heine, 1859, Museum Heineanum, II, p. 43), "Pepoaza irupero" of de Azara, 1805 = Tyrannus irupero Vieillot, 1823." (JAJ 2021) (see Hemipenthica).

leucocephala / leucocephalos / leucocephalus
Gr. λευκοκεφαλος leukokephalos  white-headed  < λευκος leukos  white;
-κεφαλος -kephalos  -headed  < κεφαλη kephalē  head.
● "44. PSITTACUS.  ...  leucocephalus.  26. P. brachyurus viridis, remigibus cæruleis, fronte alba.  Psittacus leucocephalus. Aldr. ornith. l. 11. c. 8. Raj. av. 31.  Psittacus viridis, fronte alba, collo rubro. Frisch. av. 4. t. 46.  Psittacus viridis, capite albo. Edw. av. 166. t. 166.  Habitat in America.  Corpus magnitudine Cuculi, viride pennis margine nigris. Caput supra & ad latera cæruleum; fronte oculorumque regione alba. Gula tota rubra. Remiges nigræ latere exteriore denudato cæruleæ. Rectrices æquales, virides, basi rubræ, apice flavescentes; at 1. 1. latere exteriore cæruleo; 6. 6. unicolores. Abdomen postice ferrugineum." (Linnaeus 1758) (Amazona).
● ex “White-headed Shrike” of Latham 1781 (syn. Artamella viridis).
● ex "White-headed Curlew" of Latham 1785 (?syn. Bostrychia hagedash).
● ex “Gavilán de Estero cabeza blanca” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 13 (subsp. Busarellus nigricollis).
● ex “Héron de la côte de Coromandel” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 906, “Héron violet” of de Buffon 1770-1786, and “Violet Heron” of Latham 1785 (syn. Ciconia episcopus).
● ex “Rauhfuss Geyer” and “Gelbbrauner Geyer” of Frisch 1733, “Falco” of Brisson 1760, and “White-headed Falcon” of Latham 1781 (syn. Falco peregrinus).
● ex “White-headed Frigate” of Latham 1785 (syn. Fregata aquila).
● ex “Bald Eagle” of Catesby 1731, and “Aigle à tête blanche” of Brisson 1760 (Haliaeetus).
● ex “Merle Dominiquain de la Chine” of Sonnerat 1782, and “White-headed Thrush” of Latham 1783 (Hypsipetes).
● ex “Gobe-mouche à ventre jaune de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 569, fig. 2 (syn. Myiozetetes cayanensis).
● ex “White Vulture” and “Cinereous Vulture” of Willughhby 1676, “Vultur albus” of Ray 1713, “Vultur leucocephalus” of Brisson 1760, “Vautour de Norwège” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 429, and “Petit Vautour” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Neophron percnopterus).
● ex “Bald pate” of Ray 1713, “Columba capite albo” of Sloane 1725, and “White-crown’d Pigeon” of Catesby 1731 (Patagioenas).
● ex “Martin-Pêcheur de Java” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 757, “Martin-pêcheur à tête et cou couleur de paille” of de Buffon 1770-1786, and “White-headed Kingsfisher” of Latham 1782 (syn. Pelargopsis capensis javana).
● ex “White-headed Finch” of Latham 1787 (syn. Stagonopleura guttata).
● ex “Lindo azul cabeza blanca” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 93 (syn. Stephanophorus diadematus).
● ex “Quatoztli” of Hernandez 1651, and Seba 1734-1745, and “Tangara brasiliensis leucocephala” of Brisson 1760 (unident.).