White-tailed Tyrannulet / Mecocerculus poecilocercus
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White-tailed Tyrannulet
SCI Name:
Protonym: Serpophaga poecilocerca Nomen.Av.Neotrop. p.47,158
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Mecocerculus
Taxonomy Code: whttyr1
Type Locality: Puellaro, 8,000 ft., Pichincha, Ecuador.
Author: Sclater & Salvin
Publish Year: 1873
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.
poecilocerca / poecilocercus
Gr. ποικιλος poikilos pied, spotted, variegated; κερκος kerkos tail.
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)
