Yellow-throated Flycatcher

SCI Name:  Conopias parvus
Protonym:  Pitangus parvus Orn.Brasil. Abth.2 p.111,181
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Conopias
Taxonomy Code:  yetfly2
Type Locality:  Marabitanas, Rio Negro, Brazil.
Author:  von Pelzeln
Publish Year:  1868
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CONOPIAS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Three-striped Flycatcher C. trivirgatus) Gr. κωνωψ kōnōps, κωνωπος kōnōpos  gnat, mosquito; πιαζω piazō  to seize; "Gen. SAUROPHAGUS *) Sws. — Bentavi.   ...   *) Zwischen den Gattungen Myiozetetes und Saurophagus steht gleichsam vermittelnd das Genus:   Conopias nov. gen.  (von κωνωψ (Mücke), wie μυιας von μυια gebildet):   C. superciliosus. — Tyrannus superciliosa Sws. B. Bras. t. 46. — Burm. Th. Bras. p. 475. Anm. — Muscicapa pitangula Licht. in Mus. Berol (Brasilien)." (Cabanis & Heine 1859); "Conopias Cabanis and Heine, 1859, Mus. Heineanum, 2, p. 62. Type, by monotypy, Tyrannula superciliosa Swainson = Muscicapa trivirgata Wied." (Traylor in Peters, 1979, VIII, p. 214) (see Myiacleptes).
Synon. Cephalanius, Myiacleptes.

parvus
L. parvus  small, little, short.
● ex “Barbu du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 746, fig. 2, “Petit Barbu” of de Buffon 1770-1786, and “Little Barbet” of Latham 1782 (syn. Gymnobucco calvus).

PARUS
(Paridae; Ϯ Great Tit P. major) Late L. parus  tit, titmouse; a rare word, found only in Carmen de Philomela, by an unknown author (c. 500AD); "100. PARUS.  Rostrum integerrimum.  Lingua truncata, setis terminata." (Linnaeus 1758); "Parus Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, p. 189. Type, by subsequent designation (Gray, 1840, List Gen. Birds, ed. 1, p. 23), Parus major Linnaeus." (Snow in Peters 1967, XII, 70).  Linnaeus's Parus comprised twelve species (P. cristatus, P. major, P. americanus, P. cæruleus, P. ater, P. palustris, P. caudatus, P. biarmicus, P. Pipra, P. erythrocephalus, P. Aureola, P. Cela).
Var. Para, Patus, Parvus.
Synon. Parulus.