Yellowish Flycatcher / Empidonax flavescens
Yellowish Flycatcher
SCI Name:
Protonym: Empidonax flavescens Ann.Lyc.Nat.Hist.N.Y. 8(1867) p.133
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Empidonax
Taxonomy Code: yelfly1
Type Locality: Barranca, Costa Rica.
Author: Lawrence
Publish Year: 1865
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
EMPIDONAX
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Acadian Flycatcher E. virescens) Gr. εμπις empis, εμπιδος empidos gnat, mosquito; αναξ anax, ανακτος anaktos lord, master (cf. ναξω naxō will squeeze < νασσω nassō to squeeze (Merriam 1884)); "74. Empidonax pusillus Cab. Tyrannula pusilla Sws. — Myiobius pusillus Gray. Muscicapa pusilla Lembeye. — Moscarita olivada. Dieser Vogel wurde in Habana auf einem platten Dache todt gefunden. ... Die Gattung Empidonax umfasst kleinere und zierlichere Arten, mit schwächerem, weniger entwickeltem Schnabel. Die Flügel sind von mittelmässiger Länge, verhältnissmässig spitzer und länger als bei Myiarchus, jedoch kürzer und weniger zugespitzt als bei Contopus; die Läufe sind verhältnissmässig höher; der Schwanz ist schwach ausgerandet." (Cabanis 1855); "Empidonax Cabanis, 1855, Journ. f. Ornith., 3, p. 480. Type, by monotypy, Empidonax pusillus Cabanis = Platyrhynchus virescens Vieillot." (Traylor in Peters, 1979, VIII, pp. 135-136).
Var. Emipdoanx.
Synon. Cnemonax, Muscaccipiter.
flavescens
L. flavescens, flavescentis golden-yellowish < flavescere to become golden < flavere to be golden-yellow < flavus yellow, golden.
● ex “Yellow-crested Woodpecker” of Brown 1776, and Latham 1782 (Celeus).
● ex “Figuier du Sénégal” and “Figuier à ventre jaune du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 582, figs.1, 3, and de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Citron-bellied Warbler” of Latham 1783 (?syn. Eremomela pusilla).
SUBSPECIES
Yellowish Flycatcher (imperturbatus)
SCI Name: Empidonax flavescens imperturbatus
imperturbatus
L. imperturbatus calm, undisturbed < in- not; perturbatus disturbed < perturbare to disturb.
Yellowish Flycatcher (salvini)
SCI Name: Empidonax flavescens salvini
salvini / salvinii
Osbert Salvin (1835-1898) English ornithologist, Curator of Ornithology, Cambridge University 1874-1882, collector (syn. Accipiter erythronemius ventralis, syn. Alaemon alaudipes, syn. Amazilia violiceps, subsp. Amazona autumnalis, Antrostomus, subsp. Basileuterus rufifrons, syn. Certhidea olivacea, subsp. Chlorostilbon canivetii, subsp. Colinus virginianus, syn. Crypturellus variegatus, subsp. Cyphorhinus arada, subsp. Empidonax flavescens, subsp. Eubucco bourcierii, subsp. Eutoxeres aquila, subsp. Geospiza parvula, subsp. Habia fuscicauda, syn. Heliodoxa xanthogonys, subsp. Icterus mesomelas, subsp. Knipolegus poecilurus, subsp. Lampornis amethystinus, Mitu, subsp. Neomorphus geoffroyi, Oneillornis, Pachyptila, subsp. Pachyramphus albogriseus (ex Pachyramphus similis Salvin, 1895), subsp. Paraclaravis mondetoura, subsp. Picumnus exilis, syn. Popelairia conversii, subsp. Sclerurus guatemalensis, subsp. Sicalis olivascens, subsp. Spindalis zena, subsp. Sporophila funerea, Thalassarche, syn. Tinamus major fuscipennis, Tumbezia, subsp. Vireo pallens).
Yellowish Flycatcher (flavescens)
SCI Name: Empidonax flavescens flavescens
flavescens
L. flavescens, flavescentis golden-yellowish < flavescere to become golden < flavere to be golden-yellow < flavus yellow, golden.
● ex “Yellow-crested Woodpecker” of Brown 1776, and Latham 1782 (Celeus).
● ex “Figuier du Sénégal” and “Figuier à ventre jaune du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 582, figs.1, 3, and de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Citron-bellied Warbler” of Latham 1783 (?syn. Eremomela pusilla).
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)