Yucatan Flycatcher / Myiarchus yucatanensis

Yucatan Flycatcher / Myiarchus yucatanensis

Yucatan Flycatcher

SCI Name:  Myiarchus yucatanensis
Protonym:  Myiarchus yucatanensis Proc.Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia 23 p.235,236
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Tyrannidae /
Taxonomy Code:  yucfly1
Type Locality:  Yucatan, Mexico; type from Merida, Yucatan, fide Hellmayr, 1927, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 5, p. 169.
Author:  
Publish Year:  1871
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DEFINITIONS

MYIARCHUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Short-crested Flycatcher M. ferox) Gr. μυια muia, μυιας muias  fly; αρχος arkhos  ruler, chief  < αρχω arkhō  to rule; "13. Gen. Myiarchus Cab. 1)  Muscapa [sic] et Tyrannus Auctor. part. Tyrannula Swain. 2) 1827.  Pyrocephalus Gould. 1838.      63. 1. M. ferox Cab.  Muscicapa ferox Lin. Gmel.   ...   64. 2. M. rufiventris Cab.  Tyrannus rufiventris d'Orb. de Lafr.   ...   65. 3. M. nigricans Cab.  Tyrannula nigricans Swains.   ...   66. 4. M. ferrugineus Cab.  Todus ferrugineus Lin. Gmel. ... Tyrannus bellicosus Vieill. ... Platyrhynchus hirundinaceus Spix. ... Platyrhynchus rupestris Pr. Max. ... Hirundinea bellicosa d'Orb. de Lafr. ... Suiriri roxo oscuro Azar.   ...   67. 5. M. coronatus Cab.  Muscicapa coronata Lin. Gmel.   ...   68. 6. M. atropurpureus Cab.  Muscicapa atropurpurea Lichtenst.   ...     1μυια musca, αρχος princeps.    2) except. Muscicapa barbata Gmel. et aliae species eidem similes, quae ad genus Myiobius Gray spectant." (Cabanis 1844); "Myiarchus Cabanis, 1844, Archiv. f. Naturg., 10 (1), p. 272. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds, p. 49), Muscicapa ferox Gmelin." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 194).  
Var. Myarchus.
Synon. Eribates, Hylonax, Kaupornis, Muscifur, Myionax, Onychopterus.
● (syn. Mecocerculus Ϯ White-throated Tyrannulet M. leucophrys setophagoides) "*373. Myiarchus, Bp. ex Caban. (Myiobius pGr.)  ...  1. TYRANNULA setophagoidesBpActItalAnnsextMediolp. 405. sp. 30. ex S.ta Fe de Bogota.  ...  2. TYRANNULA divaricataBp. (Pyrocephalus divaricatus, Gr.) ProcZoolSoc. 1837. p. 112. ex Mexico.  ...  An hujus generis?" (Bonaparte 1850); "Myiarchus Bonaparte, 1850 (not of Cabanis, 1844), Consp. Gen. Avium, 1, p. 188. Type, by monotypy,1 Tyrannula setophagoides Bonaparte.   1 The second species cited, Tyrannula divaraicata Bonaparte, is doubtfully referred to the new genus and hence is unavailable." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 35).

yucatanensis / yucatanica / yucatanicus
Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico/Guatemala.

SUBSPECIES

Yucatan Flycatcher (yucatanensis)
SCI Name: Myiarchus yucatanensis yucatanensis
yucatanensis / yucatanica / yucatanicus
Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico/Guatemala.

Yucatan Flycatcher (lanyoni)
SCI Name: Myiarchus yucatanensis lanyoni
lanyoni
Dr Wesley Edwin "Bud" Lanyon (1926-2017) US ornithologist, systematist, pioneer sound-recordist (subsp. Myiarchus yucatanensis, Pogonotriccus, subsp. Turdus grayi).

Yucatan Flycatcher (navai)
SCI Name: Myiarchus yucatanensis navai
navae / navai
● Juan Nava Solorio (1923-2004) Mexican naturalist, collector (Hylorchilus, subsp. Myiarchus yucatanensis).
● Moisés Nava (fl. 1951) Venezuelan taxidermist, collector (subsp. Odontophorus atrifrons).