Amazonian Tyrannulet

SCI Name:  Inezia subflava
Protonym:  Serphophaga subflava Nomen.Av.Neotrop. p.47,158
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Inezia
Taxonomy Code:  amatyr1
Type Locality:  in vicinity of Para [= Belem, Para, Brazil] .
Author:  Sclater & Salvin
Publish Year:  1873
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

INEZIA
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Pale-tipped Tyrannulet I. caudata) Enriqueta Inez Cherrie (1898-1943) daughter of US ornithologist George Cherrie;  "Inezia genus novum.   Type Capsiempis caudata Salvin.  Superficially resembling the genus Capsiempis, but with the tarsal envelope of a distinct type, being taxaspidean.  ...  The rictal bristles are smaller and softer than in Capsiempis.  ...  Named after my daughter Enriqueta Inez Cherrie, who first saw the light of day in the region where her father met with Inezia" (Cherrie 1909); "Inezia CHERRIE, Mus. Brookl. Inst., Sci. Bull., 1, p. 390, 1909—type by orig. desig. Capsiempis caudata SALVIN." (Hellmayr, 1927, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. V, p. 389).

subflava
L. sufflavus or subflavus  yellowish, light blonde  < sub  somewhat, beneath; flavus  yellow (cf. Mod. L. subflavus pale yellow).
● ex “Figuier blond du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 584, fig. 2, “Figuier à ventre gris du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 584, fig. 3, and “Flaxen Warbler” of Latham 1783 (syn. Cercotrichas galactotes).
● ex “Oranor” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 155 (syn. Pericrocotus cinnamomeus).
● ex “Citrin” of Levaillant 1802, pl. 127 (syn. Prinia flavicans).

SUBSPECIES

Amazonian Tyrannulet (obscura)
SCI Name: Inezia subflava obscura
obscura
L. obscurus  dark, dusky, covered, obscure.
● ex “Dusky Duck” of Pennant 1785, and Latham 1785 (syn. Anas rubripes).
● ex “Brown Tern” of Pennant 1768, and Latham 1785 (syn. Chlidonias niger).
● ex “Yacúhú” of de Azara 1802-1805, No. 335: “Yacús  ...  Asi llaman los Güaranís á tres páxaros  ...  á otro llamado Mitú” (Penelope).
● ex “Dusky Petrel” of Latham 1785 (?syn. Pterodroma alba; unident.).

Amazonian Tyrannulet (subflava)
SCI Name: Inezia subflava subflava
subflava
L. sufflavus or subflavus  yellowish, light blonde  < sub  somewhat, beneath; flavus  yellow (cf. Mod. L. subflavus pale yellow).
● ex “Figuier blond du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 584, fig. 2, “Figuier à ventre gris du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 584, fig. 3, and “Flaxen Warbler” of Latham 1783 (syn. Cercotrichas galactotes).
● ex “Oranor” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 155 (syn. Pericrocotus cinnamomeus).
● ex “Citrin” of Levaillant 1802, pl. 127 (syn. Prinia flavicans).