Black-capped Hemispingus

SCI Name:  Kleinothraupis atropileus
Protonym:  Arremon atro-pileus Rev.Zool. 5 p.335
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Kleinothraupis
Taxonomy Code:  blchem1
Type Locality:  Bolivia ; error, Bogota, Colombia, fide Hellmayr, 1936, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 9, p. 419.
Author:  Lafresnaye
Publish Year:  1842
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

KLEINOTHRAUPIS
(Thraupidae; Ϯ Black-capped Hemispingus K. atropileus) Nedra Kathryn Klein (1951-2001) US ornithologist (Laurent Raty in litt.); Gr. θραυπις thraupis  unidentified small bird, perhaps some kind of finch, mentioned by Aristotle. In ornithology thraupis signifies tanager; "14. Kleinothraupis, new genus (Fig. 3)   Type species. Arremon atropileus Lafresnaye, 1842 (as "atro-pileus," currently Hemispingus atropileus).  ...  We are pleased to name this genus for Nedra K. Klein (1951-2001), an avian systematist and evolutionary biologist  ... Given that she worked on both tanagers and warblers, and given the morphological similarity of the species in this genus to warblers, we are pleased to name this genus in her honor. The genus name is formed from Nedra's surname (Klein) and the Greek θραυπις. The name Kleinothraupis is feminine in gender.  ...  The name atropileus is a noun in apposition and invariable." (Burns et al. 2016) (OD per Richard Klim).

atropileus
L. ater  black; pileus  skullcap.

SUBSPECIES

Black-capped Hemispingus (Black-capped)
SCI Name: Kleinothraupis atropileus atropileus
atropileus
L. ater  black; pileus  skullcap.

Black-capped Hemispingus (White-browed)
SCI Name: Kleinothraupis atropileus auricularis
auriculare / auricularis
Med. L. auricularis  ear, eared  < L. auricula  ear  < dim. auris  ear.
● ex “Oricou” of Levaillant 1796, pl. 9 < French oreille  ear; cou  neck (syn. Torgos tracheliotus).