Brownish Twistwing

SCI Name:  Cnipodectes subbrunneus
Protonym:  Cyclorhynchus subbrunneus Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt(28)2 p.282
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Cnipodectes
Taxonomy Code:  brofly1
Type Locality:  Ecuador; type from Babahoyo, Los Rios, fide Hellmayr, 1927, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 5, p. 272.
Author:  Sclater, PL
Publish Year:  1860
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CNIPODECTES
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Brownish Twistwing C. subbrunneus) Gr. κνιψ knips, κνιπος knipos  insect, woodworm; δηκτης dēktēs  biter  < δακνω daknō  to bite; "29. CNIPODECTES SUBBRUNNEUS.  Cyclorhynchus subbrunneus, Scl. P.Z.S. 1860, pp. 282, 295.  Myiochanes subbrunneus, Scl. Cat. p. 232.   ...   For this curious form, which will not go with either of the genera to which it has been hitherto referred, we propose the new generic term Cnipodectes*.  It is a larger and stronger form of Myiobius, and should be placed next to that genus.   ...   * κνιψ, culex, et δηκτης, mordicator." (P. Sclater & Salvin 1873); "Cnipodectes Sclater and Salvin, 1873, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 281. Type, by monotypy, Cyclorhynchus subbrunneus Sclater." (Traylor in Peters, 1979, VIII, p. 95).

subbrunneus
L. sub  somewhat, beneath; Mod. L. brunneus  brown  < Med. L. brunius  brown (cf. Mod. L. subbrunneus  pale brown).

SUBSPECIES

Brownish Twistwing (subbrunneus)
SCI Name: Cnipodectes subbrunneus subbrunneus
subbrunneus
L. sub  somewhat, beneath; Mod. L. brunneus  brown  < Med. L. brunius  brown (cf. Mod. L. subbrunneus  pale brown).

Brownish Twistwing (minor)
SCI Name: Cnipodectes subbrunneus minor
minor
L. minor  smaller  < comp. parvus  small. “Comparative names ... Specific names expressive of comparative size are also to be avoided, as they may be rendered inaccurate by the after-discovery of additional species. The names ... maximus, minor, minimus, etc. are examples of this objectionable practice” (Strickland Code 1842).
● ex “Short-eared Owl” of Pennant 1761 (syn. Asio flammeus).
● ex “Little Thrush” of Catesby 1731-1743, Edwards 1758-1764, Latham 1783, and Pennant 1785, “Turdus iliacus carolinensis” of Brisson 1760, and “Grivette de l’Amérique” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Catharus fuscescens).
● ex “Whip-poor-will” of Catesby 1731 (Chordeiles).
● ex “Coucou des palétuviers de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 813, “Petit Vieillard” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Mangrove Cuckow” of Latham 1782 (Coccyzus).
● "54. PICUS.  ...  minor.  12. P. albo nigroque varius vertice rubro, ano albido.  Picus albo nigroque varius, rectricibus tribus lateralibus seminigris. Fn. svec. 83. Hasselqv. iter. 242.  Picus varius tertius. Raj. av. 43.  Picus varius minor. Alb. av. I. p. 20. t. 20.  Habitat in Europa.” (Linnaeus 1758) (Dryobates).
● ex “Fregata minor” of Brisson 1760, “Petite Frégate” of de Buffon 1770-1783, “Man of War Bird” of Edwards 1760, and “Lesser Frigate Pelican” of Latham 1785 (Fregata).
● ex “Petit Indicateur” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 242 (Indicator).
● ex “Pie-grièsche d’Italie” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 32, fig. 1 (Lanius).
● ex “Perruche à ailes noires” of de Buffon 1770-1783, “Petite perruche de l’isle de Luçon, 4ème ésp.” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Luzonian Parrakeet” of Latham 1781 (syn. Loriculus philippensis).
● ex “Apiaster Philippensis minor” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Merops viridis americanus).
● ex “Little Woodcock” of Pennant 1785, and Latham 1785 (Microptera).
● ex “Troupiale de la Caroline” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 606, fig. 1, “Petit Troupiale noir” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Lesser black Oriole” of Latham 1782 (syn. Molothrus ater).
● ex “Lesser Bird of Paradise” of Latham 1783 (Paradisaea).
● ex “Barbican à ventre rose” of Levaillant 1806 (Pogonornis).
● ex “Porphyrio minor” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Porphyrula martinica).
● ex “Colymbus fluviatilis” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Tachybaptus ruficollis).
● ex “Huppe d’Afrique” of Audebert & Vieillot 1800-1802 (syn. Upupa africana).
● ex “Ringvia” of Brünnich 1764, and “Lesser Guillemot” of Pennant 1785 (syn. Uria aalge).