Crested Black-Tyrant / Knipolegus lophotes
WBN 
Crested Black-Tyrant
SCI Name:
Protonym: Knipolegus lophotes Isis 21 col.317
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Knipolegus
Taxonomy Code: crbtyr1
Type Locality:
Author: Boie, F
Publish Year: 1828
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
KNIPOLEGUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Blue-billed Black Tyrant K. cyanirostris) Gr. κνιψ knips, κνιπος knipos insect; λεγω legō to pick; "X. Fam. Muscicapiadae Vigors. Muscicapa Lin. 2 ... 2 Ferner könnten als Gattungen abgesondert werden: Knipolegus für Musc. lophotes Tem. und cyaneirostris Vieill. Az. 181" (Boie 1826); "Knipolegus Boie, 1826, Isis von Oken, col. 973. Type, by monotypy, Muscicapa cyanirostris Vieillot." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 173) (see Xolmis).
Var. Cnipolegus.
Synon. Ada, Blechropus, Entotriccus, Eumyiobius, Phaeotriccus, Sericoptila.
lophotes
Gr. λοφωτος lophōtos crested < λοφος lophos crest.
● ex “Muscicapa lophotes” of Temminck MS, and Boie 1826 (nom. nud.) (Knipolegus).
Lophotes
(syn. Aviceda Ϯ Black Baza A. leuphotes) Specific name Falco lophotes Temminck, 1820 (= Aviceda leuphotes); "Sous-genre. LOPHOTE; Lophotes. ... 20. LOPHOTE INDIEN; Lophotes indicus: Hobereau huppart, Falco lophotes, Temm., pl. 10. Bec et tarses plombés; tête et cou bleu-noir, plusieurs longues plumes implantées dans l'occiput et roides" (Lesson 1831).
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)
