Gray-and-white Tyrannulet / Pseudelaenia leucospodia

Gray-and-white Tyrannulet / Pseudelaenia leucospodia

Gray-and-white Tyrannulet

SCI Name:  Pseudelaenia leucospodia
Protonym:  Elainea leucospodia Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt2 p.325
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Tyrannidae /
Taxonomy Code:  gawtyr2
Type Locality:  Tumbes, Peru.
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Publish Year:  1877
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DEFINITIONS

PSEUDELAENIA
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Grey-and-white Tyrannulet P. leucospodia) Gr. ψευδος pseudos  false; genus Elaenia Sundevall, 1836, elainia; "Pseudelaenia, new genus   TYPE SPECIES: Elaenia leucospodia Taczanowski, 1877  ... ETYMOLOGY: From the Greek pseudo meaning false, alluding to the mistaken placement of this species in Elaenia" (Lanyon 1988).

leucospodia
Gr. λευκος leukos white; σποδιος spodios ash-coloured, grey < σποδος spodos ashes.