Gray-breasted Flycatcher / Lathrotriccus griseipectus
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Gray-breasted Flycatcher
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Protonym: Empidonax griseipectus Ann.Lyc.Nat.Hist.N.Y. 9(1870) p.236
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Lathrotriccus
Taxonomy Code: gybfly1
Type Locality: Isla Puna, Ecuador.
Author: Lawrence
Publish Year: 1869
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
LATHROTRICCUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Euler's Flycatcher L. euleri) Gr. λαθραιος lathraios or (later form) λαθριος lathrios secret; τρικκος trikkos unknown small bird. In ornithology triccus signifies tyrant flycatcher; "Lathrotriccus, new genus Type species. - Empidochanes Euleri Cabanis (1968 [sic]: 195). ... Etymology. - From a combination of two Greek words, lathrios, meaning secret or hidden (alluding in this instance not to the bird's habits but to its obscurity within the genus Empidonax), and triccus, meaning small bird" (W. Lanyon & S. Lanyon 1986).
griseipecta / griseipectum / griseipectus
Med. L. griseum grey; L. pectus, pectoris breast.
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)
