Helmeted Pygmy-Tyrant

SCI Name:  Lophotriccus galeatus
Protonym:  Motacilla Galeata TablePlanchesEnlum. p.24
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Lophotriccus
Taxonomy Code:  heptyr1
Type Locality:  Cayenne.
Author:  Boddaert
Publish Year:  1783
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

LOPHOTRICCUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Scale-crested Pygmy Tyrant L. pileatus squamaecrista) Gr. λοφος lophos  crest; τρικκος trikkos  unidentified small bird. In ornithology triccus signifies tyrant flycatcher; "80. LOPHOTRICCUS¹ SQUAMICRISTATUS (Lafr.).  ...  ¹ Lophotriccus, nov. gen., Berlepsch.  λοφος = huppe; τρικκος, nom propre.  Les espèces: 1. L. spicifer (Lafr.); 2. L. squamicristatus (Lafr.)" (von Berlepsch 1883); "Lophotriccus Berlepsch, 1883, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 553. Type, by subsequent designation (Sharpe, 1884, Zool. Record for 1883, Aves, p. 34). "Lophotriccus squamicristatus (Lafr.)" = Todirostrum squamaecrista Lafresnaye." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 73).
Synon. Colopterus, Colopteryx, Cometornis, Orchilus.

galeata / galeatum / galeatus
L. galeatus  helmeted  < galea  helmet (usually refers to a full and conspicuous crest).
● ex “Red-crowned Parrot” of Latham 1802 (syn. Callocephalon fimbriatum).
● ex “Galeated Cassowary” of Latham 1785 (syn. Casuarius casuarius).
● ex “Gobe-mouche huppé de Madagascar” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 189, and “Drongo” of de Buffon 1770-1786 (syn. Dicrurus forficatus).
● ex “Yahaná” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 379 (Gallinula).
● (syn. Knipolegus lophotes) (= ♀).
● (syn. Knipolegus nigerrimus) (= ♂).
● ex "Figuier huppé de Cayenne" of d'Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 391, fig. 1 (Lophotriccus).
● ex “Hocco du Méxique” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Pauxi pauxi).
● ex “Calao à casque rond” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 933, and “Helmet Hornbill” of Latham 1781 (syn. Rhinoplax vigil).