Marble-faced Bristle-Tyrant / Phylloscartes ophthalmicus
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Marble-faced Bristle-Tyrant
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Protonym: Pogonotriccus ophthalmicus Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt1 p.135
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Phylloscartes
Taxonomy Code: mfbtyr1
Type Locality: Amable Maria, Chanchamayo Valley, Peru.
Author: Taczanowski
Publish Year: 1874
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PHYLLOSCARTES
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet P. ventralis) Gr. φυλλον phullon leaf; σκαιρω skairō to skip, to dance; "Gen. PHYLLOSCARTES **) nov. gen. — Laub-Tachuri. 183. 1. P. ventralis Nob. Muscicapa ventralis "Natt." Temm. Pl. col. 275. 2. — Tyrannulus ventralis Id. Tabl. méth. p. 27. — Elania ventralis Gray Gen. B. I. p. 250. 15. — Leptopogon ventralis Bp. Consp. I. p. 186. — Euscarthmus ventralis Burm. Th. Bras. II. p. 491. ... **) Von φυλλον (Laub) und σκαρτης (Springer). Diese Gattung erinnert im Gefieder schon ganz an Leptopogon, hat aber einen breitern Schnabel mit weniger abgerundeter Firste und zeigt auch noch die für die Todinae characteristischen hohen Läufe." (Cabanis & Heine 1859); "Phylloscartes Cabanis and Heine, 1859, Mus. Heineanum, 2, p. 52. Type, by monotypy, Muscicapa ventralis Temminck." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 63).
Synon. Guracava, Leptotriccus, Phyllooecia.
ophthalmica / ophthalmicus
L. ophthalmicus of the eye < Gr. οφθαλμικος ophthalmikos of the eye < οφθαλμος ophthalmos eye.
SUBSPECIES
Marble-faced Bristle-Tyrant (ophthalmicus)
SCI Name: Phylloscartes ophthalmicus ophthalmicus
ophthalmica / ophthalmicus
L. ophthalmicus of the eye < Gr. οφθαλμικος ophthalmikos of the eye < οφθαλμος ophthalmos eye.
Marble-faced Bristle-Tyrant (purus)
SCI Name: Phylloscartes ophthalmicus purus
purus
● Rio Purús, Brazil (subsp. Manacus manacus).
● L. purus simple, pure (syn. Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus affinis, syn. Dendrocopos major kamtschaticus, subsp. Phylloscartes ophthalmicus).
Marble-faced Bristle-Tyrant (ottonis)
SCI Name: Phylloscartes ophthalmicus ottonis
ottonis
● Otto Garlepp (1864-1959) German collector in Peru 1895-1912 (Asthenes, subsp. Phylloscartes ophthalmicus, Pogonotriccus).
● Prof. Dr Friedrich Hermann Otto Finsch (1839-1917) German diplomat, colonial administrator, ornithologist, collector (subsp. Ptilinopus cinctus).
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)
