Olive-crowned Yellowthroat

SCI Name:  Geothlypis semiflava
Protonym:  Geothlypis semiflava Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt(28)2 p.273
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Parulidae / Geothlypis
Taxonomy Code:  olcyel1
Type Locality:  Babahoyo, Ecuador.
Author:  Sclater, PL
Publish Year:  1860
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

GEOTHLYPIS
(Parulidae; † Common Yellowthroat G. trichas) Gr. γεω- geō-  ground-, earth-  < γη gē  earth; θλυπις thlupis  unknown small bird, perhaps some sort of finch or warbler. In ornithology thlypis signifies either a thin-billed tanager or, as in this case, a parulid warbler; "Subfam. Sylvicolinae.  1. Geothlypis (Trichas Sws. nec Gloger).  ...  Gen. Trichas Gloger.  Der Name Trichas wurde von Gloger im März 1827 an die Stelle von Criniger (!) Temm. gesetzt. Trichophorus Temm. ist später als Trichas Gloger vorgeschlagen.  Für die Gattung Trichas Sws., April 1827 haben wir den Namen Geothlypis (Fam. Sylvicolidae) vorgeschlagen   1. Trichas barbata (Temm.).   2. T. gularis (Horsf.).   3. T. icterica (Strickl.).   4. T. flaveola (Gould). etc." (Cabanis 1847); "Geothlypis Cabanis, 1847, Archiv für Naturgesch., 13, pp. 316, 349.  New name for Trichas Swainson, (June) 1827, preoccupied by Trichas Gloger, (March) 1827." (JAJ 2021) (see Trichas).
Var. Geothlipis.   
Synon. Chamaethlypis, Frutiornis, Trichas.

semiflava / semiflavum / semiflavus
L. semi-  half-  < semis, semissis  half  < as, assis  whole; flavus  yellow.

SUBSPECIES

Olive-crowned Yellowthroat (Baird's)
SCI Name: Geothlypis semiflava bairdi
bairdi / bairdii
● Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823-1887) US ornithologist, collector, Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (Acanthidops, syn. Buteo swainsoni, Calidris, syn. Calidris melanotos, ‡Campephilus, syn. Coccyzus americanus, syn. Coccyzus euleri, syn. Coereba flaveola bahamensis, syn. Dryobates pubescens, syn. Dryobates scalaris, subsp. Empidonax affinis, Geothlypis, ‡subsp. Icterus leucopteryx, Junco, subsp. Melanerpes formicivorus, syn. Myioborus melanocephalus ruficoronatus, Myiodynastes, Oreomystis, Passerculus, syn. Phalacrocorax pelagicus resplendens, syn. Polioptila albiloris, Prinia, subsp. Sialia mexicana, syn. Sterna paradisaea, syn. Thryomanes bewickii mexicanus, Trogon, Vireo).
● Dr Robert F. Baird (fl. 1996) Australian palaeontologist (‡Centropus).

Olive-crowned Yellowthroat (Chiriqui)
SCI Name: Geothlypis semiflava chiriquensis
chiriquensis / chiriquiquensis
Chiriquí Province, Panama.

Olive-crowned Yellowthroat (Olive-crowned)
SCI Name: Geothlypis semiflava semiflava
semiflava / semiflavum / semiflavus
L. semi-  half-  < semis, semissis  half  < as, assis  whole; flavus  yellow.