Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant

SCI Name:  Muscisaxicola rufivertex
Protonym:  M[uscisaxicola] rufivertex Mag.Zool. 7 cl.2 p.66
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Muscisaxicola
Taxonomy Code:  rngtyr1
Type Locality:  Cobija, Antofagasta, Chile.
Author:  d''Orbigny & Lafresnaye
Publish Year:  1837
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

MUSCISAXICOLA
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Rufous-naped Ground Tyrant M. rufivertex) Portmanteau of genera Muscicapa Brisson 1760, flycatcher, and Saxicola auct. (= Oenanthe Vieillot 1816), wheatear; "G. MUSCISAXICOLA. Nob.   Pedibus valde elongatis, gracilibus, unguibus anticis brevibus, postice longiore parum curvato, alis prælongis, acuminatis; cauda mediocris apice recto; rostro tenui, valde compresso, elongato, non basi depresso, quibus omnibus characteribus habituque toto Saxicolis hujus generis species proxime accedunt.   ...   1. M. rufivertex, Nob.   ...   2. M. mentalis, Nob.   ...   3. M. maculirostris, Nob.   ...   4. M. striaticeps, Nob." (d'Orbigny & de La Fresnaye 1837); "Muscisaxicola d'Orbigny and Lafresnaye, 1837, Mag. Zool. [Paris], 7, cl. 2, p. 65. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1840, List Genera Birds, p. 24), Muscisaxicola rufivertex d'Orbigny and Lafresnaye." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 168).
Synon. Ptyonura.

rufivertex
L. rufus  rufous; vertex, verticis  crown of the head.

SUBSPECIES

Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant (Rufous-naped)
SCI Name: Muscisaxicola rufivertex rufivertex
rufivertex
L. rufus  rufous; vertex, verticis  crown of the head.

Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant (Chestnut-naped)
SCI Name: Muscisaxicola rufivertex occipitalis
occipitalis
Late L. occipitalis  of the back of the head, occipital  < L. occipitium  occiput  < ob  towards, over; caput, capitis  head.
● ex “Azur à Calotte et à Collier Noir” of Levaillant 1805 (syn. Hypothymis azurea).
● ex “Huppard” of Levaillant 1796, pl. 2  < French huppe  crest; Busard  hawk (Lophaetus).

Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant (pallidiceps)
SCI Name: Muscisaxicola rufivertex pallidiceps
pallidiceps
L. pallidus  pale  < pallere  to be pale; -ceps  -headed  < caput, capitis  head.