Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher

SCI Name:  Poecilotriccus latirostris
Protonym:  Euscarthmus latirostris Orn.Brasil. Abth.2 p.101,173
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Poecilotriccus
Taxonomy Code:  ruftof1
Type Locality:  Borba, Rio Madiera, Amazonas, Brazil.
Author:  von Pelzeln
Publish Year:  1868
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

POECILOTRICCUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Rufous-crowned Tody Tyrant P. ruficeps) Gr. ποικιλος poikilos  variegated; τρικκος trikkos  unidentified small bird. In ornithology triccus signifies tyrant flycatcher; "79. Poecilotriccus*) lenzi sp. nov.   ...   P. P. rufigeni ex Ecuad. occ. maxime affinis, sed pileo capitisque lateribus clarius rufo-castaneis, pileo rufo magis ad nucham protenso, gula solum in medio linea transversa rufescente ornata (neque gula superiore tota nisi mento-rufo-castanea), abdomine clarius flavo, tectricibus alarum superioribus anterioribus apicibus rufescentibus, rectricibus externis apice extus late flavescente marginatis necnon alis longioribus distinguendus.   ...   *) Poecilotriccus nov. gen. Berlepsch von ποικιλος (bunt) und triccus (nom. propr.) (rostro gracili inter genera Todirostrum et Euscarthmus intermedium)." (von Berlepsch 1884); "Poecilotriccus Berlepsch, 1884, Journ. f. Ornith., 32, p. 298. Type, by monotypy, "Poecilotriccus lenzi sp. nov." = Todirostrum lenzi Berlepsch = Todirhamphus ruficeps Kaup." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 76).
Synon. Krotalotriccus, Lanyonia, Physatriccus.

latirostra / latirostre / latirostris
L. latus  broad; -rostris  -billed  < rostrum  beak.
● ex “Canard du nord” or “Marchand” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 995 (syn. Melanitta perspicillata).

SUBSPECIES

Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher (mituensis)
SCI Name: Poecilotriccus latirostris mituensis
mituense / mituensis
Mitú, Vaupés, Colombia.

Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher (caniceps)
SCI Name: Poecilotriccus latirostris caniceps
caniceps
L. canus  grey; -ceps  -headed  < caput, capitis  head.

Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher (latirostris)
SCI Name: Poecilotriccus latirostris latirostris
latirostra / latirostre / latirostris
L. latus  broad; -rostris  -billed  < rostrum  beak.
● ex “Canard du nord” or “Marchand” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 995 (syn. Melanitta perspicillata).

Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher (mixtus)
SCI Name: Poecilotriccus latirostris mixtus
mixta / mixtum / mixtus
L. mixtus  mixed, mingled  < miscere  to mix.
● "they may with certainty be separated from both P[achyprora]. molitor and P[achyprora]. capensis, of both of which species they unite certain characteristics" (Shelley 1889) (Batis).
● ex “Pic de l’Encénade” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 748, fig. 1, “Épeiche varié de la Encénada” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Encenada Woodpecker” of Latham 1783 (Veniliornis).

Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher (ochropterus)
SCI Name: Poecilotriccus latirostris ochropterus
ochroptera / ochropterum / ochropterus
Gr. ωχρος ōkhros  pale-yellow; ωχρα ōkhra  yellow ochre; -πτερος -pteros -winged  < πτερον pteron  wing.
● ex “Psittacus amazonicus, gutture luteo” of Brisson 1760, “Crick à tête et gorge jaune” of de Buffon 1770-1783, “Yellow-headed Creature” of Bancroft 1769, and “Yellow-winged Parrot” of Latham 1781 (syn. Amazona barbadensis).

Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher (austroriparius)
SCI Name: Poecilotriccus latirostris austroriparius
austroriparium / austroriparius
L. auster, austri south; riparius  that frequents the banks of rivers  < ripa river-bank.

Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher (senectus)
SCI Name: Poecilotriccus latirostris senectus
senectum / senectus
L. senectus  very old, aged  < senex, senis  old, aged.