Southern Scrub-Flycatcher

SCI Name:  Sublegatus modestus
Protonym:  M(uscipeta) modesta Beitr.Naturgesch.Brasil. 3 p.923
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Sublegatus
Taxonomy Code:  sosfly1
Type Locality:  Camamu and Bahia, Brazil.
Author:  zu Wied
Publish Year:  1831
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

SUBLEGATUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Northern Scrub Flycatcher S. arenarum glaber) L. sub  near to; genus Legatus Sclater, 1859, piratic flycatcher; “76. SUBLEGATUS GLABER, sp. et gen. nov.  (Pl. XIII. fig. 2.)  Apparently the adult of the bird numbered 1340a in Sclater's 'American Catalogue.' It is not quite a Legatus, and in some aspects comes nearer to Elainea; but we are not able to refer it satisfactorily to any other genus. We propose, therefore, to give it a new name, with the following characters:—  SUBLEGATUS, gen. nov.  Habitus generalis Elaineæ, sed narium aperturis seorsum versis, rotundatis et omnino patentibus.  Rostrum aliter fere sicut in genere Legato, sed magis depressum.  Rictus setis paucis et inconspicuis armatus.  Alæ subbreves: remige tertio quarto et quinto æqualibus et longissimis, primo nonum fere æquante: secundo sextum paulo excedente.  Cauda longa, fere quadrata.  Tarsi sicut in Elainea, sed robustiores." (P. Sclater & Salvin 1868); "Sublegatus Sclater and Salvin, 1868, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 171. Type, by monotypy, Sublegatus glaber Sclater and Salvin." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 18).

modesta / modestum / modestus
L. modestus  plain, modest, unassuming  < modus  measure, standard.

SUBSPECIES

Southern Scrub-Flycatcher (modestus)
SCI Name: Sublegatus modestus modestus
modesta / modestum / modestus
L. modestus  plain, modest, unassuming  < modus  measure, standard.

Southern Scrub-Flycatcher (brevirostris)
SCI Name: Sublegatus modestus brevirostris
brevirostre / brevirostris
Mod. L. brevirostris  having a short beak  < L. brevis  short; -rostris  -billed  < rostrum  beak.