Tyrannine Woodcreeper

SCI Name:  Dendrocincla tyrannina
Protonym:  Dendrocops tyranninus Rev.Mag.Zool.(2), 3 p.328
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Furnariidae / Dendrocincla
Taxonomy Code:  tyrwoo1
Type Locality:  Bogota, Colombia.
Author:  Lafresnaye
Publish Year:  1851
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

DENDROCINCLA
(Furnariidae; Ϯ Plain-winged Woodcreeper D. turdina) Gr. δενδρον dendron  tree; Mod. L. cinclus  thrush  < Gr. κιγκλος kinklos  unidentified bird; "DENDROCINCLA, n.  Dryocopus, Pr. Max.  Dendrocolaptes, Licht.  D. turdinus, (Licht.) n." (G. Gray 1840); "Dendrocincla GRAY, List Genera Birds, p. 18, 1840—type [by original designation] Dendrocolaptes turdinus LICHTENSTEIN." (Hellmayr, 1925, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. IV, p. 364).
Var. Dendrocinda, Dendrocichla (Mod. L. cichla  thrush).
Synon. Dendromanes, Dryocopus.

tyrannina
Mod. L. tyranninus like a tyrant flycatcher, tyrannine < L. tyrannus tyrant < Gr. τυραννος turannos tyrant, despot.
● “A series of specimens in the British Museum clearly connect the somewhat dissimilar male and female of this species, which it is difficult to place satisfactorily in any of the present established genera of this family as far as I am acquainted with them, though without doubt a member of the group with somewhat of a Tyrannine aspect” (P. Sclater 1855) (Cercomacroides).

Tyrannina
(syn. Gubernetes Ϯ Streamer-tailed Tyrant G. yetapa) Mod. L. tyranninus  like a tyrant flycatcher, tyrannine  < L. tyrannus  tyrant  < Gr. τυραννος turannos  tyrant, despot; "69. Muscicapa, L.  ...  6. Tyrannina, Sw." (Bonaparte 1831); "Al Sottogenere 6. Tyrannina (nome complessivo scritto per innavertenza) si sostituirà 6. Gubernetes, Such. (Milvulus, Sw.)" (Bonaparte 1832 (per Richmond Card Index)).

SUBSPECIES

Tyrannine Woodcreeper (hellmayri)
SCI Name: Dendrocincla tyrannina hellmayri
hellmayri
Carl Eduard Hellmayr (1878-1944) Austrian/US ornithologist (subsp. Accipiter fasciatus, subsp. Anthoscopus caroli, Anthus, subsp. Attila rufus, subsp. Campylorhamphus trochilirostris, subsp. Catharus fuscater, subsp. Celeus elegans, syn. Chloroceryle americana cabanisii, Cinnyris, syn. Conopophaga lineata, Cranioleuca, syn. Crypturellus strigulosus, subsp. Cyanerpes caeruleus, subsp. Dendrocincla tyrannina, Drymophila, subsp. Empidonax occidentalis, subsp. Geositta cunicularia, syn. Geositta rufipennis fasciata, subsp. Hemithraupis flavicollis, subsp. Isleria hauxwelli, subsp. Lepidocolaptes angustirostris, subsp. Leptopogon superciliaris, subsp. Leptotila rufaxilla, Mecocerculus, subsp. Myioborus miniatus, subsp. Myiozetetes cayanensis, syn. Nonnula rubecula, subsp. Oenanthe familiaris, syn. Petronia petronia, subsp. Piaya cayana, syn. Pitangus sulphuratus, subsp. Poecile palustris, subsp. Pyriglena leuconota, subsp. Rhynchocyclus brevirostris, subsp. Saltator aurantiirostris, syn. Selenidera gouldii, subsp. Sporophila caerulescens, Synallaxis, subsp. Tanygnathus megalorhynchos, subsp. Terenotriccus erythrurus, syn. Thamnophilus schistaceus dubius, subsp. Tyto alba, subsp. Xenops tenuirostris).

Tyrannine Woodcreeper (tyrannina)
SCI Name: Dendrocincla tyrannina tyrannina
tyrannina
Mod. L. tyranninus like a tyrant flycatcher, tyrannine < L. tyrannus tyrant < Gr. τυραννος turannos tyrant, despot.
● “A series of specimens in the British Museum clearly connect the somewhat dissimilar male and female of this species, which it is difficult to place satisfactorily in any of the present established genera of this family as far as I am acquainted with them, though without doubt a member of the group with somewhat of a Tyrannine aspect” (P. Sclater 1855) (Cercomacroides).