White-ringed Flycatcher

SCI Name:  Conopias albovittatus
Protonym:  Pitangus albovittatus Ibis p.11
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Conopias
Taxonomy Code:  whrfly
Type Locality:  Isthmus of Panama.
Author:  Lawrence
Publish Year:  1862
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CONOPIAS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Three-striped Flycatcher C. trivirgatus) Gr. κωνωψ kōnōps, κωνωπος kōnōpos  gnat, mosquito; πιαζω piazō  to seize; "Gen. SAUROPHAGUS *) Sws. — Bentavi.   ...   *) Zwischen den Gattungen Myiozetetes und Saurophagus steht gleichsam vermittelnd das Genus:   Conopias nov. gen.  (von κωνωψ (Mücke), wie μυιας von μυια gebildet):   C. superciliosus. — Tyrannus superciliosa Sws. B. Bras. t. 46. — Burm. Th. Bras. p. 475. Anm. — Muscicapa pitangula Licht. in Mus. Berol (Brasilien)." (Cabanis & Heine 1859); "Conopias Cabanis and Heine, 1859, Mus. Heineanum, 2, p. 62. Type, by monotypy, Tyrannula superciliosa Swainson = Muscicapa trivirgata Wied." (Traylor in Peters, 1979, VIII, p. 214) (see Myiacleptes).
Synon. Cephalanius, Myiacleptes.

albovittata / albovittatus
L. albus white; vittatus banded < vitta band.

SUBSPECIES

White-ringed Flycatcher (albovittatus)
SCI Name: Conopias albovittatus albovittatus
albovittata / albovittatus
L. albus white; vittatus banded < vitta band.

White-ringed Flycatcher (distinctus)
SCI Name: Conopias albovittatus distinctus
distinctus
L. distinctus distinct  < distinguere  to separate.
• "In my paper on the birds of Gran Canaria I gave a description of the Thick-knees which I obtained in this island and which were remarkable for their almost pure white underparts, the markings upon the breast and flanks being in consequence much bolder.  Other differences are also noted ('Ibis,' 1912, p. 584).  I therefore propose to name the form inhabiting the western Canary group, Œdicnemus œdicnemus distinctus, subsp. nov." (Bannerman 1914) (subsp. Burhinus oedicnemus).
• "2.  Coryphotriccus albovittatus distinctus subsp. nov.  ...  Similar to C. albovittatus (Lawrence), from line of Panama Railway, but decidedly larger; back, etc., much grayer olive; yellow of under parts paler (light canary yellow instead of nearly lemon yellow); and blackish area on side of head much broader." (Ridgway 1908) (subsp. Conopias albovittatus).