White-throated Tyrannulet

SCI Name:  Mecocerculus leucophrys
Protonym:  M[uscicapa] leucophrys Mag.Zool. 7 cl.2 p.53
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Mecocerculus
Taxonomy Code:  whttyr2
Type Locality:  Bolivia; type from Yanacache, Prov. Yungas [= Yanacachi, La Paz], fide d''Orbigny, 1840, Voy. Amer. Merid., 4, pt. 3., Ois., p. 327
Author:  d''Orbigny & Lafresnaye
Publish Year:  1837
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

MECOCERCULUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ White-throated Tyrannulet M. leucophrys setophagoides) Dim. < Gr. μηκος mēkos  length; κερκος kerkos  tail;  "I am indebted to Mr Gould's kindness for two specimens of Tyrant-birds from a collection recently received by him from the highlands of Ecuador. They are of nearly allied species, but stand best in the two neighbouring sections of Ochthoëca and Mecocerculus. By the latter name I propose to replace Myiarchus (Bp., nec Cab.), using it as a generic title for Fluvicola leucophrys, Lafr. et D'Orb., and its allies.   ...   2. MECOCERCULUS GRATIOSUS.  ...  Obs. Affinis Mecocerculo diademati" (P. Sclater 1862) (see Myiarchus).
Var. Macrocerculus.
Synon. Mecocerciscus.

leucophrys
Gr. λευκοφρυς leukophrus, λευκοφρυος leukophruos  white-browed  < λευκος leukos  white; οφρυς ophrus, οφρυος ophruos  eyebrow.
● ex “Pato ceja blanca” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 442 (Callonetta).
● ex “Grivetin” of Levaillant 1802, pl. 118 (Cercotrichas).

Leucophrys
(syn. Plocepasser Ϯ White-browed Sparrow Weaver P. mahali) Gr. λευκοφρυς leukophrus, λευκοφρυος leukophruos  white-browed  < λευκος leukos  white; οφρυς ophrus, οφρυος ophruos  eyebrow; "Leucophrys, Sw.  Bill unequally conic; the sides not swollen; the tip entire. Nostrils naked, round  ...  L. pileatus. Part 5. No. 199" (Swainson 1837).

SUBSPECIES

White-throated Tyrannulet (montensis)
SCI Name: Mecocerculus leucophrys montensis
montensis
L. montensis  belonging to a mountain <  mons, montis  mountain.

White-throated Tyrannulet (setophagoides)
SCI Name: Mecocerculus leucophrys setophagoides
setophagoides
Genus Setophaga Swainson, 1827, redstart; Gr.-οιδης -oidēs  resembling; "29.  SETOPHAGA ORNATA, Lafr.    30.  TYRANNULA SETOPHAGOIDES, Bp.  Fusco-olivacea, subtus flavida, gula alba; alis brevibus, caudaque elongata fuscis; tectricibus alarum, et remigibus tertiariis late spurco-albo marginatis, fascias binas alarum constituentibus. — Il becco è nero e piccolissimo, poco slargato: la coda lunga, sottile e piuttosto rotondata che smarginata: le ali brevi: la prima remigante anco più corta della decima, la seconda appena più breve della terza, che è la più lunga; dopo la quale diminuiscono le altre gradatamente e poco sensibilmente.  I piedi sono sottili, col dito posteriore più grande degli altri.    31. TYRANNULA VIRENS, Swains." (Bonaparte 1845) (subsp. Mecocerculus leucophrys).

White-throated Tyrannulet (nigriceps)
SCI Name: Mecocerculus leucophrys nigriceps
nigriceps
L. niger  black; -ceps  -headed  < caput, capitis  head.

White-throated Tyrannulet (notatus)
SCI Name: Mecocerculus leucophrys notatus
notata / notatum / notatus
L. notatus  spotted, marked, marked out  < notare  to mark  < nota  mark  < noscere  to know.
● ex “Pato ipecutirí” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 437 (syn. Amazonetta brasiliensis).
● ex “Petite Perruche de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 456, fig. 2, and “Sosové” of de Buffon 7170-1783 (syn. Brotogeris chrysoptera).
● ex “Pic Tigré” of Levaillant 1808 (Campethera).
● ex “Grimpereau noir de Madagascar” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Cinnyris).
● ex “Canard brun” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 1007 (syn. Melanitta fusca).
● ex “Traquet à Cul Roux” of Levaillant 1806, pl. 188, fig. 2 (syn. Phoenicurus ochruros rufiventris).
● ex “Ortolan de passage” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 511, fig. 2 (syn. Plectrophenax nivalis).

White-throated Tyrannulet (roraimae)
SCI Name: Mecocerculus leucophrys roraimae
roraima / roraimae
Mt. Roraima or Cerro Roraima, British Guiana (= Guyana)/ Venezuela.

White-throated Tyrannulet (chapmani)
SCI Name: Mecocerculus leucophrys chapmani
chapmani
Frank Michler Chapman (1864-1945) US ornithologist, Curator of Ornithology AMNH 1908-1942, collector (Calidris, Chaetura, subsp. Chordeiles minor, subsp. Conopophaga castaneiceps, syn. Crax rubra, subsp. Formicivora rufa, syn. Gallinago jamesoni, syn. Hemispingus melanotis piurae, subsp. Hydrobates leucorhous, subsp. Mecocerculus leucophrys, subsp. Micropygia schomburgkii, subsp. Myiodynastes maculatus, subsp. Myiothlypis coronata, syn. Odontophorus gujanensis marmoratus, syn. Pachyramphus polychopterus dorsalis, subsp. Patagioenas plumbea, syn. Petrochelidon rufocollaris aequatorialis,  Pogonotriccus, subsp. Pulsatrix perspicillata, subsp. Pyrrhura melanura, subsp. Schistes geoffroyi, subsp. Sicalis luteola, syn. Synallaxis brachyura nigrofumosa).

White-throated Tyrannulet (parui)
SCI Name: Mecocerculus leucophrys parui
parui
Cerro Parú, Amazonas, Venezuela.

White-throated Tyrannulet (rufomarginatus)
SCI Name: Mecocerculus leucophrys rufomarginatus
rufomarginatus
L. rufus rufous; marginatus bordered, edged < marginare to edge < margo border.

White-throated Tyrannulet (pallidior)
SCI Name: Mecocerculus leucophrys pallidior
pallidior / pallidiora
L. pallidior, pallidioris  paler  < comp. pallidus  pale  < pallere  to be pale.

White-throated Tyrannulet (brunneomarginatus)
SCI Name: Mecocerculus leucophrys brunneomarginatus
brunneomarginata / brunneomarginatus
Mod. L. brunneus  brown  < Med. L. brunius  brown; L. marginatus  edged, bordered  < marginare  to emarginate  < margo, marginis  edge, border.

White-throated Tyrannulet (leucophrys)
SCI Name: Mecocerculus leucophrys leucophrys
leucophrys
Gr. λευκοφρυς leukophrus, λευκοφρυος leukophruos  white-browed  < λευκος leukos  white; οφρυς ophrus, οφρυος ophruos  eyebrow.
● ex “Pato ceja blanca” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 442 (Callonetta).
● ex “Grivetin” of Levaillant 1802, pl. 118 (Cercotrichas).