Yellow-green Tyrannulet / Phylloscartes flavovirens
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Yellow-green Tyrannulet
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Protonym: Leptopogon flavovirens Ann.Lyc.Nat.Hist.N.Y. 7 p.472
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Phylloscartes
Taxonomy Code: yegtyr1
Type Locality: along line of Panama Railroad.
Author: Lawrence
Publish Year: 1862
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PHYLLOSCARTES
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet P. ventralis) Gr. φυλλον phullon leaf; σκαιρω skairō to skip, to dance; "Gen. PHYLLOSCARTES **) nov. gen. — Laub-Tachuri. 183. 1. P. ventralis Nob. Muscicapa ventralis "Natt." Temm. Pl. col. 275. 2. — Tyrannulus ventralis Id. Tabl. méth. p. 27. — Elania ventralis Gray Gen. B. I. p. 250. 15. — Leptopogon ventralis Bp. Consp. I. p. 186. — Euscarthmus ventralis Burm. Th. Bras. II. p. 491. ... **) Von φυλλον (Laub) und σκαρτης (Springer). Diese Gattung erinnert im Gefieder schon ganz an Leptopogon, hat aber einen breitern Schnabel mit weniger abgerundeter Firste und zeigt auch noch die für die Todinae characteristischen hohen Läufe." (Cabanis & Heine 1859); "Phylloscartes Cabanis and Heine, 1859, Mus. Heineanum, 2, p. 52. Type, by monotypy, Muscicapa ventralis Temminck." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 63).
Synon. Guracava, Leptotriccus, Phyllooecia.
flavovirens
Mod. L. flavovirens, flavovirentis yellowish-green < L. flavus yellow, golden-yellow; virens, virentis green < virere to be green.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
