Poecilotriccus Calopterus Bird

Poecilotriccus Calopterus Bird

Poecilotriccus Calopterus Bird

English Name:  Golden-winged Tody-Flycatcher
Latin Name:  Poecilotriccus calopterus
Protonym:  Todirostrum calopterum Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt25 no.332 p.82 pl.125 fig.1
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Poecilotriccus
Taxonomy Code:  gowtof1
Type Locality:  Rio Napo, Ecuador.
Author:  Sclater, PL
Publish Year:  1857
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

POECILOTRICCUS
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Rufous-crowned Tody Tyrant P. ruficeps) Gr. ποικιλος poikilos  variegated; τρικκος trikkos  unidentified small bird. In ornithology triccus signifies tyrant flycatcher; "79. Poecilotriccus*) lenzi sp. nov.   ...   P. P. rufigeni ex Ecuad. occ. maxime affinis, sed pileo capitisque lateribus clarius rufo-castaneis, pileo rufo magis ad nucham protenso, gula solum in medio linea transversa rufescente ornata (neque gula superiore tota nisi mento-rufo-castanea), abdomine clarius flavo, tectricibus alarum superioribus anterioribus apicibus rufescentibus, rectricibus externis apice extus late flavescente marginatis necnon alis longioribus distinguendus.   ...   *) Poecilotriccus nov. gen. Berlepsch von ποικιλος (bunt) und triccus (nom. propr.) (rostro gracili inter genera Todirostrum et Euscarthmus intermedium)." (von Berlepsch 1884); "Poecilotriccus Berlepsch, 1884, Journ. f. Ornith., 32, p. 298. Type, by monotypy, "Poecilotriccus lenzi sp. nov." = Todirostrum lenzi Berlepsch = Todirhamphus ruficeps Kaup." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 76).
Synon. Krotalotriccus, Lanyonia, Physatriccus.

calopterum / calopterus
Gr. καλος kalos  beautiful; -πτερος -pteros  -winged  < πτερον pteron  wing.