Biology:Lophotriccus

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Short description: Genus of birds

Lophotriccus
Lophotriccus pileatus - Ecuador.jpg
Scale-crested pygmy tyrant (Lophotriccus pileatus)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Lophotriccus
Berlepsch, 1884

Lophotriccus is a genus of South American birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.

The genus was introduced by the German ornithologist Hans von Berlepsch in 1884.[1][2] The type species was subsequently designated as a subspecies of the scale-crested pygmy tyrant (Lophotriccus pileatus squamaecrista) by the English zoologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe in 1884.[3][4] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek lophos meaning "crest" with trikkos which is an unidentified small bird. In ornithology triccus is used to denote a tyrant flycatcher.[5]

Species

The genus contains the following four species:[6]

Image Common Name Scientific name Distribution
Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant 3.jpg Scale-crested pygmy tyrant Lophotriccus pileatus Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Venezuela
Lophotriccus vitiosus - Double-banded pygmy-tyrant.jpg Double-banded pygmy tyrant Lophotriccus vitiosus Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, and Suriname.
Lophotriccus eulophotes - Long-crested pygmy-tyrant.jpg Long-crested pygmy tyrant Lophotriccus eulophotes western Amazon Basin of Bolivia, Brazil and Peru.
Lophotriccus galeatus - Helmeted Pygmy Tyrant, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil 02.jpg Helmeted pygmy tyrant Lophotriccus galeatus Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.

References

  1. Berlepsch, Hans von (1883). "Liste des oiseaux recueillis par MM. Stolzmann et Siemiradzki dans l'Ecuadeur occidental" (in French). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: 536–577 [553]. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30828231.  The title page gives the year as 1883 but the issue was not published until 1884.
  2. The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. 2014. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2. 
  3. Sharpe, Richard Bowdler (1884). "Aves". Zoological Record 20: 34. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51469815. 
  4. Traylor, Melvin A. Jr, ed (1979). Check-list of Birds of the World. 8. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 73. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14500850. 
  5. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 232. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. https://archive.org/details/helmdictionarysc00jobl_997. 
  6. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2019). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/flycatchers/. Retrieved 29 June 2019. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2587117 entry