Lophotriccus Explained
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 |
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| | Lophotriccus pileatus | Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Venezuela |
| Double-banded pygmy tyrant | Lophotriccus vitiosus | Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, and Suriname. |
| Long-crested pygmy tyrant | Lophotriccus eulophotes | western Amazon Basin of Bolivia, Brazil and Peru. |
| Helmeted pygmy tyrant | Lophotriccus galeatus | Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. |
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Notes and References
- Berlepsch . Hans von . Hans von Berlepsch . 1883 . Liste des oiseaux recueillis par MM. Stolzmann et Siemiradzki dans l'Ecuadeur occidental . French . Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London . 1883 . 536–577 [553] . The title page gives the year as 1883 but the issue was not published until 1884.
- Book: Dickinson . E.C. . Edward C. Dickinson . Christidis . L. . Leslie Christidis . 2014 . The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World . 2: Passerines . 4th . Eastbourne, UK . Aves Press . 978-0-9568611-2-2 . 31 .
- Sharpe . Richard Bowdler . Richard Bowdler Sharpe . 1884 . Aves . Zoological Record . 20 . 34 .
- Book: Traylor . Melvin A. Jr . Melvin Alvah Traylor Jr. . 1979 . Check-list of Birds of the World . 8 . Museum of Comparative Zoology . Cambridge, Massachusetts . 73 .
- Book: Jobling, James A. . 2010. The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . limited . Christopher Helm . London . 978-1-4081-2501-4 . 232 .
- Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . 2019 . Tyrant flycatchers . World Bird List Version 9.2 . International Ornithologists' Union . 29 June 2019 .
