Biology:Rhynchocyclus
Rhynchocyclus is a genus of passerine birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.
Taxonomy
The genus Rhynchocyclus was introduced in 1860 by the German ornithologists Jean Cabanis and Ferdinand Heine as a replacement name for Cyclorhynchus that had been introduced in 1836 by Carl Jakob Sundevall.[1][2] The name Cyclorhynchus was preoccupied by Cyclorrhynchus that had been introduced in 1829 by Johann Jakob Kaup.[3] The type species is Cyclorhynchus olivaceus Desmarest which is a junior synonym of Platyrhynchos olivaceus Temminck, the eastern olivaceous flatbill.[4][5] The genus name Rhynchocyclus is an anagram of the original name Cyclorhynchus.[6] The latter combines the Ancient Greek κυκλος/kuklos meaning "circle" or "shield" with ῥυγχος /rhunkhos meaning "bill".[7]
The genus contains five species:[8]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 120px | Rhynchocyclus brevirostris | Eye-ringed flatbill | Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama, with a slight incursion into Colombia |
| 120px | Rhynchocyclus pacificus | Pacific flatbill | Colombia and Ecuador. |
| 120px | Rhynchocyclus olivaceus | Eastern olivaceous flatbill | Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. |
| 120px | Rhynchocyclus aequinoctialis | Western olivaceous flatbill | Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. |
| 120px | Rhynchocyclus fulvipectus | Fulvous-breasted flatbill | Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. |
References
- ↑ Cabanis, Jean; Heine, Ferdinand (1860) (in German). Museum Heineanum : Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine, auf Gut St. Burchard vor Halberstadt. 2. Halberstadt: R. Frantz. p. 56. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49587909.
- ↑ Sundevall, Carl Jakob (1835). "Ornithologiskl System" (in Swedish). Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar. Series 3 23: 43-130 [83]. 1836. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34523895.
- ↑ Kaup, Johann Jakob (1829) (in German). Skizzirte Entwickelungs-Geschichte und natürliches System der europäischen Thierwelt. Darmstadt: Carl Wilhelm Leske. p. 155. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41576578.
- ↑ Gray, George Robert (1840). A List of the Genera of Birds : with an Indication of the Typical Species of Each Genus. London: R. and J.E. Taylor. p. 31. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13668925.
- ↑ Traylor, Melvin A. Jr, ed (1979). Check-List of Birds of the World. 8. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. pp. 97-98. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14500874.
- ↑ Jobling, James A.. "Rhynchocyclus". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/key-to-scientific-names/search?q=Rhynchocyclus.
- ↑ Jobling, James A.. "Cyclorhynchus". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/key-to-scientific-names/search?q=Cyclorhynchus.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (February 2025). "Tyrant flycatchers". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/flycatchers/.
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