Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola alpinus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (21)
- Subspecies (3)
Andrew Farnsworth, Gary Langham, and Eduardo de Juana
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 17, 2012
Text last updated December 17, 2012
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | tirà terrestre cellut |
| Dutch | Rotsgrondtiran |
| English | Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant |
| English (United States) | Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant |
| French | Dormilon à grands sourcils |
| French (France) | Dormilon à grands sourcils |
| German | Weißbrauen-Grundtyrann |
| Japanese | チャボウシイワタイランチョウ |
| Norwegian | paramomarktyrann |
| Polish | skałotyran ubogi |
| Russian | Андская дормилона |
| Serbian | Alpijska tiranka sa tla |
| Slovak | pamuchár vrchovský |
| Spanish | Dormilona Gris |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Dormilona del Páramo |
| Spanish (Peru) | Dormilona del Páramo |
| Spanish (Spain) | Dormilona gris |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant |
| Swedish | páramomarktyrann |
| Turkish | Paramo Yer Tiranı |
| Ukrainian | Дормілон скельний |
Muscisaxicola alpinus (Jardine, 1849)
PROTONYM:
Taenioptera alpina
Jardine, 1849. Contributions to ornithology, p.47,48,49 pl.21.
TYPE LOCALITY:
high ridge of the Andes; type from Quito, Ecuador, fide Sclater, 1888, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 14, p. 54.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MUSCISAXICOLA
- alpina / alpinum / alpinus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: 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)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant
