Thlypopsis pyrrhocoma

Burns, Kevin J., Unitt, Philip & Mason, Nicholas A., 2016, A genus-level classification of the family Thraupidae (Class Aves: Order Passeriformes), Zootaxa 4088 (3), pp. 329-354 : 340

17. Thlypopsis pyrrhocoma , new name ( Fig. 3 )

Type. Pyrrhocoma ruficeps Strickland, 1844

Included taxa. Monotypic; includes only Pyrrhocoma ruficeps . No subspecies of this species are recognized.

Etymology. The name is formed from the Greek πύῤῥος, “flame-colored” or “red,” as applied to hair, and the Greek κόΜη, “hair of the head,” in allusion to the male’s rufous head. The name is to be construed as a noun in apposition. We intend adoption of the former generic name as the new specific epithet to communicate past taxonomic connections.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Maximum clade credibility tree from the Bayesian analyses of Burns et al. (2014). Subfamilies Sporophilinae and Poospizinae shown. Labeling and format as in Fig. 1.