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Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant
Muscisaxicola alpinus (Jardine, 1849)
The Paramo Ground Tyrant (Muscisaxicola alpinus), also known as the Paramo Ground-tyrant, is a species of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family, Tyrannidae. Plain-capped Ground Tyrant (M. griseus) was formerly considered to be a subspecies of M. alpinus but is now commonly treated as a separate species. The name "Plain-capped Ground Tyrant" is sometimes used for M. alpinus. Source: Wikipedia
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Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Tyrannidae
Genus:
Muscisaxicola
Scientific:
Muscisaxicola alpinus
Citation:
(Jardine, 1849)
Reference:
Contrib.Orn.[Jardine] p.47,48,49 pl.21
Protonym:
Taenioptera alpina
Avibase ID:
C0A4CA8FB6B14187
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/C0A4CA8F
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 711527
Geographic range:
- Muscisaxicola alpinus alpinus: Páramo of Ecuador
- Muscisaxicola alpinus columbianus: Central Andes of Colombia (Nevado del Ruiz to Cauca)
- Muscisaxicola alpinus quesadae: E Andes of Colombia (Boyacá and Cundinamarca)
Source: Clements checklist
Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant
Catalan:
tirà terrestre cellut
Czech:
tyranovec skalní
Danish:
Brunisset Jordtyran
German:
Weißbrauen-Grundtyrann
Spanish:
Dormilona Gorrillana
Spanish (Spain):
Dormilona Gris
Finnish:
ruohomaatyranni
French:
Dormilon à grands sourcils
Croatian:
srebrnastoprsi muhar
Italian:
Tiranno terragnolo capouniforme
Japanese (romaji):
chaboushiiwatairanchou
Japanese:
チャボウシイワタイランチョウ
Lithuanian:
Kalninis urvinis tironas
Dutch:
Rotsgrondtiran
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Paramomarktyrann
Norwegian:
Paramomarktyrann
Polish:
skalotyran ubogi
Russian:
Скальный земляной тиранн
Slovak:
pamuchár vrchovský
Serbian:
Alpijska tiranka sa tla
Swedish:
páramomarktyrann
Ukrainian:
Дормілон скельний
Chinese:
淡顶地霸鹟
Chinese (Traditional):
純色頂地霸鶲
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Plain-capped Ground-tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Plain-capped Ground-tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Plain-capped Ground-tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Plain-capped Ground-tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Plain-capped Ground-tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Plain-capped Ground-tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Plain-capped Ground-tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Plain-capped Ground-tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Plain-capped Ground-tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Plain-capped Ground-tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Plain-capped Ground-tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Plain-capped Ground-tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Plain-capped Ground-tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Plain-capped Ground-tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Plain-capped Ground-tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Plain-capped Ground-tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Plain-capped Ground-tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Dormilon à grands sourcils ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Plain-capped Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Plain-capped Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Plain-capped Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Plain-capped Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Plain-capped Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Plain-capped Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Plain-capped Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Plain-capped Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Plain-capped Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Plain-capped Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Plain-capped Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Plain-capped Ground-tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Plain-capped Ground-tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Plain-capped Ground-tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Plain-capped Ground-tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Plain-capped Ground-tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Paramo Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Paramo Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Paramo Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Paramo Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Paramo Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Paramo Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Paramo Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Paramo Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Paramo Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Paramo Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Paramo Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Paramo Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Paramo Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Paramo Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Paramo Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Paramo Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Paramo Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Paramo Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Paramo Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Paramo Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Paramo Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Paramo Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Paramo Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Paramo Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Paramo Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Paramo Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Paramo Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Paramo Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Paramo Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Paramo Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Paramo Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Paramo Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Paramo Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Paramo Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Paramo Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Paramo Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Paramo Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Paramo Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Paramo Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Paramo Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Paramo Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Paramo Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Paramo Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Paramo Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003): Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005): Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006): Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007): Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008): Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009): Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010): Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011): Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012): Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012): Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013): Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014): Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015): Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016): Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017): Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018): Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019): Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020): Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020): Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Paramo Ground Tyrant ( Muscisaxicola alpinus) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Muscisaxicola alpinus [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Muscisaxicola alpinus [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Muscisaxicola [alpinus or griseus]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
Catalan: tirà terrestre cellut
Czech: Tyranovec skalní
Danish: Brunisset Jordtyran, Paramojordtyran
German: Felsentyrann, Weißbrauen-Grundtyrann
English: Alpine Ground-Tyrant, Cinereous Ground-Tyrant, Paramo Ground Tyrant, Paramo Ground-Tyrant, Plain capped Ground Tyrant, Plain-capped Ground Tyrant, Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant
English (IOC): Paramo Ground Tyrant
Spanish: Dormilona Cenicienta, Dormilona gorrillana, Dormilona Gris
Spanish (Colombia): Dormilona Cenicienta
Spanish (Ecuador): Dormilona gorrillana
Spanish (Spain): Dormilona Gris
Spanish (HBW): Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant
Spanish (Peru): Dormilona del Páramo
Finnish: Ruohomaatyranni
French: Dormilon à grands sourcils, Dormilon andin, Dormilon des Andes
Croatian: srebrnastoprsi muhar
Italian: Tiranno terragnolo capouniforme, Tiranno terricolo delle Ande
Japanese (romaji): chaboushiiwatairanchou
Japanese: チャボウシイウァタイランチョウ, チャボウシイワタイランチョウ
Scientific: Muscisaxicola alpina, Muscisaxicola alpina alpina, Muscisaxicola alpinus, Muscisaxicola alpinus alpinus, Taenioptera alpina
Lithuanian: Kalninis urvinis tironas
Dutch: Rotsgrondtiran
Norwegian Nynorsk: Paramomarktyrann
Norwegian: Paramomarktyrann
Polish: Skałotyran szary, skalotyran ubogi, skałotyran ubogi
Russian: Скальный земляной тиранн
Slovak: pamuchár vrchovský
Serbian: Alpijska tiranka sa tla
Swedish: Brunkronad marktyrann, páramomarktyrann
Ukrainian: Дормілон скельний
Chinese: 淡顶地霸鹟
Chinese (Traditional): 純色頂地霸鶲
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