The Sierra de Lema flycatcher or Tepui flycatcher (''Mionectes roraimae'') is a species of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family
Tyrannidae. It is found in highland areas, including the table-top mountains (
tepui), of southern Venezuela and the neighbouring parts of Brazil and Guiana. Its natural
habitats are moist
montane forests.
The Sierra de Lema flycatcher was described by the English ornithologist
Charles Chubb in 1919 as a
subspecies
In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ...
of the
ochre-bellied flycatcher
The ochre-bellied flycatcher (''Mionectes oleagineus'') is a small bird of the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from southern Mexico through Central America, and South America east of the Andes as far as southern Brazil, and on Trinidad and To ...
. He coined the
trinomial name
In biology, trinomial nomenclature refers to names for taxa below the rank of species. These names have three parts. The usage is different in zoology and botany.
In zoology
In zoological nomenclature, a trinomen (), trinominal name, or ternary ...
''Pipromorpha oleaginea roraimae'' and specified the
type location as
Mount Roraima
Mount Roraima ( es, Monte Roraima; Tepuy Roraima; Cerro Roraima pt, Monte Roraima ) is the highest of the Pakaraima chain of tepuis (table-top mountain) or plateaux in South America. It is located at the junction of Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana. ...
in the southeastern corner of Venezuela. The
specific epithet
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...
''roraimae'' is a Latinized form of Mount Roraima. It was treated as a subspecies of
McConnell's flycatcher (''Mionectes macconnelli'') by the American ornithologist
Clyde Todd in 1921. It was split from the McConnell's flycatcher based on a study published in 2014 that showed that the two taxa differed in habitat choice, vocalization and display behaviour.
References
External links
Xeno-canto: audio recordings of the Tepui flycatcher
Mionectes
Birds of the Guiana Shield
Birds of Venezuela
Birds described in 1919
Birds of the Tepuis
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