Björn Bergenholtz
(former alias "Calalp")
pseudogillia
In today's Key we find:
To me, when looking at photos of the bird itself (today's Black-backed Water tyrant Fluvicola albiventer), it does remind me somewhat of a Wagtail (even if a bit short-tailed) ... far more so than any Finch (Fringilla/Fringillidae).
As in a [South American (shorter)] pseudo-wagtail?
Just an idea, a guess, nothing else ... for what it's worth.
Björn
PS. Not to be involved; the Sea snails in Pseudocilla BOETTGER 1901 (in Pyramidellidae)
In today's Key we find:
Could Lesson's invalid "pseudogillia" simply, possibly be a shortened version (and a typo, alt. printers error), originating in Motacilla ... !?!pseudogillia
Etymology undiscovered (cf. Gr. ψευδος pseudos false; γιλος gilos with different eyes (perhaps an oblique reference to Hymenops perspicillatus), or genus Fringilla Linnaeus,1758, finch); "8. Platyrhynchus pseudogillia, Less. — Corpore albo; tænia nigra ad genas; alis brunneis; dorso griseo-rufo; cauda nigra, alba marginata. — Long.: 5 unc. — Hab. Brazil. — Mus. Rupifortensis." (Lesson 1839, Rev. Zool., II, 101) (syn. Fluvicola albiventer).
To me, when looking at photos of the bird itself (today's Black-backed Water tyrant Fluvicola albiventer), it does remind me somewhat of a Wagtail (even if a bit short-tailed) ... far more so than any Finch (Fringilla/Fringillidae).
As in a [South American (shorter)] pseudo-wagtail?
Just an idea, a guess, nothing else ... for what it's worth.
Björn
PS. Not to be involved; the Sea snails in Pseudocilla BOETTGER 1901 (in Pyramidellidae)