Green-throated Carib
Green-throated Carib
Here the details of the Green-throated Carib named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Trochilus holosericeus Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.120
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Eulampis
Taxonomy Code: grtcar1
Type Locality: America = Lesser Antilles.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1758
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
EULAMPIS
(Trochilidae; † Purple-throated Carib E. jugularis) Gr. ευλαμπης eulampēs bright shining < ευ eu beautiful; λαμπης lampēs sun; "Eulampis. a.Obere Theile sammetschwarz. b.Brust und Kehle ohne Schiller. c.Schnabel stark gebogen. d.Keine Holle oder sonstige Abzeichen. e.Schwanz abgerundet. Arten. 1. Tr. violaceus Gm. 2. — jugularis Linn. 3. — auratus [Linn.] 4. — niger P. Max. Diese der Gattung Polytmus nahe stehende Gruppe bildet übrigens den nächsten Uebergang zu den africanischen Cinnyris und Coereba Briss." (Boie 1831); "Eulampis Boie, Isis von Oken, 1831, col. 547. Type, by subsequent designation, E. aurata (Audebert) i.e. Gmelin = Trochilus jugularis Linné. (Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 13.)" (Peters, 1945, V, p. 27).
Var. Culampis.
Synon. Chrysolampis, Sericotes.
• (Trochilidae; syn. Florisuga † Black Jacobin F. fusca) "Boie (Isis, 1831, 547) gave four species under his genus Eulampis, as follows: 1. Tr. violaceus Gm., 2. - jugularis Linn., 3. - auratus -, 4. - niger P. Max. Nos. 1 and 3 are synonyms of No. 2, and as that is already the type of Chrysolampis it leaves Trochilus niger P. Max. as the type of Eulampis Boie." (Riley, 1904, Auk, XXI (IV), p. 486).
holoseria / holoserica / holosericea / holosericeus / holosericus
Gr. ὁλοσηρικος holosērikos silken < ὁλος holos complete; σηρικος sērikos silken < σηρικον sērikon silk < σηρες Sēres the people from whom silk was obtained, the Chinese.
● ex “Troupiale rouge d’Antigue” and “Troupiale jaune d’Antigue” of Sonnerat 1776 (Amblyramphus).
● "60. TROCHILUS. ... holosericeus. 9. T. curvirostris rectricibus æqualibus supra nigris, corpore supra viridi, pectore cæruleo, abdomine nigro. Mellivora viridis, ventre nigro. Edw. av. 36. t. 36. Habitat in America." (Linnaeus 1758) (Eulampis).
● ex “Gobe-mouche à longue queue de Madagascar” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 248, fig. 1, and “Schet Roux” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 147 (syn. Terpsiphone mutata).
SUBSPECIES
Green-throated Carib (holosericeus)
SCI Name: Eulampis holosericeus holosericeus
holoseria / holoserica / holosericea / holosericeus / holosericus
Gr. ὁλοσηρικος holosērikos silken < ὁλος holos complete; σηρικος sērikos silken < σηρικον sērikon silk < σηρες Sēres the people from whom silk was obtained, the Chinese.
● ex “Troupiale rouge d’Antigue” and “Troupiale jaune d’Antigue” of Sonnerat 1776 (Amblyramphus).
● "60. TROCHILUS. ... holosericeus. 9. T. curvirostris rectricibus æqualibus supra nigris, corpore supra viridi, pectore cæruleo, abdomine nigro. Mellivora viridis, ventre nigro. Edw. av. 36. t. 36. Habitat in America." (Linnaeus 1758) (Eulampis).
● ex “Gobe-mouche à longue queue de Madagascar” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 248, fig. 1, and “Schet Roux” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 147 (syn. Terpsiphone mutata).
Green-throated Carib (chlorolaemus)
SCI Name: Eulampis holosericeus chlorolaemus
chlorolaema / chlorolaemus / chlorolaima / chlorolaimus
Gr. χλωρος khlōros green; λαιμος laimos throat.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: 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)