Short-crested Coquette
Short-crested Coquette
Here the details of the Short-crested Coquette named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Lophornis delattrei brachylopha Proc.Biol.Soc.Wash. 62 p.103
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Lophornis
Taxonomy Code: shccoq
Type Locality:
Author: Moore, RT
Publish Year: 1949
IUCN Status: Critically Endangered
DEFINITIONS
LOPHORNIS
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Tufted Coquette L. ornatus) Gr. λοφος lophos crest, tuft; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos bird; "LES COQUETS. Lophornis. Nob. La queue est courte, ou rectiligne, ou arrondie, ou un peu échancrée; mais la tête est surmontée d'une huppe, ou les plumes du cou sont disposées en faisceaux et se développent de manière à former sur les côtés du cou des parures accessoires. ... OISEAU-MOUCHE NATTERER. Ornismya Nattereri. ... OISEAU-MOUCHE PÉTASOPHORE. Ornismya petasophora. ... OISEAU-MOUCHE DELALANDE OU LE PLUMET BLEU. Ornismya Delalandi. ... OISEAU-MOUCHE HUPPÉ. Ornismya cristata. ... OISEAU-MOUCHE HUPPE-COL. Ornismya ornata. ... OISEAU-MOUCHE HAUSSE-COL BLANC. Ornismya strumaria. ... OISEAU-MOUCHE VIEILLOT. Ornismya Vieillotii." (Lesson 1829); "Lophornis Lesson, Hist. Nat. Ois.-Mouches [1829], p. xxxvij. Type, by subsequent designation, L. ornata (L.) Less. Ois. M., pl. 14 = Trochilus ornatus Boddaert. (G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 14.)" (Peters 1945, V, 31).
Synon. Aurinia, Bellatrix, Cosmorrhipis, Dialia, Idas, Lophomyia, Lophorinus, Paphosia, Polemistria, Telamon.
brachylophus
Gr. βραχυς brakhus short; λοφος lophos crest.
Brachylophus
(Picidae; syn. Chrysophlegma Ϯ Banded Woodpecker C . miniaceum) Gr. βραχυς brakhus short; λοφος lophos crest; "Brachylophus, Sw.* Nostrils covered. Neck thick. Bill widened its whole length. Under mandible thickened at the base, with one or more more slightly elevated lines (representing the lateral ridge) close to the culmen, which is arched. Gonys very short. Hind head with a shortened, narrow, pointed crest. Versatile and anterior toes nearly equal. Tarsus shorter. The Old World only. Rasorial. B. viridis. Selby, pl. 38. canus. Edwards, 65. miniatus. Auct. occipitalis. Gould, Cent. pl. 47. squamatus. Ib. 48. dimidiatus. Pl. Col. 502. ... * Connected to Chrysoptilus by B. puniceus, and to Chrysonotus by B. hemipodius (Bengalensis Auct.), which completes the circle." (Swainson 1837); "Brachylophus Swainson, Classif. Bds., 2, 1837, p. 308. Type, by subsequent designation, [Picus] miniatus [Forster] = Picus miniaceus Pennant. (Strickland, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 7, 1841, p. 38.)" (Peters, 1948, VI, p. 130).
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)