Andean Hillstar
Andean Hillstar
Here the details of the Andean Hillstar named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Trochilus Estella Mag.Zool. 8 cl.2 p.32
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Oreotrochilus
Taxonomy Code: andhil3
Type Locality: La Paz and Potosf, Bolivia.
Author: d''Orbigny & Lafresnaye
Publish Year: 1838
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
OREOTROCHILUS
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Andean Hillstar O. estella) Gr. ορος oros, ορεος oreos mountain (i.e. Bolivian Andes) ; genus Trochilus Linnaeus, 1758, hummingbird; "Genus OREOTROCHILUS, n. g. Rostrum capite longius, subcylindricum, apulo incurvum. Alæ subgrandes valentes. Cauda magna, rotundata, rectricibus attenuatis, submucronatis, rigidis. Pedes fortes. Digitus et unguis postici digito et ungui mediis longitudine æquales. Tarsi plumis vestiti. Gula luminosa infra torquata. ... I propose this term as a generic appellation for a section of the Trochilidæ, which has hitherto only been found immediately beneath the line of perpetual congelation, where they feed upon the insects which resort to the newly expanded flowers. The type is Sp. 1. OREOTROCHILUS ESTELLA. Orthorhynchus Estella, D'Orb. Voy. Am. Birds, pl. 6. fig.1. ... O. Ceciliæ, Less. Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 43. Sp. 2. OREOTROCHILUS LEUCOPLEURUS, sp. nov. ... Sp. 3. OREOTROCHILUS CHIMBORAZO. T. Chimborazo, Bourc. in Rev. Zool. Sept. 1846, p. 305. Sp. 4. OREOTROCHILUS ADELA. Orthorhynchus Adela, D'Orb. Voy. Am. Birds, pl. 61. fig. 2 ... Sp. 5. OREOTROCHILUS MELANOGASTER, sp. nov." (Gould 1847).
Var. Orotrochilus ("OROTROCHILUS ... Da Oreotrochilus als sechssylbiges Wort nicht anwendbar, verkürzen wir dasselbe Analogie von οροσπιζης u. a. in Orotrochilus." (Cabanis & Heine 1860)), Oriotrochilus.
Synon. Alcidius, Gnaphocercus.
estella
Estelle-Marie Dessalines d’Orbigny (1800-1893) elder sister of French zoologist Alcide Dessalines d’Orbigny (Oreotrochilus).
SUBSPECIES
Andean Hillstar (estella)
SCI Name: Oreotrochilus estella estella
estella
Estelle-Marie Dessalines d’Orbigny (1800-1893) elder sister of French zoologist Alcide Dessalines d’Orbigny (Oreotrochilus).
Andean Hillstar (bolivianus)
SCI Name: Oreotrochilus estella bolivianus
boliviae / boliviana / bolivianum / bolivianus / boliviensis
Bolivia (named after Simón Bolívar (1783-1830) "The Liberator", Venezuelan revolutionary, who helped to expel the Spaniards from their South American empire).
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)