Long-billed Starthroat
Long-billed Starthroat
Here the details of the Long-billed Starthroat named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Trochilus longirostris Ois.Dores[Audebert & Vieillot] 1 p.107 pl.59
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Heliomaster
Taxonomy Code: lobsta1
Type Locality: West Indies, i.e. Trinidad.
Author: Audebert & Vieillot
Publish Year: 1801
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
HELIOMASTER
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Blue-tufted Starthroat H. furcifer) Gr. ἡλιος hēlios sun; μαστηρ mastēr, μαστηρος mastēros searcher < μαιομαι maiomai to seek after; "*157. Heliomaster, Bp. (Mellisuga et Calothorax, p. Gr.) America m. 5. 1. ORNISMYA angelae, Less. ... 2. TROCHILUS longirostris, Vieill. ... 3. TROCHILUS mesoleucus, Temm. ... 4. TROCHILUS rubineus, Lath. ... 5. TROCHILUS rubinoides, Bourcier." (Bonaparte 1850); "Heliomaster Bonaparte, Consp. Av., 1, Mar. 1850, p. 70. Type, by subsequent designation, Orn. angel. = Ornismya angelae Lesson = Trochilus furcifer Shaw. (Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, 30, 8 Apr., 1850, p. 382.)" (Peters, 1945, V, p. 128).
Var. Heliomastes.
Synon. Anthoscenus, Callipedia, Calliperidia, Corinnes, Floricola, Lepidolarynx, Lepidothorax.
longirostris
L. longus long; -rostris -billed < rostrum beak. Var. Longirostra.
● ex “Long-billed Thrush” of Latham 1783 (‡Acrocephalus).
● ex “Manchot de la Nouvelle Guinée” of Sonnerat 1776 (syn. Aptenodytes patagonicus).
● ex “Troupiale” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 532 (syn. Icterus icterus).
● ex “Grimpar Nasican” of Levaillant 1807 (Nasica).
● ex “Râle à long bec de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 849, and “Long-billed Rail” of Latham 1785 (Rallus).
Longirostris
(syn. Limnodromus Ϯ Short-billed Dowitcher L. grisea) L. longus long; -rostris
-billed < rostrum beak; "Longirostris is, I think, preferable to Macroramfus [sic] for the genus Longbeak" (C. T. Wood 1836). Var. Longirostra (Wood 1837: "Brown Longbeak. Macroramfe ponctue, - Roth M[acroramfe]. Longirostra grisea, Wood. .. Longbeak, Longirostris, Wood").
SUBSPECIES
Long-billed Starthroat (pallidiceps)
SCI Name: Heliomaster longirostris pallidiceps
pallidiceps
L. pallidus pale < pallere to be pale; -ceps -headed < caput, capitis head.
Long-billed Starthroat (longirostris)
SCI Name: Heliomaster longirostris longirostris
longirostris
L. longus long; -rostris -billed < rostrum beak. Var. Longirostra.
● ex “Long-billed Thrush” of Latham 1783 (‡Acrocephalus).
● ex “Manchot de la Nouvelle Guinée” of Sonnerat 1776 (syn. Aptenodytes patagonicus).
● ex “Troupiale” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 532 (syn. Icterus icterus).
● ex “Grimpar Nasican” of Levaillant 1807 (Nasica).
● ex “Râle à long bec de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 849, and “Long-billed Rail” of Latham 1785 (Rallus).
Long-billed Starthroat (albicrissa)
SCI Name: Heliomaster longirostris albicrissa
albicrissa
L. albus white; Mod. L. crissum vent, lower tail-coverts < L. crissare to copulate.
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)