Tufted Coquette
Tufted Coquette
Here the details of the Tufted Coquette named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Trochilus ornatus TablePlanchesEnlum. p.39
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Lophornis
Taxonomy Code: tufcoq1
Type Locality: Cayenne, ex Dauberton, pi. 640, f. 3.
Author: Boddaert
Publish Year: 1783
IUCN Status: Least Concern
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.
ornatum / ornatus
L. ornatus ornate, adorned, decorated, splendid, embellished < ornare to adorn.
● ex “Choucador” of Levaillant 1801, pl. 86 (Lamprotornis).
● ex “Oiseau-mouche dit Hupecol de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 640, fig. 3 (Lophornis).
● ex “Oiseau-mouche dit Hupecol de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 640, fig. 3, “Hupecol” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Tufted-necked Humming-bird” of Latham 1782 (syn. Lophornis ornatus).
● ex “Variegated Bee-eater” of Latham 1801 (Merops).
● ex “Aigle moyen de la Guiane” of Mauduyt de la Varenne 1784, and “Autour Huppé” of Levaillant 1798, pl. 26 (Spizaetus).
● "44. PSITTACUS. ... ornatus. 14. P. macrourus luteo-viridis, occipite gula pectoreque rubris, vertice auribusque cæruleis. Psittacus minor e coccineo viridis. Edw. av. 174. t. 174. Habitat in America." (Linnaeus 1758) (Trichoglossus).
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)