Black-backed Thornbill
Black-backed Thornbill
Here the details of the Black-backed Thornbill named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Rhamphomicron dorsale Ibis p.172 pl.5
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Ramphomicron
Taxonomy Code: blbtho1
Type Locality: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, 2000 feet <?, 9200 feet 9, Colombia.
Author: Salvin & Godman
Publish Year: 1880
IUCN Status: Endangered
DEFINITIONS
RAMPHOMICRON
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Purple-backed Thornbill R. microrhynchum) Gr. ῥαμφος rhamphos bill; μικρον mikron little; "Bec extrêmement petit et mince, droit, cylindrique" (Boissonneau 1840); "*182. Ramphomicron, Bp. (Mellisuga p. Gr.) Amer. m. 7. 1. ORNISMYA microrhyncha, Boiss. (brachyrhynchus, Fraser) Mag. Zool. 1840. Ois. t. 16. ex S.ta Fe de Bogota. 2. ORNISMYA heteropogon, Boiss. (corruscus, Fraser) Rev. Zool. 1839.-Mag. Zool. 1840. Ois. t. 12. ex S.ta Fe de Bogota. 3. TROCHILUS ruficeps, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1846. ex Bolivia. 4. TROCHILUS abeillii, Delattre, Rev. Zool. 1839. p. 16. ex Jalapa. [see Abeillia] ... 5. TROCHILUS sabinae, Bourc. Ann. Sc. Lyon 1846. ex N. Granada. 6. TROCHILUS inornatus, Gould, Pr. Zool. Soc. 1846. p. 89. ex Bolivia. 7. TROCHILUS melanogenys, Fraser, Pr. Zool. Soc. 1840. p. 18. Species 5, 6, 7, bonae, sed valde abnormes!" (Bonaparte 1850); "Ramphomicron Bonaparte, Consp. Av., 1, Mar., 1850, p. 79. Type, by subsequent designation, Ornismya microrhyncha Boissoneau. (Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, 30, 8 Apr., 1850, p. 382)." (Peters 1945, V, 117).
Var. Ramphomicrus., Rhamphomicron, Rhamphomicrum, Rhamphomicrus.
Synon. Mychrorynchus.
dorsale / dorsalis
L. dorsalis (properly dorsualis) dorsal, of the back < dorsum back.
● ex “Chorlito à dos noir” of de Buffon (Sonnini ed.) 1800-1802 (syn. Calidris melanotos).
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)