White-tailed Goldenthroat

Here the details of the White-tailed Goldenthroat named bird below:

SCI Name:  Polytmus guainumbi
Protonym:  Trochilus guainumbi Cat.Ois.[Vroeg]Adumbr. p.2 no.60
Taxonomy:  Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Polytmus
Taxonomy Code:  whtgol1
Type Locality:  Cape of Good Hope, error = Surinam, cf. Richmond, Smiths. Misc. Coll., 47, 1905, p. 344.
Author:  Pallas
Publish Year:  1764
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

POLYTMUS
(Trochilidae; † White-tailed Goldenthroat P. guainumbi thaumantias) Gr. πολυτιμος polutimos  very costly, valuable  < πολυς polus  much; τιμη timē  worth, esteem; "Polytmus. Genus 44.  ...  Le genre du Colibry.  Genus Polytmi.   ...  Tous les Oiseaux de ce genre n'ont que dix plumes à la queue. Leur langue est composée de deux petits canaux, demi-cylindriques, appliqués l'un contre l'autre, qui forment une espece de siphon, qu'ils sont sortir en grande partie de leur bec, à la maniere des Pics; & par le moyen duquel ils sucent le miel des fleurs.  Les Brasiliens appellent le Colibry en général GUAINUMBI. Marcgr." (Brisson 1760): based on "Avicula Americana" or "Colubris" of Schwenckfeld 1603, "Guainumbi" of Marcgrave 1648, Willughby 1676, and Ray 1713, "Colibri" of Labat 1724, "Trochilus viridescens" of Linnaeus 1748, "Mellisuga" or "Ronckjes" of Klein 1750, and "Troglodytes" of Moehring 1752; "Polytmus Brisson, Orn., 1, 760, p. 40; 3, p. 667.  Type, by tautonymy, Polytmus Brisson = Trochilus thaumantias Linné." (Peters, 1945, V, p. 57).
Synon. Agyrtria, Chrysobronchus, Psilomycter, Smaragdites, Thaumatias, Waldronia.
• (Trochilidae; syn. Campylopterus † Grey-breasted Sabrewing C. largipennis) "POLYTMUS Briss. *  ...   1. P. largipennis (Bodd.) Pl. enl. 672. f. 2., Ois. dor. t. 5. 21., Less. Ois. Mouch. t. 34., Swains. Zool. Ill. pl. 130, 131., Nat. Libr. xiv. pl. 34. — Trochilus campylopterus Gmel.; T. latipennis Lath.; T. cinereus Gmel.; Type of Campylopterus Swains. (1827).   2. P. ensipennis (Swains.) Zool. Illustr. pl.107., Less. Ois. Mouch.t. 35., Troch. t. 46, 47.   3. P. lazulus (Vieill.) Ency. Méth. p. 557., Gal. des Ois. t. 179. —Trochilus falcatus Swains. Zool. Illustr. pl. 83., Less. Ois. Mouch. t. 36.   ...   * Established by Brisson in 1760.  It embraces Campylopterus of Mr. Swainson (1827, Lampornis of Mr. Swainson (1827), with which Anthracothorax of M. Boie (1831) is synonymous." (G. Gray 1848); "Polytmus G. Gray, 1848, The Genera of Birds, I, p. 107.  Type, by subsequent designation (G. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds Brit. Mus., p. 20), Trochilus largipennis Boddaert, 1783." (JAJ 2020).
• (Trochilidae; syn. Topaza † Crimson Topaz T. pella) "3.  Polytmus Brisson.  ...  Arten  1. Trochilus paradiseus Linn.   2. —— cyanurus Linn.   3. —— pella Linn.  Surinam.   4. —— superciliosus Linn.  Cayenne." (Boie 1831); "Polytmus Boie, 1831, Isis von Oken, col. 545.  Type, by subsequent designation (G. Gray, 1840, List Genera Birds, p. 13), Trochilus pella Linnaeus, 1758." (JAJ 2020).
• (Trochilidae; syn. Trochilus † Red-billed Streamertail T. polytmus) Specific name Trochilus polytmus Linnaeus, 1758; "LE COLIBRI VERT, Polytmus viridis.  ...  Le Colibri vert, Trochilus viridis, AUDEBERT, Ois. dorés, tom. I, pag. 34, pl. 15.   ...   LE COLIBRI A PLASTRON NOIR, Polytmus mango.  ...  Le Plastron noir, Ois. dorés, tom. I, pag. 20, pl. 7,  Trochilus mango, LINN. GM.  Mango Humming-bird, LATH.   ...   LE COLIBRI VERT ET NOIR, Polytmus holosericeus.  ...  Le Vert et Noir, Ois. dorés, tom. I, pag. 19, pl. 6, Trochilus holosericeus, LINN. GM.  Black-bellied Humming-bird, LATH.   ...   LE COLIBRI A TÊTE NOIRE, Polytmus atricapillus.  ...  Le Colibri à tête noire, Ois. dorés, tom. I, pag. 121, pl. 67,  Trochilus polytmus, LINN. GM.  Black-capped Humming-bird, LATH.   ...   LE COLIBRI A HAUSSE-COL DORÉ, Polytmus aurulentus.  ...  Le Hausse-col doré, Trochilus aurulentus, AUDEBERT, Ois. dorés, tom. I, pag. 29 et 51, pl. 12, mâle, pl. 15, femelle.   ...   LE COLIBRI A QUEUE FOURCHUE, Polytmus elegans.  ...  Le Hausse-col à queue fourchue, Trochilus elegans, AUDEBERT, Ois. dorés, tom. I, pag. 32, pl. 14.   ...   LE COLIBRI A HAUSSE-COL VERT, Polytmus gramineus.  ...  Le Hausse-col vert, Ois. dorés, tom. I, pag. 23, pl. 9. Vieux. Le Plastron blanc, ibid. pag. 35, pl. 16. Jeune.  Trochilus gramineus, margaritaceus, LINN. GM.  Black-breasted, Grey-necked Humming-bird, LATH." (Vieillot 1807); "Polytmus Vieillot, 1807, Hist. Nat. Oiseaux Amérique Septentrionale, II, p. 71.  Type, by subsequent designation (G. Gray, 1840, List Genera Birds, p. 14), Trochilus polytmus Linnaeus, 1758." (JAJ 2020).
Var. Polythmus.

polytmus
Gr. πολυτιμος polutimos  very costly, valuable  < πολυς polus  much; τιμη timē  worth, esteem.
● "60. TROCHILUS.  ...  Polytmus.  4.  T. curvirostris, rectricibus lateralibus longissimis, corpore virescente; pileo rectricibusque fuscis.  Polytmus viridans aureo varie splendens, pinnis binis uropygii longissimis. Brown. jam. 475.  Mellivora capite nigro, cauda longa. Edw. av. 34. t. 34.  Alb. av. 3. p. 45. t. 49. f. 1?  Mellivora avis maxima. Sloan. jam. 2. p. 309. t. 264. f. 4.  Habitat in America." (Linnaeus 1758) (Trochilus).

guainumbi
Tupí name Guainumbi rays of the sun (bird), for a hummingbird (“Guainumbi,” “Guinambi,” “Guaracyaba,” and “Guaricigaba” (tresses of the sun), of Marcgrave 1648) (Polytmus).

SUBSPECIES

White-tailed Goldenthroat (andinus)
SCI Name: Polytmus guainumbi andinus
andina / andinum / andinus / andium
Mod. L. Andinus Andean, of the Andes < Andium Andes.

White-tailed Goldenthroat (guainumbi)
SCI Name: Polytmus guainumbi guainumbi
guainumbi
Tupí name Guainumbi rays of the sun (bird), for a hummingbird (“Guainumbi,” “Guinambi,” “Guaracyaba,” and “Guaricigaba” (tresses of the sun), of Marcgrave 1648) (Polytmus).

White-tailed Goldenthroat (thaumantias)
SCI Name: Polytmus guainumbi thaumantias
thaumantias
Gr. myth. Thaumantias or Thaumantis, names for the rainbow Iris, messenger of Juno and daughter of Thaumas.
● ex “Guianumbi 6^tus species” of Marcgrave 1648, Willughby 1676, and Ray 1713, “Avicula americana” or “Colubris” of Seba 1734-1765, and “Polytmus” of Brisson 1760 (subsp. Polytmus guianumbi).