Buff-tailed Coronet
Buff-tailed Coronet
Here the details of the Buff-tailed Coronet named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Trochilus flavescens Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt2 no.15 p.7
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Boissonneaua
Taxonomy Code: butcor1
Type Locality: Popayan, Colombia.
Author: Loddiges
Publish Year: 1832
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
BOISSONNEAUA
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Buff-tailed Coronet B. flavescens) Auguste Boissonneau (1802-1883) French ornithologist, natural history dealer, ocularist; "b. Ochrurae. ... *Boissonneaua flavescens (Tr. — LODD. 1832.) RCHB. — St. Fé de Bog." (Reichenbach 1854); "Boissonneaua Reichenbach, 1854, Journal für Ornithologie, I, Extraheft, Aufzählung der Colibris, p. 11. Type, by monotypy, Trochilus flavescens Loddiges, 1832." (JAJ 2020).
Var. Boissonneauxia.
Synon. Alosia, Callidice, Galenia, Panoplites.
flavescens
L. flavescens, flavescentis golden-yellowish < flavescere to become golden < flavere to be golden-yellow < flavus yellow, golden.
● ex “Yellow-crested Woodpecker” of Brown 1776, and Latham 1782 (Celeus).
● ex “Figuier du Sénégal” and “Figuier à ventre jaune du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 582, figs.1, 3, and de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Citron-bellied Warbler” of Latham 1783 (?syn. Eremomela pusilla).
SUBSPECIES
Buff-tailed Coronet (flavescens)
SCI Name: Boissonneaua flavescens flavescens
flavescens
L. flavescens, flavescentis golden-yellowish < flavescere to become golden < flavere to be golden-yellow < flavus yellow, golden.
● ex “Yellow-crested Woodpecker” of Brown 1776, and Latham 1782 (Celeus).
● ex “Figuier du Sénégal” and “Figuier à ventre jaune du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 582, figs.1, 3, and de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Citron-bellied Warbler” of Latham 1783 (?syn. Eremomela pusilla).
Buff-tailed Coronet (tinochlora)
SCI Name: Boissonneaua flavescens tinochlora
tinochlora
Gr. τεινω teinō to spread; χλωρος khlōros green.
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)