Volcano Hummingbird
Volcano Hummingbird
Here the details of the Volcano Hummingbird named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Selasphorus flammula Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1864) (1864), Pt3 p.586
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Selasphorus
Taxonomy Code: volhum1
Type Locality: Volcan de Cartago, i.e. Volcan de Irazu, Costa Rica.
Author: Salvin
Publish Year: 1865
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
SELASPHORUS
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Rufous Hummingbird S. rufus) Gr. σελασφορος selasphoros light-bearing < σελας selas, σελατος selatos light, fire, flame; -φορος -phoros -carrying < φερω pherō to carry; "2. TROCHILUS (SELASPHORUS) RUFUS. (Swainson.) Cinnamon, or Nootka Humming-bird. ... Sub-genus, Selasphorus*, SWAINS. ... *Th. Σελασφορος, splendorem ferens. ... the whole of the chin and throat is covered by scale-like feathers, of a fire-like colour and lustre, equally brilliant with the throat of T. mosquitus, but with more of a red and less of an orange gloss; the tints, however, change in almost every direction of light, and in all are exquisitely splendid. ... The feathers on the sides of the throat are gradually elongated, as they recede from the ears and seem capable of being raised into two tufts." (Swainson 1832); "Selasphorus Swainson, in Swainson and Richardson, Fauna Bor.-Am., 2, 1831 (1832), p. 324. Type, by monotypy, Trochilus rufus Gmelin." (Peters 1945, V, 141).
Var. Selasopherus, Selatophorus, Selosphorus.
Synon. Platurornis, Selasornis, Stellula.
flammula
L. flammula little flame < dim. flamma flame < flagrare to burn (e.g. flammulated, with flame-like markings, ruddy) (cf. Late L. flammula red standard or banner).
SUBSPECIES
Volcano Hummingbird (Purple-throated)
SCI Name: Selasphorus flammula flammula
flammula
L. flammula little flame < dim. flamma flame < flagrare to burn (e.g. flammulated, with flame-like markings, ruddy) (cf. Late L. flammula red standard or banner).
Volcano Hummingbird (Heliotrope-throated)
SCI Name: Selasphorus flammula torridus
torrida / torridus
L. torridus scorched, torrid, burnt < torrere to burn.
Volcano Hummingbird (Rose-throated)
SCI Name: Selasphorus flammula simoni
simoni
● Eugène Louis Simon (1848-1924) French ornithologist, hummingbird specialist (syn. Cotinga nattererii, subsp. Eupetomena macroura, Heliangelus exortis x Haplophaedia aureliae, subsp. Selasphorus flammula, Synallaxis, subsp. Thalurania furcata).
● Brig.-Gen. Simon Joseph Fraser 14th Baron Lovat and 41st MacShimi (1871-1933) originated cotton-planting in the Sudan, raised Lovat Scouts 1899, first Chairman Forestry Commission 1919 (syn. Dendropicos fuscescens lepidus).
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)