Green-throated Tanager
Green-throated Tanager
Here the details of the Green-throated Tanager named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Calliste argyrofenges Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt2 p.354 pl.30 fig.2
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Stilpnia
Taxonomy Code: gnttan1
Type Locality: Tilotilo, prov. Yungas [=Yungas of La Paz], Bolivia.
Author: Sclater & Salvin
Publish Year: 1876
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
Stilpnia
(syn. Tangara Ϯ Black-headed Tanager T. cyanoptera) Gr. στιλπνος stilpnos glistening, glittering < στιλπνοω stilpnoō to polish; "32. Stilpnia, new genus (Fig. 5). Type species. Aglaia cyanoptera Swainson, 1834 (currently recognized as Tangara cyanoptera). ... Etymology. The name, feminine in gender, is derived from the Greek στιλπνη, the feminine form of the adjective meaning "glittering" or "glistening," alluding to the glossiness of the plumage of these colorful tanagers. Comments. Euschemon Sclater, 1851 (type species Tanagra flava Gmelin, 1789, currently Tangara cayana flava), is preoccupied by Euschemon Doubleday, 1846, the name of an Australian butterfly, and so not available" (Burns et al. 2016) (OD per Richard Klim).
argyrofenges
Gr. αργυροφεγγης argurophengēs silver-shining < αργυρος arguros silver < αργος argos shining, glistening; φεγγω phengō to shine.
SUBSPECIES
Green-throated Tanager (caeruleigularis)
SCI Name: Stilpnia argyrofenges caeruleigularis
caeruleigula / caeruleigularis
L. caeruleus blue; Mod. L. gularis throated < L. gula throat.
Green-throated Tanager (argyrofenges)
SCI Name: Stilpnia argyrofenges argyrofenges
argyrofenges
Gr. αργυροφεγγης argurophengēs silver-shining < αργυρος arguros silver < αργος argos shining, glistening; φεγγω phengō to shine.
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)