Swallow-tailed Cotinga
Swallow-tailed Cotinga
Here the details of the Swallow-tailed Cotinga named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Phibalura flavirostris Analyse p.68
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Cotingidae / Phibalura
Taxonomy Code: swtcot1
Type Locality: Brazil; restricted to Rio de Janeiro by Pinto, 1944, Cat. Aves Brazil (Publ. Dept. Zool., Sao Paulo), pt. 2, p. 5.
Author: Vieillot
Publish Year: 1816
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
PHIBALURA
(Cotingidae; Ϯ Swallow-tailed Cotinga P. flavirostris) Supposed Gr. φιβαλως phibalōs slender (cf. φιβαλεως phibaleōs gaunt person; φιβλα phibla brooch; L. fibula pin); ουρα oura tail (e.g. "φιβαλος, slender, ουρα, a tail" (Ashmolean 1836)); "PHIBALURE, Phibalura. Bec très-court, épais, robuste, conico-convexe; mandibule supérieure un peu arquée, échancrée. — Queue grêle, très-longue, fourchue. Esp. nouv. (D) ... (D) PHIBALURE A BEC JAUNE, Phibalura flavirostris." (Vieillot 1816); "Phibalura Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 31. Type, by monotypy, Phibalura flavirostris Vieillot." (Snow in Peters 1979, VIII, 283).
Var. Phybalura.
Synon. Chelidis, Dicranura, Prochelidon, Psalidura, Psaliurus, Schizura.
flavirostre / flavirostris
L. flavus yellow, golden-yellow; -rostris -billed < rostrum beak.
● ex “Pato pico amarillo y negro” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 439 (Anas).
● "98. FRINGILLA. ... flavirostris. 21. F. fusca, rostro flavicante. Faun. svec. 204. Habitat in Europa." (Linnaeus 1758) (Linaria).
● ex “Favorite de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 897, “Favorite” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Favourite Gallinule” of Latham 1785 (Porphyrio).
SUBSPECIES
Swallow-tailed Cotinga (Palkachupa)
SCI Name: Phibalura flavirostris boliviana
boliviae / boliviana / bolivianum / bolivianus / boliviensis
Bolivia (named after Simón Bolívar (1783-1830) "The Liberator", Venezuelan revolutionary, who helped to expel the Spaniards from their South American empire).
Swallow-tailed Cotinga (Swallow-tailed)
SCI Name: Phibalura flavirostris flavirostris
flavirostre / flavirostris
L. flavus yellow, golden-yellow; -rostris -billed < rostrum beak.
● ex “Pato pico amarillo y negro” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 439 (Anas).
● "98. FRINGILLA. ... flavirostris. 21. F. fusca, rostro flavicante. Faun. svec. 204. Habitat in Europa." (Linnaeus 1758) (Linaria).
● ex “Favorite de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 897, “Favorite” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Favourite Gallinule” of Latham 1785 (Porphyrio).
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)