Lucifer Hummingbird
Lucifer Hummingbird
Here the details of the Lucifer Hummingbird named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Cynanthus Lucifer Philos.Mag.n.s. n.s., 1 p.442
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Calothorax
Taxonomy Code: luchum
Type Locality: Temescai 1 tepee, Mexico
Author: Swainson
Publish Year: 1827
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CALOTHORAX
(Trochilidae; † Lucifer Hummingbird C. lucifer) Gr. καλος kalos beautiful; θωραξ thōrax, θωρακος thōrakos breastplate; "Golden green; throat amethystine; the feathers elongated and narrow" (Swainson 1827); "CALOTHORAX, n. Lucifers, Less. C. cyanopogon, (Less.) n. T. lucifer, Swains. Ois. Mouch., pl. 5." (G. R. Gray 1840); "Calothorax G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 13. Type, by original designation, C. cyanopogon (Less.) = Cynanthus lucifer Swainson." (Peters, 1945, V, p. 134).
Var. Callothorax.
Synon. Cyanopogon, Lucifer, Manilia.
• (Trochilidae; syn. Lafresnaya † Mountain Velvetbreast L. lafresnayi) "CALOTHORAX G. R. Gray. ... 1. C. Lafresnayi (Boiss.) Rev. Zool. 1848. p. 8. — Trochilus flavicaudatus Fras." (G. Gray 1848) (fourteen other species are listed, including, "10. C. lucifer ... Type of Calothorax G. R. Gray"); "Calothorax G. Gray, 1848, Genera Birds, I, p. 110. Type, by subsequent and erroneous designation (Elliot, 1879, Smithsonian Contrib. Knowledge, 317, Classif. Synop. Trochilidae, p. 43), T. flavicaudata Fraser, 1840 = Trochilus lafresnayi Boissonneau, 1840." (JAJ 2020).
lucifer
L. lucifer light-bearing < lux, lucis light; -fera -bearing < ferre to bear (cf. Roman myth. Lucifer, personification of the evening star Venus).
Lucifer
(syn. Calothorax Ϯ Lucifer Hummingbird C. lucifer) Roman myth. Lucifer, personification of the evening star Venus < lucifer light-bearing < lux, lucis light; -fera bearing < ferre to bear < Gr. Phosporos, bearer of light, and brother to Hesperos; "*Lucifer cyanopogon (Orn. — LESS. 1829.) BOIE. — Mexico." (Reichenbach 1854).
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)