White-necked Jacobin

White-necked Jacobin / Florisuga mellivora

White-necked Jacobin

Here the details of the White-necked Jacobin named bird below:

SCI Name:  Florisuga mellivora
Protonym:  Trochilus mellivorus Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.121
Taxonomy:  Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae /
Taxonomy Code:  whnjac1
Type Locality:  India, error = Surinam ex Edwards, p. 35, pi. 35, upper fig.
Author:  
Publish Year:  1758
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

FLORISUGA
(Trochilidae; Ϯ White-necked Jacobin F. mellivora) L. flos, floris  flower; sugere  to suck; "*168. Florisuga, Bp. (Topaza, p. Gr.)   America m.  3.   1. TROCHILUS mellivorus, L. (Mellisuga surinamensis, Steph.) Pl. enl. 640. 2. - Edw. B. t. 35. 1. - Vieill. Ois. dor. t. 23. - Less. Ois-Mouch. t. 21. 22. - Nat. Libr. xiv. t. 30.  ex Cayenne. Surinam, Antillis.   2. TROCHILUS ater, Wied, (atratus, Licht. - niger, Sw. nec L.  fuscus, Vieill. - leucopygius, Spix. - Ornismya lugubris, Less.) Zool. Ill. t. 82. - Av. Bras. t. 81. 3. - Ois.-Mouch. t. 38. 39.  ex Brasil.   3. TROCHILUS flabelliferus, Gouldex Mexico." (Bonaparte 1850); "Florisuga Bonaparte, Consp. Av., 1, Mar., 1850, p. 73. Type, by subsequent designation, Trochilus mellivorus Linné. (Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, 30, 8 Apri., 1850, p. 382.)" (Peters, 1945, V, p. 21).
Synon. Eulampis, Colubris.

florisuga
L. flos, floris flower; sugere to suck.

mellivora / mellivorus
L. mel, mellis  honey  < Gr. μελι meli, μελιτος melitos  honey; -vorus  -eating  < vorare  to devour.
● "60. TROCHILUS.  ...  mellivorus.  14. T. rectirostris, rectricibus nigris: lateralibus albis, capite cæruleo, dorso viridi, abdomine albo.  Mellivora ventre albo. Edw. av. 35. t. 35. f. 1.  Habitat in India.  Rectrices laterales albæ; Collum a tergo lunula alba." (Linnaeus 1758) (Florisuga).
● ex “Héoro-taire mellivore” of Audebert & Vieillot 1802, and “Black-eyed Creeper” of Latham 1802 (syn. Glyciphila melanops).

SUBSPECIES

White-necked Jacobin (mellivora)
SCI Name: Florisuga mellivora mellivora
mellivora / mellivorus
L. mel, mellis  honey  < Gr. μελι meli, μελιτος melitos  honey; -vorus  -eating  < vorare  to devour.
● "60. TROCHILUS.  ...  mellivorus.  14. T. rectirostris, rectricibus nigris: lateralibus albis, capite cæruleo, dorso viridi, abdomine albo.  Mellivora ventre albo. Edw. av. 35. t. 35. f. 1.  Habitat in India.  Rectrices laterales albæ; Collum a tergo lunula alba." (Linnaeus 1758) (Florisuga).
● ex “Héoro-taire mellivore” of Audebert & Vieillot 1802, and “Black-eyed Creeper” of Latham 1802 (syn. Glyciphila melanops).

White-necked Jacobin (flabellifera)
SCI Name: Florisuga mellivora flabellifera
flabellifera / flabelliferus
L. flabellifera  fan-bearer  < flabellum  small fan  < dim. flabra   breezes  < flare  to blow; -fera  -bearing  < ferre  to carry.
● ex “Fan-tailed Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (syn. Rhipidura fuliginosa).
● ex “Gros-becs appellés queue en éventail de Virginie” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 380 (erroneous TL. Virginia = Brazil) (unident; ?syn. Sporophila sp.).