Western Emerald
Western Emerald
Here the details of the Western Emerald named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt(28)2 p.308
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Chlorostilbon
Taxonomy Code: weseme1
Type Locality: Vicinity of Quito, Ecuador.
Author: Gould
Publish Year: 1860
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
CHLOROSTILBON
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Glittering-bellied Emerald C. lucidus pucherani) Gr. χλωρος khlōros green; στιλβων stilbōn, στιλβοντος stilbontos shining, an epithet of the planet Mercury (cf. στιλβη stilbē lamp); "[plate] CHLOROSTILBONA PRASINA. ... [text] CHLOROSTILBON PRASINUS. Brazilian Emerald. ... The male has the upper and under surface yellowish green, with a golden lustre on the crown of the head and the sides of the neck; wings purplish brown; tail black, glossed with steel-blue; throat brilliant grass-green" (Gould 1853); "Chlorostilbon Gould, Monogr. Trochil., pt. 5, May, 1853, pl. [14] and text [= 5, pl. 355 of volume]. Type, by monotypy, Chlorostilbon prasinus Gould, not of authors, = Trochilus pucherani Bourcier." (Peters, 1945, V, p. 36).
Var. Chlorostilbona.
Synon. Chloauges, Chlorestes, Chlorolampis, Chrysomirus, Colubris, Erasmia, Halia, Marsyas, Mellisuga, Merion, Panychlora, Prasitis, Riccordia, Sporadinus.
melanorhyncha / melanorhynchos / melanorhynchus
Late Med. L. melanorhynchos black-billed < Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos black; ῥυγχος rhunkhos bill.
● ex “Black-billed Tropic Bird” of Latham 1785 (subsp. Phaethon rubricauda).
SUBSPECIES
Western Emerald (melanorhynchus)
SCI Name: Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus melanorhynchus
melanorhyncha / melanorhynchos / melanorhynchus
Late Med. L. melanorhynchos black-billed < Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos black; ῥυγχος rhunkhos bill.
● ex “Black-billed Tropic Bird” of Latham 1785 (subsp. Phaethon rubricauda).
Western Emerald (pumilus)
SCI Name: Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus pumilus
pumilum / pumilus
L. pumilus dwarf.
● ex “Petite Perruche de l’isle de Luçon, 1ère ésp.” of Sonnerat 1776 (syn. Loriculus galgulus).
● ex “Crabier des Philippines” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 898, and “Petit Crabier” of de Buffon 1770-1786 (syn. Zebrilus undulatus).
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)