Long-tailed Sabrewing
Long-tailed Sabrewing
Here the details of the Long-tailed Sabrewing named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Pampa pampa excellens Proc.Biol.Soc.Wash. 54 p.207
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Campylopterus
Taxonomy Code: lotsab1
Type Locality: Volcan San Martin, 3300 feet, Tuxtla Mountains, Vera Cruz, Mexico.
Author: Wetmore
Publish Year: 1941
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
CAMPYLOPTERUS
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Grey-breasted Sabrewing C. largipennis) Gr. καμπυλος kampulos curved, bent < καμπτω kamptō to bend; -πτερος -pteros
-winged < πτερον pteron wing (cf. specific name Trochilus campylopterus J. Gmelin, 1788 (= syn. Campylopterus largipennis)); "CAMPYLOPTERUS. Rostrum longiusculum, sub-arcuatum. Alæ falcatæ; remigum primarum scapis dilatato-compressis. Cauda rotundata, vel gradata. Types. 1. T. latipennis. 2. falcatus. Sw., Zool. Ill. ... Wings falcated, the shafts or scapes of the primary quills dilated and compressed." (Swainson 1827); "Campylopterus Swainson, Zool. Journ., 3, 1827, p. 358. Type, by subsequent designation, C. latipennis (Lath.) = Trochilus largipennis Boddaert. (G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 13.)" (Peters, 1945, V, p. 18).
Var. Campilopterus.
Synon. Bombornis, Loxopterus, Pampa, Phaeochroa, Platystylopterus, Saepiopterus, Sphenoproctus.
campylopterus
Gr. καμπυλος kampulos curved, bent < καμπτω kamptō to bend; -πτερος -pteros -winged < πτερον pteron wing.
● ex “Oiseau-mouche à larges tuyaux de Cayenne” of d’Aubenon 1765-1781, pl. 672, fig. 2, “Oiseau-mouche à larges tuyaux” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Broad-shafted Humming-bird” of Latham 1783 (syn. Campylopterus largipennis).
excellens
L. excellens, excellentis remarkable, eminent < excellere to excel < obsolescent cellere to elevate.
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)