Lowland Peltops

Here the details of the Lowland Peltops named bird below:

SCI Name:  Peltops blainvillii
Protonym:  Eurylaimus Blainvillii Voy.Coq. 1 livr.3 pl.19 fig.2 1829 1 livr.13 p.595
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Artamidae / Peltops
Taxonomy Code:  lowpel1
Type Locality:  Dorey (= Manokwari), northwestern New Guinea.
Author:  Lesson & Garnot
Publish Year:  1827
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

PELTOPS
(Artamidae; Ϯ Lowland Peltops P. blainvillii) Gr. πελτη peltē  small shield; ωψ ōps, ωπος ōpos  face; "12.  Genus Eurylaimus.   Eurylaimus Blainvillii Lesson et Garn. Voy. t. 19. f. 2., Bullet. univ. des sc. nat. 1827. n. 6. p. 302. Less. Man. d'Ornith. I. p. 176.   Neutiquam Eurylaimi species, ab eo alis elongatis, cauda longa emarginata, rostro elongato angustiore etc. satis distincta.  Constituo ex hac ave genus Peltops." (Wagler 1829); "Peltops Wagler, 1829, Isis von Oken, col. 656. Type, by original designation[?] and monotypy, Eurylaimus blainvillii Garnot." (Mayr in Peters 1986, XI, 529). The thick-billed Lowland Peltops is also known as the Clicking Shieldbill. The precise relationships of the peltopses is uncertain; they have been considered members of the Monarchidae and of the Cracticidae, but may be entitled to familial rank Peltopsidae.
Synon. Erolla, Platystomus.

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Prof. Henri-Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (1777-1850) French zoologist, comparative anatomist (Peltops).