Green-crowned Brilliant
Green-crowned Brilliant
Here the details of the Green-crowned Brilliant named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Heliodoxa jacula Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1849) (1849), Pt17 no.195 p.96
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Heliodoxa
Taxonomy Code: grcbri1
Type Locality: Bogota, Colombia.
Author: Gould
Publish Year: 1850
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
HELIODOXA
(Trochilidae; † Violet-fronted Brilliant H. leadbeateri) Gr. ἡλιος hēlios sun; δοξα doxa glory, magnificence < δεχομαι dekhomai to approve; "Genus HELIODOXA, Gould. Bill straight or slightly curved downwards, of moderate length; nostrils covered by an operculum; wings pointed, rigid, of moderate size, and well-adapted for sustaining flight; tail of moderate size, considerably forked; feet of moderate size; the outer toe and claw shorter than the inner toe and claw; the hind toe and claw the shortest of all; tarsi clothed with fine feathers. Species, H. jacula, H. Leadbeateri (H. Otero?), H. rubinoïdes, and H. rubinia? " (Gould 1850); "Quatre espèces constituent le genre Delattria, qui a pour type Ornysmia henrica, Less. ... il est voisin du genre Heliodoxa, fondé tout dernièrement par Gould, mais dont le type est Trochilus Leadbeateri." (Bonaparte 1850); "Heliodoxa Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, pt. 17, 1849 (Jan.-June, 1850), p. 95. Type, by subsequent designation, Trochilus leadbeateri Bourcier, (Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, 30, 8 Apr., 1850, p. 380.) Heliodoxa "Gould" Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, 30, 8 Apr., 1850, p. 380. Type, by original designation, Trochilus leadbeateri Bourcier. ... On the basis of the evidence available, I am quite unable to discover whether Heliodoxa Gould or Leadbeatera Bonaparte is the prior generic name. In using Heliodoxa I follow the principle of auctorum plurimorum." (Peters, 1945, V, p. 87).
Synon. Agapeta, Agapetornis, Aspasta, Eugenia, Hypolia, Iolaema, Ionolaima, Lampraster, Leadbeatera, Phaiolaima, Placophorus, Polyplancta, Smaragdochroa, Strophiolaemus, Xanthogenyx, Xanthogonys.
• (Trochilidae; syn. Clytolaema † Brazilian Ruby C. rubricauda) "Heliodoxa GOULD 1849. ... * β. Heliodoxa rubinea (Tr. — us LATH. 1781.) GOULD. — Brasil. Guiana. —— Matthewsii (Tr. — BOURC. 1847.) RCHB. — Peru." (Reichenbach 1854); "Heliodoxa Reichenbach, 1854, Journ. für Ornith., I, Extraheft, Aufzählung der Colibris, p. 9. Type, by subsequent designation (G. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds Brit. Mus., p. 140 (Appendix)), Trochilus rubineus Lath., i.e. Trochilus rubineus Gmelin, 1788 = Trochilus rubricauda Boddaert, 1783." (JAJ 2020).
jacula
L. iaculus thrown, darting < iacare to throw (cf. Late L. iaculum arrow).
SUBSPECIES
Green-crowned Brilliant (henryi)
SCI Name: Heliodoxa jacula henryi
henryi
● Lt.-Col. Thomas Charlton Henry (1825-1877) US Army surgeon, collector (subsp. Chordeiles minor).
● Prof. Joseph Henry (1797-1878) US scientist, pioneer in electro-magnetism, first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1846-1878 (Martin Schneider in litt.) (subsp. Heliodoxa jacula).
Green-crowned Brilliant (jacula)
SCI Name: Heliodoxa jacula jacula
jacula
L. iaculus thrown, darting < iacare to throw (cf. Late L. iaculum arrow).
Green-crowned Brilliant (jamersoni)
SCI Name: Heliodoxa jacula jamersoni
jamersoni
Prof. William Jameson (1796-1873) Scottish academician, botanist, zoologist, collector in Quito, Ecuador 1826-1873 (subsp. Heliodoxa jacula). In the past this eponym was often incorrectly amended to jamesoni.
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)