Narrow-tailed Emerald
Narrow-tailed Emerald
Here the details of the Narrow-tailed Emerald named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Panychlora stenura Mus.Hein. 3 p.50,note7
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Chlorostilbon
Taxonomy Code: nateme2
Type Locality: Menda.
Author: Cabanis & Heine
Publish Year: 1860
IUCN Status: Least Concern
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.
stenurus
Gr. στηνος stēnos narrow, thin; -ουρος -ouros -tailed < ουρα oura tail.
SUBSPECIES
Narrow-tailed Emerald (stenurus)
SCI Name: Chlorostilbon stenurus stenurus
stenurus
Gr. στηνος stēnos narrow, thin; -ουρος -ouros -tailed < ουρα oura tail.
Narrow-tailed Emerald (ignotus)
SCI Name: Chlorostilbon stenurus ignotus
ignotum / ignotus
L. ignotus unknown, obscure < in- not; notus known < gnoscere (old form of noscere) to know.
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)