Silky-tailed Nightjar
Silky-tailed Nightjar
Here the details of the Silky-tailed Nightjar named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Antrostomus serico-caudatis Proc.Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia 4(1848) p.238
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Caprimulgidae / Antrostomus
Taxonomy Code: sitnig1
Type Locality: South America.
Author: Cassin
Publish Year: 1849
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
ANTROSTOMUS
(Caprimulgidae; Ϯ Chuck-will's-widow A. carolinensis) Gr. αντρον antron cavern; στομα stoma, στοματος stomatos mouth. "Son bec depuis son bout jusqu'aux coins de la bouche a un pouce sept lignes de long ... Les bords de la mâchoire supérieure sont garnis de longs poils noirs, tournés en-devant & roides comme des soyes ... Il se nourrit d'Insectes" (Brisson 1760); "Gen. 38. ANTROSTOMUS, Gould. 42. ANTROSTOMUS CAROLINENSIS, Nob. (Caprimulgus Carolinensis, Gm.) Aud. pl. 52. Southern parts" (Bonaparte 1838); "Antrostomus Bonaparte, Geog. & Comp. List, 1838, p. 8 (Type, fixed by Gray, 1840, Caprimulgus carolinensis Gmel.)." (Cory, 1918, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. II (1), p. 131).
Var. Androstomus, Anthrostomus, Anthrostumus.
Synon. Annamornus, Setochalcis.
sericocaudatus
L. sericus silken < Gr. σηρικος sērikos silken < σηρικον sērikon silk < σηρες Sēres the people from whom silk was obtained, the Chinese; caudatus tailed < cauda tail; “It ...can at once be recognised by the silky white tips of the external tail feathers ...This is one of the few species of this family which have pretensions to beauty” (Cassin 1849) (Antrostomus).
SUBSPECIES
Silky-tailed Nightjar (mengeli)
SCI Name: Antrostomus sericocaudatus mengeli
mengeli
Prof. Robert Morrow Mengel (1921-1990) US ornithologist, artist, bibliographer (subsp. Antrostomus sericocaudatus).
Silky-tailed Nightjar (sericocaudatus)
SCI Name: Antrostomus sericocaudatus sericocaudatus
sericocaudatus
L. sericus silken < Gr. σηρικος sērikos silken < σηρικον sērikon silk < σηρες Sēres the people from whom silk was obtained, the Chinese; caudatus tailed < cauda tail; “It ...can at once be recognised by the silky white tips of the external tail feathers ...This is one of the few species of this family which have pretensions to beauty” (Cassin 1849) (Antrostomus).
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)