Cozumel Emerald
Cozumel Emerald
Here the details of the Cozumel Emerald named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Chlorostilbon forficatus Descr.NewSpeciesBirdsCozumelId. p.3
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Chlorostilbon
Taxonomy Code: cozeme1
Type Locality: Cozumel Island.
Author: Ridgway
Publish Year: 1885
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.
forficata / forficatus
Mod. L. forficatus scissor-shaped < L. forfex, forficis pair of scissors < forus opening, gangway; facere to make.
● ex “Engoulevent à Queue Fourchue” of Levaillant 1799, pl. 47 (unident.; ?Caprimulgus sp.).
● ex “Grand Gobe-mouche noir hupé de Madagascar” of Brisson 1760 (Dicrurus).
● ex “Swallow tail’d Hawk” of Catesby 1731 (Elanoides).
● ex “Gobe-mouche à queue fourchue du Méxique” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 677, “Moucherolle à queue fourchue du Méxique” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Swallow-tailed Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (Tyrannus).
● "60. TROCHILUS. ... forficatus. 5. T. curvirostris, rectricibus lateralibus longissimis, corpore viridi, pileo rectricibusque cæruleis. Polytmus major nigricans aureo varie splendens, pennis binis uropygii longissimis. Brown. jam. p. 475. Mellivora viridis, cauda longa. Edw. av. 33. t. 33. Mellivora avis minima. Sloan. jam. 2. p. 307. t. 264. f. 1. Raj. av. 187. Habitat in Jamaica. Pennæ longissimæ basi suffultæ supra & infra pennula rigida." (Linnaeus 1758) (unident.; nom. dub.).
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)