Blue-necked Tanager
Blue-necked Tanager
Here the details of the Blue-necked Tanager named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: A.[glaia] cyanicollis Mag.Zool. 7 cl.2 p.33
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Stilpnia
Taxonomy Code: blntan1
Type Locality: Yuracares [, Bolivia] .
Author: d''Orbigny & Lafresnaye
Publish Year: 1837
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
Stilpnia
(syn. Tangara Ϯ Black-headed Tanager T. cyanoptera) Gr. στιλπνος stilpnos glistening, glittering < στιλπνοω stilpnoō to polish; "32. Stilpnia, new genus (Fig. 5). Type species. Aglaia cyanoptera Swainson, 1834 (currently recognized as Tangara cyanoptera). ... Etymology. The name, feminine in gender, is derived from the Greek στιλπνη, the feminine form of the adjective meaning "glittering" or "glistening," alluding to the glossiness of the plumage of these colorful tanagers. Comments. Euschemon Sclater, 1851 (type species Tanagra flava Gmelin, 1789, currently Tangara cayana flava), is preoccupied by Euschemon Doubleday, 1846, the name of an Australian butterfly, and so not available" (Burns et al. 2016) (OD per Richard Klim).
cyanicollis
L. cyaneus dark-blue < Gr. κυανεος kuaneos dark-blue, glossy; Mod. L. -collis -necked, -throated < L. collum neck.
SUBSPECIES
Blue-necked Tanager (granadensis)
SCI Name: Stilpnia cyanicollis granadensis
granadense / granadensis
New Granada, a former republic of South America variously incorporating Panama, Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador. The name of Granada, the last bastion of the emirs of al-Andalus, was taken to the New World by the conquistadores (cf. New Spain, the original designation of Mexico). In early ornithology “New Granada” and “Bogotá” were used to designate species of unknown provenance presumed to be from the Spanish Main (i.e. the Spanish-held Mainland), the hinterland of north-western tropical America.
Blue-necked Tanager (caeruleocephala)
SCI Name: Stilpnia cyanicollis caeruleocephala
caeruleocephala / caeruleocephalus
L. caeruleus dark-blue; Gr. -κεφαλος -kephalos -headed < κεφαλη kephalē head.
● ex “Organiste de Saint-Domingue” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 809, fig. 1 (syn. Euphonia musica).
● ex “Gobe-mouche à tête bleuâtre de l’isle de Luçon” of Sonnerat 1776 (unident.).
Blue-necked Tanager (hannahiae)
SCI Name: Stilpnia cyanicollis hannahiae
hannahiae
Hannah Cassin née Wright (1813-1888) wife of US ornithologist John Cassin (subsp. Tangara cyanicollis).
Blue-necked Tanager (cyanopygia)
SCI Name: Stilpnia cyanicollis cyanopygia
cyanopygia / cyanopygius
Gr. κυανος kuanos dark-blue; -πυγιος -pugios -rumped < πυγη pugē rump.
Blue-necked Tanager (cyanicollis)
SCI Name: Stilpnia cyanicollis cyanicollis
cyanicollis
L. cyaneus dark-blue < Gr. κυανεος kuaneos dark-blue, glossy; Mod. L. -collis -necked, -throated < L. collum neck.
Blue-necked Tanager (melanogaster)
SCI Name: Stilpnia cyanicollis melanogaster
melanogaster / melanogastra / melanogastris / melanogastrus
Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos black; γαστηρ gastēr, γαστρος gastros belly.
● ex “Black-bellied Grosbeak” of Latham 1783 (syn. Euplectes afer).
Blue-necked Tanager (albotibialis)
SCI Name: Stilpnia cyanicollis albotibialis
albotibialis
L. albus white; tibialis shinned < tibia shin bone.
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)