Mexican Whip-poor-will
Mexican Whip-poor-will
Here the details of the Mexican Whip-poor-will named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Antrostomus vociferus arizonae Bull.NuttallOrn.Club 6 p.69
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Caprimulgidae / Antrostomus
Taxonomy Code: souwpw1
Type Locality: Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona.
Author: Brewster
Publish Year: 1881
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.
arizonae / arizonensis
Arizona, USA.
SUBSPECIES
Mexican Whip-poor-will (arizonae)
SCI Name: Antrostomus arizonae arizonae
arizonae / arizonensis
Arizona, USA.
Mexican Whip-poor-will (setosus)
SCI Name: Antrostomus arizonae setosus
setosus
L. saetosus or setosus bristly, full of coarse hairs < saeta or seta bristle.
Mexican Whip-poor-will (oaxacae)
SCI Name: Antrostomus arizonae oaxacae
oaxacae
Oaxaca, southern Mexico.
Mexican Whip-poor-will (chiapensis)
SCI Name: Antrostomus arizonae chiapensis
chiapensis
Chiapas, Mexico.
Mexican Whip-poor-will (vermiculatus)
SCI Name: Antrostomus arizonae vermiculatus
vermiculata / vermiculatus
L. vermiculatus vermiculated, with sinuous worm-like markings < vermiculus little worm < dim. vermis worm.
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)