Peruvian Sheartail
Peruvian Sheartail
Here the details of the Peruvian Sheartail named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Orthorhynchus Cora Voy.Coq. (1826), pl.31 fig.4; 1830 Zool. 1(1826) p.682
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Thaumastura
Taxonomy Code: pershe2
Type Locality: Between Callao and Lima, Peru.
Author: Lesson & Garnot
Publish Year: 1827
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
THAUMASTURA
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Peruvian Sheartail T. cora) Gr. θαυμαστος thaumastos marvellous, wonderful < θαυμα thauma, θαυματος thaumatos wonder, marvel; ουρα oura tail; "*203. Thaumastura, Bp. (Calothorax et Mellisuga, p. Gr.) Amer. trop. 3. 1. TROCHILUS cora, Less. et Garn. Voy. Coq. Ois. t. 13. 4. Ois.-Mouch. t. 6. - Trochil. t. 39. 40. - Nat. Libr. xiv. t. 25. ex Peru. Cauda speciosa! 2. ORNISMYA vesper, Less. Ois.-Mouch. t. 19.-Trochil. t. 9. 48.- Nat. Libr. xiv. t. 24. ex Chili. 3. ORNISMYA fanny, Less. (Trochilus labrador, Bourc.) Ann. Sc. Lyon. 1838. cum fig. ex N. Granada. Peru. Species 2. et 3. typicæ, quamvis cauda simplici!" (Bonaparte 1850); "Thaumastura Bonaparte, Consp. Av., 1, Mar., 1850, p. 85. Type, by subsequent designation, Trochilus [i.e. Orthorhynchus] cora Lesson. (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 21.)" (Peters 1945, V, 131).
Var. Tamnastura, Taumastura, Thamnastura, Thausmatura, Thaumatura.
cora
Cora, an Inca priestess of the sun in Jean Marmontel’s novel “Les Incas, ou la destruction de l’Empire du Pérou”, 1777 (Thaumastura).
Cora
(Trochilidae; syn. Thaumastura † Peruvian Sheartail T. cora) Cora, an Inca priestess of the sun in Jean Marmontel’s novel “Les Incas, ou la destruction de l’Empire du Pérou”, 1777 (cf. specific name Orthorhynchus cora Lesson & Garnot, 1827; Cora, wife to Alonzo, a Spanish conquistador, in Sheridan's tragedy "Pizarro" 1799); "Lucifer, Less. — a. Cyanopogon, Reich. — b. Cora, Reich. — c. Elisa, Reich." (Bonaparte 1854 (nom. nud.)); "321. THAUMASTURA, Pr. B. 1849. (Trochilus Cora, Less.) ... 321. = "Cora, Reichenb." Pr. B. 1854?" (G. Gray 1855); "Cora G. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds Brit. Mus., p. 139 (Appendix). Type, by tautonymy and original designation, Orthorhynchus cora Lesson, 1827." (JAJ 2020).
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)