White-bellied Woodstar
White-bellied Woodstar
Here the details of the White-bellied Woodstar named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Ornismya Mulsanti Ann.Sci.Phys.Nat.Agric.Ind. 5 p.344 pl.20
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Chaetocercus
Taxonomy Code: whbwoo6
Type Locality: Colombia and Bolivia.
Author: Bourcier
Publish Year: 1843
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CHAETOCERCUS
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Rufous-shafted Woodstar C. jourdainii) Gr. χαιτη khaitē long flowing hair; κερκος kerkos tail; "queue composée de huit plumes à baguettes très-resistantes, relevées de bas en haut ... les deux plumes extérieures de la queue se terminant en pointe très-aiguë et de moitié plus courte que les précédentes" (Bourcier 1839); "349. CHÆTOCERCUS, G. R. Gr. 1853. (Trochilus Jourdani, Bourc.)" (G. Gray 1855); "Chætocercus G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 22. Type, by original designation and monotypy, Trochilus (i.e. Ornismya) jourdanii Bourcier." (Peters, 1945, V, p. 140).
Synon. Acestrura, Osalia, Polymnia, Polyxemus.
mulsant / mulsanti
Martial Étienne Mulsant (1797-1880) French zoologist, collector (Chaetocercus).
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)