Swallow-tailed Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
Here the details of the Swallow-tailed Kite named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Falco forficatus Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.89
Taxonomy: Accipitriformes / Accipitridae / Elanoides
Taxonomy Code: swtkit
Type Locality: CaroUna, ex Catesby.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1758
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
ELANOIDES
(Accipitridae; † Swallow-tailed Kite E. forficatus) Gr. ελανος elanos kite; -οιδης -oidēs resembling; "ÈLANOÏDE, Elanoïdes (ελανος, milvus; ειδος, forma). Bec incliné dès sa base; cire velue; tarses courts; doigts totalement séparés; queue plus ou moins fourchue. Nota. Les Milans de la Caroline et du Paraguay doivent être retirés du genre Milan, et faire une section de celui-ci. Cette réunion m'a forcé de changer les noms génériques qui, pour ce groupe, étoient auparavant COUHYEH, Elanus." (Vieillot 1818); "Elanoïdes Vieillot, Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat., 24, 1818, p. 101. Type, by monotypy, Milan de la Caroline = Falco forficatus Linné." (Peters, 1931, 1, 194); "Elanoides Vieillot, Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat., nouv. éd., 24, p. 101, Sept. 5, 1818—type, by subs. desig. (Ridgway, in Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Amer. Bds., 3, p. 190, Jan., 1874), "Le Milan de la Caroline" = Falco furcatus Linnaeus = Falco forficatus Linnaeus." (Hellmayr and Conover, 1949, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. I (4), p. 18).
Synon. Elasas.
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.).
SUBSPECIES
Swallow-tailed Kite (forficatus)
SCI Name: Elanoides forficatus forficatus
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.).
Swallow-tailed Kite (yetapa)
SCI Name: Elanoides forficatus yetapa
yetapa
Güaraní name Guihrá jetapá cutter bird, for the Strange-tailed Tyrant Yetapa.
● ex “Yiperú” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 75 (Gubernetes).
● ex “Alcón cola-tixera” of de Azara 1802 (syn. Elanoides forficatus).
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)