Horned Sungem
Horned Sungem
Here the details of the Horned Sungem named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Trochilus bilophus Pl.Col. livr.3 pl.18 fig.3
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Heliactin
Taxonomy Code: horsun2
Type Locality:
Author: Temminck
Publish Year: 1820
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
HELIACTIN
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Horned Sungem H. bilophus) Gr. ἡλιος hēlios sun; ακτιν aktin, ακτινος aktinos sunbeam; "Heliactin ● a. Gefieder oben grün unten grauweiß, Kehle bey ♂, die sich auch durch Federbüsche auszeichnen, nit den prächtigsten Federn geschmückt. b. Schnabel lang und gerade. c. Schwanz sehr lang und stark abgestuft. Arten. 1. Troch. dilophus Tem. 2. — exilis Bancroft Lath. 3. — Langsdorffii Viell. 4. — Cora Lesson. Alle diese Arten sind wiederum sehr klein. ... ●Radius solis." (Boie 1831); "Heliactin Boie, Isis von Oken, 1831, col. 546. Type, by subsequent designation, H. bilophus (Temm.) = Trochilus cornutus Wied. (G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 14)." (Peters, 1945, V, p. 128).
Var. Heliactinia, Heliactinus, Heliactis.
heliactin
Gr. ἡλιος hēlios sun; ακτιν aktin, ακτινος aktinos sunbeam.
bilopha / bilophus
L. bi- two-, double- < bis twice; Gr. λοφος lophos crest.
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)