Blue-headed Quail-Dove
Blue-headed Quail-Dove
Here the details of the Blue-headed Quail-Dove named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Columba cyanocephala Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.163
Taxonomy: Columbiformes / Columbidae / Starnoenas
Taxonomy Code: bhqdov1
Type Locality: 'America'' = Jamaica?
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1758
IUCN Status: Endangered
DEFINITIONS
STARNOENAS
(Columbidae; Ϯ Blue-headed Partridge Dove S. cyanocephala) Italian Starna partridge (cf. genus Starna Bonaparte, 1838, partridge); Gr. οινας oinas, οιναδος oinados pigeon (cf. genus Oena Swainson, 1837, dove); “Starnoenas is a compound word from the Italian Starna, grey partridge, and Œnas” (Salvadori 1893); "Gen. 193. STARNŒNAS, Nob. 277. STARNŒNAS CYANOCEPHALA, Nob. (Columba cyanocephala, L.) Aud. pl. 172." (Bonaparte 1838); "61. Starnoenas, Bp. 1838. (nec Sturnoenas - Columbiperdix, Levaill.) Am. Antill. 1. COLUMBA cyanocephala, L. (tetraoides, Gm. ex Scop. - Turtur jamaicensis, Briss. - Starnoenas cyanocephala, Bp.)" (Bonaparte 1855); "Starnœnas Bonaparte, Geog. and Comp. List, 1838, p. 41. Type, by monotypy, Columba cyanocephala Linné." (Peters 1937, III, 138).
Var. Starnaenas, Starnaenus, Sternoenas, Sturnoenas.
Synon. Columbiperdix, Perdicopelia.
cyanocephala / cyanocephalum
Gr. κυανος kuanos dark-blue; -κεφαλος -kephalos -headed < κεφαλη kephalē head.
● ex “Soui-manga à tête bleue” of Audebert & Vieillot 1802 (subsp. Cyanomitra verticalis).
● ex “Lindo azul y oro cabeza celeste” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 98 (Cyanophonia).
● ex “Sylvia viridis” (= ♀) of Brisson 1760, “Pitpit vert” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Blue-headed Warbler” of Latham 1783 (syn. Dacnis cayana).
● ex “Psittaca cyanocephalos” of Brisson 1760 (Psittacula).
● ex "Tangara varié à tête bleue de Cayenne" of d'Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 33, fig. 2 (Sporathraupis).
● ex “Turtle-Dove from Jamaica. Turtur jamaicensis” of Albin 1738 (Starnoenas).
● ex “Flauta del sol” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 356 (syn. Syrigma sibilatrix).
● ex “Gobe-mouche à tête bleuâtre de l’isle de Luçon” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Blue-headed Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (unident.).
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)