Fiery Topaz

Here the details of the Fiery Topaz named bird below:

SCI Name:  Topaza pyra
Protonym:  Trochilus (Topaza) pyra Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt14 no.164 p.85
Taxonomy:  Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Topaza
Taxonomy Code:  fietop1
Type Locality:  Rio Negro, Brazil.
Author:  Gould
Publish Year:  1846
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

TOPAZA
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Crimson Topaz T. pella) L. topazus  topaz, green jasper  < Gr. τοπαζος topazos  green gem, topaz; "TOPAZA, n.  Topazes, Less. Polytmus, (Briss.) Boie. Lampornis, Sw.   T. pella, (L.) n.  Col., pl. 2. 3. 4. and 5." (G. Gray 1840).

pyra
Gr. πυρα pura  beacon, pyre  < πυρ pur, πυρος puros  fire.

SUBSPECIES

Fiery Topaz (amaruni)
SCI Name: Topaza pyra amaruni
amaruni
“Amarun is a Quichua word meaning anaconda. The Canelos Quichua of Amazonian Ecuador refer to the anaconda, related snakes, and the rainbow as amarun. The amarun contains the power of and encompasses the waters, earth, forest, and sky” (Hu et al. 2000) (subsp. Topaza pyra).

Fiery Topaz (pyra)
SCI Name: Topaza pyra pyra
pyra
Gr. πυρα pura  beacon, pyre  < πυρ pur, πυρος puros  fire.