Blue-tailed Emerald
Blue-tailed Emerald
Here the details of the Blue-tailed Emerald named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Trochilus mellisugus Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.121
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Chlorostilbon
Taxonomy Code: blteme1
Type Locality:
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1758
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
CHLOROSTILBON
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Glittering-bellied Emerald C. lucidus pucherani) Gr. χλωρος khlōros green; στιλβων stilbōn, στιλβοντος stilbontos shining, an epithet of the planet Mercury (cf. στιλβη stilbē lamp); "[plate] CHLOROSTILBONA PRASINA. ... [text] CHLOROSTILBON PRASINUS. Brazilian Emerald. ... The male has the upper and under surface yellowish green, with a golden lustre on the crown of the head and the sides of the neck; wings purplish brown; tail black, glossed with steel-blue; throat brilliant grass-green" (Gould 1853); "Chlorostilbon Gould, Monogr. Trochil., pt. 5, May, 1853, pl. [14] and text [= 5, pl. 355 of volume]. Type, by monotypy, Chlorostilbon prasinus Gould, not of authors, = Trochilus pucherani Bourcier." (Peters, 1945, V, p. 36).
Var. Chlorostilbona.
Synon. Chloauges, Chlorestes, Chlorolampis, Chrysomirus, Colubris, Erasmia, Halia, Marsyas, Mellisuga, Merion, Panychlora, Prasitis, Riccordia, Sporadinus.
mellisugus
L. mel, mellis honey < Gr. μελι meli, μελιτος melitos honey; sugere to suck.
● “60. TROCHILUS. ... T. rectricibus æqualibus cæruleis, corpore viride aureo, remigibus atro-cærulescentibus. Mus. Ad. Fr. 2. f. Habitat in Indiis.” (Linnaeus 1758) (Chlorostilbon).
SUBSPECIES
Blue-tailed Emerald (caribaeus)
SCI Name: Chlorostilbon mellisugus caribaeus
caribaea / caribaearum / caribaeus / caribbaea / caribbaeus / caribbeus / caribboeus / caribeus / cariboea
Caribbean Sea (named after the Carib, an Amerindian people of the Lesser Antilles and northern South America).
● Antilles (= Guadeloupe); ex “Esmerillon Gry-Gry” of Dutertre 1667, and “Esmerillon des Antilles” of Brisson 1760 (subsp. Falco sparverius).
● Caribbean Is.; ex “Pigeon à queue annelée de la Jamaïque” of Brisson 1760 (Patagioenas).
Blue-tailed Emerald (duidae)
SCI Name: Chlorostilbon mellisugus duidae
duidae
Cerro Duida, Amazonas, Venezuela.
Blue-tailed Emerald (subfurcatus)
SCI Name: Chlorostilbon mellisugus subfurcatus
subfurcatus
L. sub somewhat, slightly; Med. L. furcatus forked < L. furca fork.
Blue-tailed Emerald (mellisugus)
SCI Name: Chlorostilbon mellisugus mellisugus
mellisugus
L. mel, mellis honey < Gr. μελι meli, μελιτος melitos honey; sugere to suck.
● “60. TROCHILUS. ... T. rectricibus æqualibus cæruleis, corpore viride aureo, remigibus atro-cærulescentibus. Mus. Ad. Fr. 2. f. Habitat in Indiis.” (Linnaeus 1758) (Chlorostilbon).
Blue-tailed Emerald (phoeopygus)
SCI Name: Chlorostilbon mellisugus phoeopygus
phoeopigus / phoeopygus
Gr. φαιος phaios dusky, dark; -πυγος -pugos -rumped < πυγη pugē rump.
Blue-tailed Emerald (peruanus)
SCI Name: Chlorostilbon mellisugus peruanus
peruana / peruanum / peruanus / peruvia / peruviana / peruvianus / peruviensis
Peru. Said to be named after Biru, a local Inca encountered by the conquistadores (although the name is also accredited to a Panamanian cazique). Until the early 18th century the Viceroyalty of Peru included all Spanish possessions in South America.
● ex “Geai du Pérou” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 625, and de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Peruvian Jay” of Latham 1781 (syn. Cyanocorax yncas).
● ex “Coq de Roche du Pérou” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 745, and de Buffon 1770-1783 (Rupicola).
● Erroneous TL. Peru (= Brazil) (Tangara).
● Erroneous TL. Peru (= Tahiti) (Vini).
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)