Tawny-bellied Hermit
Tawny-bellied Hermit
Here the details of the Tawny-bellied Hermit named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Phaethornis syrmatophora Contrib.Orn.[Jardine] p.139
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Phaethornis
Taxonomy Code: tabher1
Type Locality: Interior of Quito in Ecuador, i.e. western Ecuador.
Author: Gould
Publish Year: 1852
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PHAETHORNIS
(Trochilidae; † Long-tailed Hermit P. superciliosus) Gr. φαεθων phaethōn sun < φαω phaō to shine; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos bird; "97. Cynanthus bifurcatus. ... This is an aberrant species, touching the genus Phæthornis, Sw., or that group of which Troch. superciliosus of Authors forms the type." (Swainson 1827 (Philos. Mag., 1, 441)); "PHÆTHORNIS. Rostrum elongatum, arcuatum. Cauda elongata, gradata vel cuneata. Types. 1. T. superciliosus, L. 2. Col. tacheté? Temm., Pl. col. 120. f. 3. 3. T. chrysobronchos, Shaw." (Swainson 1827 (Zool. Journ., III, 357)); "Phæthornis Swainson, Philos. Mag. (n.s.). 1, June, 1827, p. 441. Type, by original designation, "Troch. superciliosus of Authors" i.e. Trochilus superciliosus Linné." (Peters, 1945, V, 7).
Var. Phaetornis, Phoethornis, Phoetornis, Phaethornus, Phaedornis, Phrethornis.
Synon. Anisoterus, Eremita, Guyornis, Mesophila, Milornis, Ptyonornis, Pygmornis, Toxoteuches.
• (Trochilidae; syn. Thaumastura † Peruvian Sheartail T. cora) "5. Subgen. Phaetornis Swains. 204. 7. Tr. Cora. Orthorhynchus Cora Less. Garn. Zool. Coq. pl. 31. 4. Ornismya Cora Man. Ornith. II. p. 82." (von Tschudi 1844); "Phaethornis von Tschudi, 1844, Archiv für Naturgesch., X, p. 297. Type, by subsequent designation (Elliot, 1879, Smithsonian Contrib. Knowledge, 317, Classif. Synop. Trochilidae, p. 122), Orthorhynchus cora Lesson, 1827." (JAJ 2020).
• (Trochilidae; syn. Trochilus † Red-billed Streamertail T. polytmus) "Phœthornis, Swainson. ... La tête est sans ornament ou munie de huppes. ESP. 13. OISEAU-MOUCHE A TÊTE NOIRE. Ornismya cephalatra. N. ... Trochilus polytmus, L. sp. 4 ... ESP. 14. OISEAU-MOUCHE A OREILLES D'AZUR. Ornismya aurita. N. ... ESP. 15. OISEAU-MOUCHE AUX HUPPES D'OR. Ornismya chrysolopha. N. ... Trochilus cornutus, prince de Wied ... ESP. 16. OISEAU-MOUCHE LANGSDORFF. Ornismya Langsdorffii. N. ... ESP. 17. OISEAU-MOUCHE CORA. Ornismya Cora. N. ... ESP. 18. OISEAU-MOUCHE A QUEUE SINGULIÈRE. Ornismya heteropygia. N. ... Trochilus enicurus, Vieill." (Lesson 1829); "Phaethornis Lesson, 1829, Hist. Nat. Oiseaux-Mouches, p. xviij. Type, by subsequent designation (G. Gray, 1840, List Genera Birds, p. 14), Ornismya cephalatra Lesson, 1829 = Trochilus polytmus Linnaeus, 1758." (JAJ 2020).
syrmatophora / syrmatophorus
Gr. συρμα surma, συρματος surmatos robe with a long train; -φορος -phoros
-bearing, carrying < φερω pherō to carry.
SUBSPECIES
Tawny-bellied Hermit (syrmatophorus)
SCI Name: Phaethornis syrmatophorus syrmatophorus
syrmatophora / syrmatophorus
Gr. συρμα surma, συρματος surmatos robe with a long train; -φορος -phoros
-bearing, carrying < φερω pherō to carry.
Tawny-bellied Hermit (columbianus)
SCI Name: Phaethornis syrmatophorus columbianus
columbiana / columbianum / columbianus
● Colombia. To this day the name of Colombia is misspelled in newspapers, scientific works (e.g. NAOC Vancouver 2012 Abstracts, p. 207) and books, and on television (e.g. BBC News Channel (Travel!) 14 May 2017), and generally wrongly pronounced there (e.g. Channel 4 Seven O’Clock News, 10 October 2011) and on radio (e.g. BBC Radio 2 Jeremy Vine Show 30 November 2016). “America ... north of the Isthmus of Darien, the southern continent being termed Columbia” (Wood 1835) (subsp. Chamaeza campanisona, subsp. Cinclodes excelsior, Crypturellus, Fulica, Ortalis, Phaethornis, subsp. Philydor rufum, subsp. Synallaxis gujanensis).
● Columbia River or Columbia River region (Oregon) (Cygnus (ex “Whistling Swan” of P. Allen 1814), syn. Gymnogyps californianus, Nucifraga, subsp. Pedioecetes phasianellus (ex “Grouse or Prairie Hen” of Lewis 1814), syn. Piranga ludoviciana).
● Greater Colombia (= Venezuela) (Odontophorus, Philydor).
● Columbia County, Florida, USA (‡ Palaeophoyx).
● British Columbia, Canada (subsp. Poecile hudsonicus).
● Erroneous TL. Porto Cabello, Colombia (= Ciudad Bolívar, Río Orinoco, Venezuela) (Sicalis).
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)