Blue-backed Tanager
Blue-backed Tanager
Here the details of the Blue-backed Tanager named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Pyranga cyanicterus Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 28 p.290
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Cyanicterus
Taxonomy Code: blbtan2
Type Locality: l''Amerique meridionale ; Cayenne suggested by Berlepsch, 1908, Novit. Zool., 15, p. 116.
Author: Vieillot
Publish Year: 1819
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CYANICTERUS
(Thraupidae; Ϯ Blue-backed Tanager C. cyanicterus) Specific name Pyranga cyanictera Vieillot, 1819; "*514. Cyanicterus, Bp. (Pyranga, p. Gr. - Tachyphonus, p. Less.) Rostrum longum curvum. Amer. mer. 1. PYRANGA CYANICTERA, Vieill. (Tachyphonus cyanicterus, Less. - Cyanicterus venustus, Bp.) Gal. Ois. t. 81. ex Am. Mer. Mas azureus; abdomine tantum flavo. Faem. viridi-cyanea; subtus omnino flava." (Bonaparte 1850); "Cyanicterus Bonaparte, 1851?, Consp. Gen. Avium, 1 (1850), p. 240. Type, by [tautonymy and] monotypy, Pyranga cyanictera Vieillot." (Storer in Peters, 1970, XIII, p. 326).
Synon. Callithraupis.
cyanicterus
Gr. κυανος kuanos dark-blue; ικτερος ikteros jaundice-yellow.
CYANICTERUS
(Thraupidae; Ϯ Blue-backed Tanager C. cyanicterus) Specific name Pyranga cyanictera Vieillot, 1819; "*514. Cyanicterus, Bp. (Pyranga, p. Gr. - Tachyphonus, p. Less.) Rostrum longum curvum. Amer. mer. 1. PYRANGA CYANICTERA, Vieill. (Tachyphonus cyanicterus, Less. - Cyanicterus venustus, Bp.) Gal. Ois. t. 81. ex Am. Mer. Mas azureus; abdomine tantum flavo. Faem. viridi-cyanea; subtus omnino flava." (Bonaparte 1850); "Cyanicterus Bonaparte, 1851?, Consp. Gen. Avium, 1 (1850), p. 240. Type, by [tautonymy and] monotypy, Pyranga cyanictera Vieillot." (Storer in Peters, 1970, XIII, p. 326).
Synon. Callithraupis.
cyanicterus
Gr. κυανος kuanos dark-blue; ικτερος ikteros jaundice-yellow.
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)