Golden-tufted Grackle
Golden-tufted Grackle
Here the details of the Golden-tufted Grackle named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Agelaeus imthurni Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt1 p.213
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Icteridae / Macroagelaius
Taxonomy Code: gotgra1
Type Locality: Kaieteur Falls, Potaro river, British Guiana.
Author: Sclater, PL
Publish Year: 1881
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
MACROAGELAIUS
(Icteridae; Ϯ Mountain Grackle M. subalaris) Gr. μακρος makros long; genus Agelaius Vieillot, 1816, blackbird; "5. Macroagelaius. 12. AGELAIUS SUBALARIS, (Boissonneau.) Quiscalus subalaris, Boiss. Rev. Zool. 1840, p.70. Specimens in the Academy Museum labelled "Bogota." Though usually rated as a Quiscalus, this bird, in my opinion, is more properly to be regarded as an Agelaius, though differing from the typical subgroups in having a longer and more Quiscalus-like tail. It is not an uncommon bird in collections from the northern countries of South America." (Cassin 1866); "Macroagelaius Cassin, 1866, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, p. 13. Type, by monotypy, Quiscalus sub-alaris Boissonneau." (Blake in Peters 1968, XIV, 185).
Var. Macragelaeus.
Synon. Pseudagelaeus, Sciopsar.
imthurni
Sir Everard Ferdinand im Thurn (1852–1932) British diplomat, explorer in British Guiana 1877–1899, Lt.-Gov. of Ceylon 1901–1904, Gov. of Fiji 1904 –1910 (Macroagelaius).
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)