Scarlet-headed Blackbird
Scarlet-headed Blackbird
Here the details of the Scarlet-headed Blackbird named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Xanthornus (holosericeus) Del.Flor.Faun.Insubr. 2 p.88
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Icteridae / Amblyramphus
Taxonomy Code: schbla1
Type Locality: Antigue . . . Isle of Panay [Philippines], error; islands of the delta of the Parana suggested by Dabbene, 1912, Anal. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires, 23, p. 372.
Author: Scopoli
Publish Year: 1786
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
AMBLYRAMPHUS
(Icteridae; Ϯ Scarlet-headed Blackbird A. holosericeus) Gr. αμβλυς amblus blunt < αμβλυνω amblunō to blunt; ῥαμφος rhamphos bill; "AMBLYRAMPHUS *. CHARACTER GENERICUS. Rostrum rectum, subconicum, apice obtuso, depresso. Pedes simplices, ambulatorii digitis tribus anticis, uno postico. ... This genus differs from Oriolus (Oriole), in having the point of the beak rounded and depressed instead of sharp. The bare spot in the forehead behind the base of the upper mandible terminates in a point, as in the genuine Orioles. I am induced to consider this as a distinct genus, rather from the opinion of others, than from my own judgement; but as all the known species of Oriole have the point of their beaks acute, this distinction of form may prove to be a very natural and important generic character. ... AMBLYRAMPHUS BICOLOR. ... * Ab Aμβλυς, obtusus, (blunt), et ῥαμφος, rostrum, (a beak)." (Leach 1814); "Amblyramphus Leach, 1814, Zool. Misc., 1, p. 81. Type, by monotypy, Amblyramphus bicolor Leach = Xanthornus holosericeus Scopoli." (Blake in Peters 1986, XIV, p. 182).
Var. Amblyrhamphus, Amblyrhynchus.
holoseria / holoserica / holosericea / holosericeus / holosericus
Gr. ὁλοσηρικος holosērikos silken < ὁλος holos complete; σηρικος sērikos silken < σηρικον sērikon silk < σηρες Sēres the people from whom silk was obtained, the Chinese.
● ex “Troupiale rouge d’Antigue” and “Troupiale jaune d’Antigue” of Sonnerat 1776 (Amblyramphus).
● "60. TROCHILUS. ... holosericeus. 9. T. curvirostris rectricibus æqualibus supra nigris, corpore supra viridi, pectore cæruleo, abdomine nigro. Mellivora viridis, ventre nigro. Edw. av. 36. t. 36. Habitat in America." (Linnaeus 1758) (Eulampis).
● ex “Gobe-mouche à longue queue de Madagascar” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 248, fig. 1, and “Schet Roux” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 147 (syn. Terpsiphone mutata).
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)