Diard’s Trogon
Diard's Trogon
Here the details of the Diard's Trogon named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Trogon diardii Pl.Col. livr.91 pl.541
Taxonomy: Trogoniformes / Trogonidae / Harpactes
Taxonomy Code: diatro1
Type Locality: Pontianak district, Borneo and Province of Padang, Sumatra. Plate agrees with Bornean specimens.
Author: Temminck
Publish Year: 1832
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
HARPACTES
(Trogonidae; Ϯ Malabar Trogon H. fasciatus) Gr. ἁρπακτης harpaktēs robber < ἁρπαζω harpazō to rob; alluding to the heavy bodies and strong, deeply notched bills of these oriental trogons; "SUB-GENERA. ... 3. Bill entire. Inhabits tropical Asia. HARPACTES, Sw." (Swainson 1833); "Harpactes, Sw. Bill stronger: both mandibles deeply notched at their tips, but the margins smooth. Nostrils partially naked. Tarsus only half feathered. The anterior toes less united. Tropical Asia. The conirostral type. Malabaricus. Gould, Mon. erythrocephalus. Ib. Gouldii. (Sw.) P. C. 121. Temminckii. P. Col. 321. Duvaucellii. Ib. 291. Diardi. Ib. 54." (Swainson 1837); "Harpactes Swainson, Zool. Illustr. (2), 3, 1832-33 (1833), p. 107 (in key). Diagnosis only, no type or included species. Species added, Swainson, Classif. Bds., 2, 1837, p. 337. Type, by subsequent designation, Trogon malabaricus Gould.2 (Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 10.) ... 2 This name is not antedated by Harpactes Templeton, Zool. Journ., 5, 1829-1834, p. 401, since the part of the Zool. Journ. containing that name was not published until Nov. or Dec. 1835." (Peters, 1945, V, p. 161).
Var. Harpactor.
Synon. Duvaucelius, Hapalurus, Oreskios, Pyrotrogon.
diardii
Pierre Médard Diard (1795-1863) French zoologist, collector in the Dutch East Indies 1819-?1863 (Harpactes).
SUBSPECIES
Diard's Trogon (neglectus)
SCI Name: Harpactes diardii neglectus
neglecta / neglectum / neglectus
L. neglectus ignored, overlooked, neglected, disregarded < neglegere to neglect.
Diard's Trogon (sumatranus)
SCI Name: Harpactes diardii sumatranus
sumatrae / sumatrana / sumatranum / sumatranus / sumatrensis
Sumatra, Dutch East Indies / Indonesia < Sanskrit Samudra sea (a name subsequently mangled by European travellers).
● ex “Malacca Partridge” of Latham 1823 (syn. Caloperdix oculeus).
● Perhaps the “Polo Condor Gull” of Latham 1801 (Sterna).
● Erroneous TL. Sumatra (= Celebes / Sulawesi) (Tanygnathus).
Diard's Trogon (diardii)
SCI Name: Harpactes diardii diardii
diardii
Pierre Médard Diard (1795-1863) French zoologist, collector in the Dutch East Indies 1819-?1863 (Harpactes).
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)