American Pygmy Kingfisher
American Pygmy Kingfisher
Here the details of the American Pygmy Kingfisher named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Alcedo aenea Cat.Ois.[Vroeg]Adumbr. p.1 no.54
Taxonomy: Coraciiformes / Alcedinidae / Chloroceryle
Taxonomy Code: ampkin1
Type Locality: Surinam.
Author: Pallas
Publish Year: 1764
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CHLOROCERYLE
(Alcedinidae; Ϯ American Pygmy Kingfisher C. aenea) Gr. χλωρος khlōros green; genus Ceryle Boie, 1828, kingfisher (see Megaceryle); "Chloroceryle Kaup (subgenus), Verh. naturhist. Ver. Grossherz. Hessen, Heft 2, 1848, p. 68. Type, by subsequent designation, Alcedo superciliosa Linné = Alcedo aenea Pallas. (Sharpe, Monogr. Alced., 1871, p. viii.)1 ... 1 G. R. Gray's 1855 designation is invalid since he credits the genus to Reichenbach as of 1851." (Peters, 1945, V, p. 168). Due to competition from endemic families, the kingfishers Alcedinidae have undergone sparse speciation in the Americas, and the green and rufous American Pygmy Kingfisher is the smallest of only two genera and six species found there.
Synon. Amazonis.
aenea
L. aeneus of a bronze colour, coppery, bronzed < aes, aeris bronze.
● ex “Palumbus moluccensis” of Brisson 1760 (Ducula).
SUBSPECIES
American Pygmy Kingfisher (stictoptera)
SCI Name: Chloroceryle aenea stictoptera
stictoptera / stictopterus
Gr. στικτος stiktos spotted < στιζω stizō to tattoo; -πτερος -pteros
-winged < πτερον pteron wing.
American Pygmy Kingfisher (aenea)
SCI Name: Chloroceryle aenea aenea
aenea
L. aeneus of a bronze colour, coppery, bronzed < aes, aeris bronze.
● ex “Palumbus moluccensis” of Brisson 1760 (Ducula).
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)