Violet-capped Woodnymph
Violet-capped Woodnymph
Here the details of the Violet-capped Woodnymph named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Trochilus glaucopis Syst.Nat. 1 pt1 p.497
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Thalurania
Taxonomy Code: vicwoo2
Type Locality: Brazil.
Author: Gmelin, JF
Publish Year: 1788
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
THALURANIA
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Fork-tailed Woodnymph T. furcata) Gr. θαλος thalos child, scion (cf. θαλια thalia happiness, abundance < θαλλω thallō to flourish); ουρανος ouranos heaven (cf. ουρανιος ouranios heavenly, sky-blue); "Genus THALURANIA. Gen. char.— Rostrum capite longius, deorsum curvatum, et paululum apud basin depressum. Alæ breves, debiles. Cauda mediocris, furcata. Tarsi plumis induti, parvis, mollibus. Hallux cum ungue, digito intermedio cum ungue brevior. ... Types, Trochilus furcatus, nigro-fasciatus, Watertonii, &c. THALURANIA VIRIDIPECTUS (n. sp.)." (Gould 1848); "Thalurania Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, pt. 16, 1848, p. 13. Type, by subsequent designation, Trochilus furcatus Gmelin. (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 21.)" (Peters 1945, V, 44).
Var. Thalucania, Thalucrania, Thaluronia, Tholucania.
Synon. Chlorostola, Chlorurania, Glaucopis.
glaucopis
Gr. γλαυκος glaukos blue-grey, glaucous; ωψ ōps, ωπος ōpos face (cf. γλαυκωπις glaukōpis, γλαυκωπιδος glaukōpidos with gleaming eyes; L. glaucopis, glaucopidis grey-eyed, an epithet of Minerva and the owl).
● ex “Marcgrave’s second Humming-bird” of Willughby 1676, “Guainumbi major” of Ray 1713, “Mellisuga brasiliensis cauda bifurca” of Brisson 1760, and “Blue-fronted Humming-bird” of Latham 1782 (Thalurania).
Glaucopis
• (Callaeidae; syn. Callaeas † South Island Kokako C. cinereus) Gr. γλαυκος glaukos blue-grey, glaucous; οψις opsis appearance; "GLAUCOPIS. Rostrum incurvatum, fornicatum, mandibula inferiore breviore subtus ad basin carunculata. Nares depressae, membrana subcartilaginea semitectae. Lingua subcartilaginea apice incisa et ciliata. Pedes ambulatorii. cinerea. 1. Glaucopis Cinereous Wattle-bird. Latham Syn. I. i. p. 364. n. 1. t. 14" (J. Gmelin 1788); "Glaucopis Gmelin, Syst. Nat. vol. i. pt. i. p. 363, July 25th, 1788. Type (by monotypy): Glaucopis cinerea Gmelin." (Mathews, 1930, Syst. Av. Austral., II, p. 899).
Var. Glaucopus, Glaucopsis.
• (Corvidae; syn. Platysmurus † Malay Black Magpie P. leucopterus) "Le genre Glaucopis, selon ma manière de voir, doit comprendre quatre espèces distinctes, savoir: Esp. 1. GLAUCOPE A BARBILLONS, Glaucopis cinerea, Gmel. ... Callæas ... Esp. 2. GLAUCOPE A AILES BLANCHES, de nos pl. col. 265; c'est Glaucopis leucoptera ... Esp. 3. GLAUCOPE TEMNURE, de nos pl. col. 337; c'est Glaucopis temnura ... Esp. 4. GLAUCOPE TEMMIA, Glaucopis varians ... Temia" (Temminck, 1824); "Glaucopis Temminck, 1824, Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, livre 45 (vol. II), text to pl. 265 (not of Gmelin, 1788). Type, by subsequent designation (G. Gray, 1840, List Genera Birds, p. 38), T. leucopterus, i.e. Glaucopis leucopterus Temminck, 1824." (JAJ 2021).
• (Trochilidae; syn. Thalurania † Fork-tailed Woodnymph T. furcata) Based on specific name Trochilus glaucopis J. Gmelin, 1788, and “Glaucopes” of Lesson 1832. Bonaparte appears to have confused Trochilus glaucopis Gm. and the genus Glaucis, both referred to by Boie 1831, Isis, col. 545; "a. Florisugeæ. ... 1570. Thalurania, Gould. (Glaucopis, Boie, nec Gm.)" (Bonaparte 1854) (nom. nud.).
Var. Glaucopsis.
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)