Abeillia Abeillei Bird

English Name:  Emerald-chinned Hummingbird
Latin Name:  Abeillia abeillei
Protonym:  Ornismya Abeillei Rev.Zool. 2 p.16
Taxonomy:  Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Abeillia
Taxonomy Code:  emchum1
Type Locality:  Jalapa, Vera Cruz.
Author:  Lesson & Delattre
Publish Year:  1839
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

ABEILLIA
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Emerald-chinned Hummingbird A. abeillei) Dr. Grégoire Abeillé (d. 1848) French physician, ornithologist, collector (cf. specific name Ornismya abeillei Lesson & Delattre, 1839); "*182. Ramphomicron, Bp.   ...   4. TROCHILUS abeillii, Delattre. Rev. Zool. 1839. p. 16. ex Jalapa.  Ramphomicron aberrans, forsan genus constituendum.  Abeillia typica? Bp." (Bonaparte 1850); "Abeillia Bonaparte, Consp. Av., 1, 1850, p. 79. Type, by original designation and monotypy, Abeillia typica Bonaparte = Ornismya abeillei Lesson and DeLattre." (Peters 1945, V, 30).
Var. Abeillea.
Synon. Baucis, Myiabeillia.

abeillei
Dr Grégoire Abeillé (1798-1848) French physician, ornithologist, collector (Abeillia, Arremon, syn. Dendrocincla fuliginosa turdina, Hesperiphona, Icterus, Orchesticus, syn. Psophodes olivaceus, syn. Trochalopteron variegatum).

SUBSPECIES

Emerald-chinned Hummingbird (abeillei)
Latin Name: Abeillia abeillei abeillei
abeillei
Dr Grégoire Abeillé (1798-1848) French physician, ornithologist, collector (Abeillia, Arremon, syn. Dendrocincla fuliginosa turdina, Hesperiphona, Icterus, Orchesticus, syn. Psophodes olivaceus, syn. Trochalopteron variegatum).

Emerald-chinned Hummingbird (aurea)
Latin Name: Abeillia abeillei aurea
aurea
L. aureus  golden  < aurum  gold.
● ex “Tui apute-juba” of Marcgrave 1648, “Golden-crowned Parrakeet” of Edwards 1758, and Latham 1781, “Psittaca brasiliensis” of Brisson 1760, and “Perruche couronnée d’or” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Eupsittula).
● ex “Azurou” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 158 (unident.).