Psilopogon Asiaticus Bird

English Name:  Blue-throated Barbet
Latin Name:  Psilopogon asiaticus
Protonym:  Trogon asiaticus IndexOrn. 1 p.201
Taxonomy:  Piciformes / Megalaimidae / Psilopogon
Taxonomy Code:  bltbar2
Type Locality:  India = Calcutta, fide Stuart Baker.
Author:  Latham
Publish Year:  1790
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

PSILOPOGON
(Megalaimidae; Ϯ Fire-tufted Barbet P. pyrolophus) Gr. ψιλος psilos   simple, sparse; πωγων pōgōn, πωγωνος pōgōnos  beard; "Psilopogon pyrolophus, MULL.  ...  Deze merkwaardige vogel behoort bij die kleine groep van baardvogels, bij welke de bek naar verhouding kort en dik, en daarbij van voren aan de zijden sterk te zamen gedrukt, maar aan het achterste gedeelte eenigzins opgeblazen en verwijd is, waardoor de voorste zoowel als de benedenste kanten van den snavel veel scherper worden, dan zulks bij de ware Buccones het geval is. Van de eigenaardige, stijve, borstelige vibrissae, met welke de bek van de laatsten steeds rijkelijk omzet is, vindt men hier maar weinige en zeer kleine; waarom dan ook mijn overledene vriend BOIE aan de vogels van deze vorming den generischen naam van Kaalbaarden heeft gegeven." (Müller 1836); "Psilopogon S. Müller, Tijdschr. Nat. Gesch. en Phys., 2, 1835, p. 339. Type, by monotypy, Psilopogon pyrolophus S. Müller." (Peters 1948, VI, 30).
Synon. Bucco, Buccotrogon, Chotorea, Cyanops, Geniates, Megalaima, Mezobucco, Pseudobucco, Thereiceryx, Xantholaema.

asiae / asiatica / asiaticus
L. Asiaticus Asiatic < Gr. Ασιατικος Asiatikos Asiatic < Ασια Asia. The Romans generally and indiscriminately applied the name Asia to Asia Minor (Turkey or Anatolia), the more extensive eastern and southern portions of the great continent being known as Asia Maior. In nomenclature the toponym is nearly synonymous with India.
● ex "Gaur Bunting" of Latham 1787 (?syn. Amandava x Lonchura).
● ex “Bombay Goatsucker” of Latham 1787 (Caprimulgus).
● Erroneous TL. Asia (= Africa) (syn. Caprimulgus pectoralis).
● ex “Purple Indian Creeper” of Edwards 1760, and “Yellow-winged Creeper” of Latham 1787 (Cinnyris).
● ex “Indian Jabiru” of Latham 1787 (Ephippiorhynchus).
● ex “Blue-cheeked Curucui” of Latham 1787 (Megalaima).
● Erroneous TL. The Indies (= Jamaica); ex “Brown Indian Dove” of Edwards 1751, and “Columba subfusca media” of Browne 1756 (Zenaida).

SUBSPECIES

Blue-throated Barbet (Red-crowned)
Latin Name: Psilopogon asiaticus asiaticus
asiae / asiatica / asiaticus
L. Asiaticus Asiatic < Gr. Ασιατικος Asiatikos Asiatic < Ασια Asia. The Romans generally and indiscriminately applied the name Asia to Asia Minor (Turkey or Anatolia), the more extensive eastern and southern portions of the great continent being known as Asia Maior. In nomenclature the toponym is nearly synonymous with India.
● ex "Gaur Bunting" of Latham 1787 (?syn. Amandava x Lonchura).
● ex “Bombay Goatsucker” of Latham 1787 (Caprimulgus).
● Erroneous TL. Asia (= Africa) (syn. Caprimulgus pectoralis).
● ex “Purple Indian Creeper” of Edwards 1760, and “Yellow-winged Creeper” of Latham 1787 (Cinnyris).
● ex “Indian Jabiru” of Latham 1787 (Ephippiorhynchus).
● ex “Blue-cheeked Curucui” of Latham 1787 (Megalaima).
● Erroneous TL. The Indies (= Jamaica); ex “Brown Indian Dove” of Edwards 1751, and “Columba subfusca media” of Browne 1756 (Zenaida).

Blue-throated Barbet (Blue-crowned)
Latin Name: Psilopogon asiaticus davisoni
davisoni
William Ruxton Davison (1850-1893) British field-ornithologist, collector for A. C. Hume in Tenasserim, Curator of Raffles Mus., Singapore 1887-1893 (subsp. Alcippe poioicephala, subsp. Geokichla sibirica, subsp. Hemixos flavala, syn. Hydrornis caeruleus, subsp. Lalage nigra, Leioptila, syn. Lophura nycthemera, subsp. Napothera epilepidota, subsp. Phylloscopus montis, syn. Phylloscopus intensior muleyitensis, Pseudibis, subsp. Psilopogon asiaticus, Pycnonotus, subsp. Spilornis cheela, subsp. Stachyris nigriceps, subsp. Todiramphus chloris).