Capito Aurovirens Bird
Capito Aurovirens Bird
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Latin Name:
Protonym: Bucco aurovirens Règne Anim. ed. 2 ed. 2, 1 p.458
Taxonomy: Piciformes / Capitonidae / Capito
Taxonomy Code: sccbar1
Type Locality: Peru ex LeVaillant, Ois de Paradis, pi. E.
Author: Cuvier
Publish Year: 1829
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CAPITO
(Capitonidae; † Black-spotted Barbet C. niger) L. capito, capitonis big-headed, big-head < caput, capitis head; "CABÉZON, Capito. Bucco, Linn. Gm. Lath. Bec garni à la base de soies divergentes, comprimé latéralement, entier, conico-convexe, incliné vers le bout. Esp. Tamatia à tête et gorge rouges, Buff." (Vieillot 1816); "Capito Vieillot, Analyze [sic], 1816, p. 27. Type, by monotypy, Tamatia à tête et gorge rouges of Buffon = Bucco niger P. L. S. Müller." (Peters, 1948, VI, p. 24).
Synon. Ablas, Mycropogon, Nystactes, Parabarbatula.
• (Bucconidae; syn. Notharchus † White-necked Puffbird N. macrorhynchos); "TAMATIA (1), Capito. (Vieill.) ... Esp. Bucco macrorynchos - (Collaris et fuscus le jeune (Vaill. pl. 42 et 43) - (Alcedo maculata. Bucco somnolentus (Licht.) ou le tamajac (Vaill. f. T.) et des espèces nouvelles. = Cuculus tenebrosus. - Bucco calcaratus. - Leucops (Licht.) - Cayanensis (Gmel.) ... (1) Toutes les espèces sont d'Amérique méridionale" (Temminck 1820); "Capito "Vieill." Temminck, 1820, Manuel d'Ornithologie, 2nd ed., I, p. lxxvii (not of Vieillot, 1816). Type, by subsequent designation (G. Gray, 1840, List Genera Birds, p. 10), T. macrorhyncha, i.e. Bucco macrorhynchos Gmelin, 1788." (JAJ 2021).
capito
L. capito, capitonis big-headed, large-headed < caput, capitis head.
aurovirens
L. aurum gold; virens, virentis green < virere to be green.
● ex “Barbu oranvert” of Levaillant 1807 (French homophone orangé orange-coloured; vert green) (Capito).
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)