Electron Carinatum Bird

Electron Carinatum Bird

Electron Carinatum Bird

English Name:  Keel-billed Motmot
Latin Name:  Electron carinatum
Protonym:  Prionites carinatus Bull.Acad.R.Sci.Brux. 14 pt2 p.108
Taxonomy:  Coraciiformes / Momotidae / Electron
Taxonomy Code:  kebmot1
Type Locality:  Guatemala.
Author:  Du Bus
Publish Year:  1847
IUCN Status:  Vulnerable

DEFINITIONS

ELECTRON
(Momotidae; Broad-billed Motmot E. platyrhynchum) Gr. ηλεκτρον  ēlektron  amber, electron, alloy of gold and silver; "Crypticus (Lat. Käf.) bl. — Crypticus (Bonaparte, Vogel a. Bras.: Electron, N." (Gistel 1848); "Electron Gistel, 1848, Naturgesch. Thierreichs für höhere Schulen, p. VIII.  New name for Crypticus Bonaparte, i.e. Swainson, 1837, preoccupied by Crypticus Latreille, 1817 (Coleoptera)." (JAJ 2021).
Var. Blectron.
Synon. Crypticus, Prionirhynchus, Prionornis.

carinata / carinatum / carinatus
L. carinatus  keeled, ridged  < carina  keel.