Masius Chrysopterus Bird

English Name:  Golden-winged Manakin
Latin Name:  Masius chrysopterus
Protonym:  Pipra chrysoptera Rev.Zool. 6 p.97
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Pipridae / Masius
Taxonomy Code:  gowman1
Type Locality:  Santa Fe de Bogota, Colombia.
Author:  Lafresnaye
Publish Year:  1843
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

MASIUS
(Pipridae; Ϯ Golden-winged Manakin M. chrysopterus) Luigi Masi (1814-?1872) Italian republican, secretary to Prince Bonaparte and tutor to his children;  "*337. Masius, Bp. 1850. (Pipra, p. Gr.)  Alae concavae, rotundatae; remigibus angustis, prima brevi, tertia omnium longissima: cauda elongata, rotundata: corpus gracile: rostrum minimum: digili [sic] externi conjuncti.    America mer.  1.    PIPRA chrysoptera, Lafr. Mag. Zool. 1843. Ois. t. 44. Gr. et Mitch. Gen. t. 67. 1. ex Columbia.   Nigerrima: pileo, gula, alis subtus, remigibus, rectricibusque interne, aureis; occipitis plumis elongatis, apice appendiculato, rubro.   Genus dicatum Aloysio Masio meo, Italicissimo, exuli etiam cariori, amplitudine ingenii, animi virtute, lacertorum vigore aeque praeclaro! . . .  Utinam multos tales filios Italia et vel Gallia progenuerint!" (Bonaparte 1850); "Masius Bonaparte, 1850, Consp. Gen. Avium, 1, p. 175. Type, by monotypy, Pipra chrysoptera Lafresnaye." (Snow in Peters 1979, VIII, 266).
Synon. Anticorys.

chrysopterus
Gr. χρυσοπτερος khrusopteros  golden-winged  < χρυσος khrusos  gold; -πτερος -pteros  -winged  < πτερον pteron  wing.
● ex “Golden-winged Parrakeet” of Edwards 1760, and “Psittacus alis deauratis” of Brisson 1760 (Brotogeris).
● ex “Tordo negro cobijas amarillas” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 67 (syn. Chrysomus thilius petersii).

Chrysopterus
(Picidae; syn. Picus † Green Woodpecker P. viridis) Gr. χρυσοπτερος khrusopteros  golden-winged  < χρυσος khrusos  gold; πτερον pteron  wing; "The student must not look for the full development of this structure [wedge-tipped bill] in our common green woodpecker (Chrysopterus viridis Sw.), which belongs to a different genus; but he will find them in the greater and lesser spotted species" (Swainson 1836); "Chrysopterus Swainson, 1836, Nat. Hist. Classification Birds, I, p. 69.  Type, by monotypy, Chrysopterus viridis Sw., i.e. Picus viridis Linnaeus, 1758." (JAJ 2021).

SUBSPECIES

Golden-winged Manakin (bellus)
Latin Name: Masius chrysopterus bellus
bellus
L. bellus  pretty, charming  < benus old form of bonus  good.

Golden-winged Manakin (pax)
Latin Name: Masius chrysopterus pax
pax
● Yungas of La Paz, Bolivia (Spanish paz  peace  < L. pax, pacis peace) (subsp. Cyclarhis gujanensis).
● Charuplaya, Dept. La Paz, Bolivia (this form was described in November 1918, and may also have commemorated the cessation of hostilities in World War I) ( syn. Falco rufigularis).
● Cerro Pax, Nariño, Colombia (subsp. Masius chrysopterus).

Golden-winged Manakin (coronulatus)
Latin Name: Masius chrysopterus coronulatus
coronulatus
L. coronula little crown < dim. corona crown.

Golden-winged Manakin (chrysopterus)
Latin Name: Masius chrysopterus chrysopterus
chrysopterus
Gr. χρυσοπτερος khrusopteros  golden-winged  < χρυσος khrusos  gold; -πτερος -pteros  -winged  < πτερον pteron  wing.
● ex “Golden-winged Parrakeet” of Edwards 1760, and “Psittacus alis deauratis” of Brisson 1760 (Brotogeris).
● ex “Tordo negro cobijas amarillas” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 67 (syn. Chrysomus thilius petersii).

Golden-winged Manakin (peruvianus)
Latin Name: Masius chrysopterus peruvianus
peruana / peruanum / peruanus / peruvia / peruviana / peruvianus / peruviensis
Peru. Said to be named after Biru, a local Inca encountered by the conquistadores (although the name is also accredited to a Panamanian cazique). Until the early 18^th century the Viceroyalty of Peru included all Spanish possessions in South America.
● ex “Geai du Pérou” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 625, and de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Peruvian Jay” of Latham 1781 (syn. Cyanocorax yncas).
● ex “Coq de Roche du Pérou” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 745, and de Buffon 1770-1783 (Rupicola).
● Erroneous TL. Peru (= Brazil) (Tangara).
● Erroneous TL. Peru (= Tahiti) (Vini).