Aphelocoma Coerulescens Bird
Aphelocoma Coerulescens Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Corvus coerulescens Bull.Sci.Soc.Philom. 1(1791-1799) Vert.&Germ. p.87
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Corvidae / Aphelocoma
Taxonomy Code: flsjay
Type Locality: in Amer. septentrionale [= Florida].
Author: Bosc
Publish Year: 1795
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
APHELOCOMA
(Corvidae; Ϯ Western Scrub Jay A. californica) Gr. αφελης aphelēs smooth, sleek, simple < negative prefix α- a- ; φελλευς phelleus stony ground; κομη komē hair; "Von Cyanocitta könnte, durch schwächeren Schnabel, durch den Mangel des Federschopfes und sonst noch abweichend, als eigene Gruppe gesondert werden: Gen. Aphelocoma n. gen. (von αφελης schlicht und κομη, η, Haupthaar.) 1. A. californica — Garrulus californicus Vig. Cyanocitta superciliosa Strickl. — 2. A. Sieberi. — Pica Sieberi Wagl.; Garrulus sordidus Sws. 3. A. ultramarina. — Garrulus ultramarinus Bonap. — 4. A. floridana. — Corvus floridanus Bartram; Garrulus floridanus Bonap." (Cabanis 1853); "Aphelocoma Cabanis, 1851 [= 1853], Mus. Hein., 1, sign. 28, p. 221. Type, by subsequent designation (Baird, in Baird, Cassin, and Lawrence, 1858, Rep. Expl. and Surv. R. R. Pac., 9, p. 584), Garrulus californicus Vigors." (Blake in Peters, 1962, XV, p. 210).
Synon. Garrulina, Sieberocitta.
coerulescens
Unattested L. caerulescens, caerulescentis bluish (neither caerulescere nor caerulescens have been found in Classical Latin, but their existence may be inferred from caeruleus azure-blue, by the example, among others, of rufus red, ruddy, giving rufescere to become reddish, and rufescens, rufescentis reddish).
● ex “Petit Martin-pêcheur aigue-marin” of Temminck 1807 (Alcedo).
● ex “Garza Aplomada” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 347 (syn. Ardea cocoi).
● ex "Bengali gris-bleu" of Vieillot 1805 (Estrilda).
● ex "Aplomado" of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 22 (Geranospiza).
● ex "Curucáu aplomado" of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 363 (Harpiprion).
● ex “Habia de ceja blanca” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 81 (Saltator).
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)