Psophia Crepitans Bird

English Name:  Gray-winged Trumpeter
Latin Name:  Psophia crepitans
Protonym:  Psophia crepitans Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.154
Taxonomy:  Gruiformes / Psophiidae / Psophia
Taxonomy Code:  gywtru1
Type Locality:  South America = Cayenne, ex Barrere.
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1758
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

PSOPHIA
(Psophiidae; Ϯ Grey-winged Trumpeter P. crepitans) Gr. ψοφος psophos  noise, any inarticulate sound; "makes a strong noise with its mouth, which it answers by a different noise from its belly, as if it came from the anus" (Pennant 1773) (see Agami); "84. PSOPHIA.  Rostrum cylindrico-conicum, convexum, acutiusculum, mandibula superiore longiore.  Nares ovatæ patulæ.    crepitans. 1.  PSOPHIA.  ...  Habitat in America meridionali. Rostro mussitans respondet per anum." (Linnaeus 1758); "Psophia Linné, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, p. 154. Type, by monotypy, Psophia crepitans Linné." (Peters 1934, II, 155).  Linnaeus's Psophia comprised only one species.
Var. Psophea, Psopha, Psofia, Phosphia.
Synon. Agami.

psophia
Genus Psophia Linnaeus, 1758, trumpeter.

crepitans
L. crepitans, crepitantis  breaking wind, resounding  < crepitare  to resound, to break wind.
● “84. PSOPHIA.  ...  crepitans.  1. PSOPHIA.  Psophia crepitans nigra, pectore columbino. Barr. av. 62.  Gallina sylvatica crepitans, pectore columbino. Barr. æquin. 132.  Gallina sylvestris Macucagua. Raj. av. 53.  Macucagua. Marcgr. bras. 213. Pis. bras. 88.  Habitat in America meridionali.  Rostro mussitans respondet per anum." (Linnaeus 1758) (Psophia).
● ex “Coach-whip Flycatcher” of Latham 1801 (syn. Psophodes olivaceus).
● ex “Clapper Rail” of Pennant 1785, and Latham 1785 (Rallus).

SUBSPECIES

Gray-winged Trumpeter (Napo)
Latin Name: Psophia crepitans napensis
napensis
Napo Province, eastern Ecuador.
● Río Napo, eastern Ecuador (subsp. Psophia crepitans).
● Junction of Curaray and Napo Rivers, Ecuador (= Peru) (Stigmatura).

Gray-winged Trumpeter (Ochre-winged)
Latin Name: Psophia crepitans ochroptera
ochroptera / ochropterum / ochropterus
Gr. ωχρος ōkhros  pale-yellow; ωχρα ōkhra  yellow ochre; -πτερος -pteros -winged  < πτερον pteron  wing.
● ex “Psittacus amazonicus, gutture luteo” of Brisson 1760, “Crick à tête et gorge jaune” of de Buffon 1770-1783, “Yellow-headed Creature” of Bancroft 1769, and “Yellow-winged Parrot” of Latham 1781 (syn. Amazona barbadensis).

Gray-winged Trumpeter (Gray-winged)
Latin Name: Psophia crepitans crepitans
crepitans
L. crepitans, crepitantis  breaking wind, resounding  < crepitare  to resound, to break wind.
● “84. PSOPHIA.  ...  crepitans.  1. PSOPHIA.  Psophia crepitans nigra, pectore columbino. Barr. av. 62.  Gallina sylvatica crepitans, pectore columbino. Barr. æquin. 132.  Gallina sylvestris Macucagua. Raj. av. 53.  Macucagua. Marcgr. bras. 213. Pis. bras. 88.  Habitat in America meridionali.  Rostro mussitans respondet per anum." (Linnaeus 1758) (Psophia).
● ex “Coach-whip Flycatcher” of Latham 1801 (syn. Psophodes olivaceus).
● ex “Clapper Rail” of Pennant 1785, and Latham 1785 (Rallus).