Amazilia Cyanocephala Bird
Amazilia Cyanocephala Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Ornismya cyanocephalus Hist.Nat.Ois.-Mouches[Lesson] p.xlv
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Amazilia
Taxonomy Code: azchum1
Type Locality: Brazil, error = Vera Cruz.
Author: Lesson
Publish Year: 1830
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
AMAZILIA
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Cinnamon Hummingbird A. rutila) Specific name Ornismya amazilia Lesson, 1828 (see amazilia); "Race: Les AMAZILIS, amazilia, Less. — (pl. 73.) L'ois. mouche lumachelle: Ornysmia lumachella, Less., rev. zool. p. 315. Hab.: Bahia. — (pl. 74.) L'ois. mouche beau: Ornysmia eximia, Delattre, écho, 1813, Hab.: Guatimala. — (pl. 75) L'ois. mouche canelle: Ornysmia cinnamomea, Less., rev. zoolog., 1842, p. 175; Orn. rufula, Delattre, écho, 1843. Hab: Acapulco, Guatimala. (pl. 76) L'ois. m. Clarisse: Ornysmia clarisse, Longuemare, rev. zool., 1841, p. 306. H. Santa-Fe-de-Bogota." (Lesson 1843); "Amazilia Lesson, Écho du Monde Sav., 1843, col. 757. Type, by subsequent designation, Ornismya cinnamomea Lesson = Ornismia rutila DeLattre. (Stone, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philas., 1918, p. 256.)" (Peters 1945, V, p. 61). I have elsewhere suggested that the substantive name Amazili be given to the hummingbirds of this genus.
Var. Amazillia.
Synon. Agyrtria, Albanora, Amazilicus, Amazilina, Amazilius, Amizilis, Arena, Arenella, Ariadne, Ariana, Chionogaster, Chionomesa, Cyanomyia, Elliotia, Eranna, Eratina, Eratopis, Erythronota, Eucephala, Hemistilbon, Hemithylaca, Hypochionis, Leucodora, Lisoria, Myletes, Polyerata, Pyrrhophaena, Saucerottia, Uranomitra.
amazilia
Amazili, an Inca heroine in Jean Marmontel’s novel (1777) “Les Incas, ou la destruction de l’Empire du Pérou” (Amazilia (“le nom de cette espèce rappellera à l’imagination de nos lecteurs une des héroïnes célébrées par Marmontel dans ses Incas, et en même temps les lieux où elle vit” (Lesson 1830), subsp. Columbina minuta).
cyanocephala / cyanocephalum
Gr. κυανος kuanos dark-blue; -κεφαλος -kephalos -headed < κεφαλη kephalē head.
● ex “Soui-manga à tête bleue” of Audebert & Vieillot 1802 (subsp. Cyanomitra verticalis).
● ex “Lindo azul y oro cabeza celeste” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 98 (Cyanophonia).
● ex “Sylvia viridis” (= ♀) of Brisson 1760, “Pitpit vert” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Blue-headed Warbler” of Latham 1783 (syn. Dacnis cayana).
● ex “Psittaca cyanocephalos” of Brisson 1760 (Psittacula).
● ex "Tangara varié à tête bleue de Cayenne" of d'Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 33, fig. 2 (Sporathraupis).
● ex “Turtle-Dove from Jamaica. Turtur jamaicensis” of Albin 1738 (Starnoenas).
● ex “Flauta del sol” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 356 (syn. Syrigma sibilatrix).
● ex “Gobe-mouche à tête bleuâtre de l’isle de Luçon” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Blue-headed Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (unident.).
SUBSPECIES
Azure-crowned Hummingbird (Azure-crowned)
Latin Name: Amazilia cyanocephala cyanocephala
cyanocephala / cyanocephalum
Gr. κυανος kuanos dark-blue; -κεφαλος -kephalos -headed < κεφαλη kephalē head.
● ex “Soui-manga à tête bleue” of Audebert & Vieillot 1802 (subsp. Cyanomitra verticalis).
● ex “Lindo azul y oro cabeza celeste” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 98 (Cyanophonia).
● ex “Sylvia viridis” (= ♀) of Brisson 1760, “Pitpit vert” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Blue-headed Warbler” of Latham 1783 (syn. Dacnis cayana).
● ex “Psittaca cyanocephalos” of Brisson 1760 (Psittacula).
● ex "Tangara varié à tête bleue de Cayenne" of d'Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 33, fig. 2 (Sporathraupis).
● ex “Turtle-Dove from Jamaica. Turtur jamaicensis” of Albin 1738 (Starnoenas).
● ex “Flauta del sol” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 356 (syn. Syrigma sibilatrix).
● ex “Gobe-mouche à tête bleuâtre de l’isle de Luçon” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Blue-headed Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (unident.).
Azure-crowned Hummingbird (Mosquitia)
Latin Name: Amazilia cyanocephala chlorostephana
chlorostephana
Gr. χλωρος khlōros green; στεφανος stephanos crown, wreath.
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)