Capito Dayi Bird
Capito Dayi Bird
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Protonym: Capito dayi Bull.Am.Mus.Nat.Hist. 35 p.394
Taxonomy: Piciformes / Capitonidae / Capito
Taxonomy Code: blgbar1
Type Locality: Porto Velho, near San Antonio, Rio Madeira, Brazil.
Author: Cherrie
Publish Year: 1916
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
CAPITO
(Capitonidae; † Black-spotted Barbet C. niger) L. capito, capitonis big-headed, big-head < caput, capitis head; "CABÉZON, Capito. Bucco, Linn. Gm. Lath. Bec garni à la base de soies divergentes, comprimé latéralement, entier, conico-convexe, incliné vers le bout. Esp. Tamatia à tête et gorge rouges, Buff." (Vieillot 1816); "Capito Vieillot, Analyze [sic], 1816, p. 27. Type, by monotypy, Tamatia à tête et gorge rouges of Buffon = Bucco niger P. L. S. Müller." (Peters, 1948, VI, p. 24).
Synon. Ablas, Mycropogon, Nystactes, Parabarbatula.
• (Bucconidae; syn. Notharchus † White-necked Puffbird N. macrorhynchos); "TAMATIA (1), Capito. (Vieill.) ... Esp. Bucco macrorynchos - (Collaris et fuscus le jeune (Vaill. pl. 42 et 43) - (Alcedo maculata. Bucco somnolentus (Licht.) ou le tamajac (Vaill. f. T.) et des espèces nouvelles. = Cuculus tenebrosus. - Bucco calcaratus. - Leucops (Licht.) - Cayanensis (Gmel.) ... (1) Toutes les espèces sont d'Amérique méridionale" (Temminck 1820); "Capito "Vieill." Temminck, 1820, Manuel d'Ornithologie, 2nd ed., I, p. lxxvii (not of Vieillot, 1816). Type, by subsequent designation (G. Gray, 1840, List Genera Birds, p. 10), T. macrorhyncha, i.e. Bucco macrorhynchos Gmelin, 1788." (JAJ 2021).
capito
L. capito, capitonis big-headed, large-headed < caput, capitis head.
dayi
Col. Lee Garnett Day (1890-1966) US financier, explorer in Brazil 1914, sponsor of expeditions to tropical America 1915, 1927 (Capito, Elaenia).
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)