Geothlypis Formosa Bird
Geothlypis Formosa Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Sylvia formosa Am.Orn. 3 p.85 pl.25 fig.3
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Parulidae / Geothlypis
Taxonomy Code: kenwar
Type Locality: Kentucky.
Author: Wilson, A
Publish Year: 1811
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
GEOTHLYPIS
(Parulidae; † Common Yellowthroat G. trichas) Gr. γεω- geō- ground-, earth- < γη gē earth; θλυπις thlupis unknown small bird, perhaps some sort of finch or warbler. In ornithology thlypis signifies either a thin-billed tanager or, as in this case, a parulid warbler; "Subfam. Sylvicolinae. 1. Geothlypis (Trichas Sws. nec Gloger). ... Gen. Trichas Gloger. Der Name Trichas wurde von Gloger im März 1827 an die Stelle von Criniger (!) Temm. gesetzt. Trichophorus Temm. ist später als Trichas Gloger vorgeschlagen. Für die Gattung Trichas Sws., April 1827 haben wir den Namen Geothlypis (Fam. Sylvicolidae) vorgeschlagen 1. Trichas barbata (Temm.). 2. T. gularis (Horsf.). 3. T. icterica (Strickl.). 4. T. flaveola (Gould). etc." (Cabanis 1847); "Geothlypis Cabanis, 1847, Archiv für Naturgesch., 13, pp. 316, 349. New name for Trichas Swainson, (June) 1827, preoccupied by Trichas Gloger, (March) 1827." (JAJ 2021) (see Trichas).
Var. Geothlipis.
Synon. Chamaethlypis, Frutiornis, Trichas.
formosa
L. formosus beautiful < forma beauty.
● ex “Lovely Finch” of Latham 1787 (Amandava).
● ex “Lindo bello” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 96 (syn. Tangara chloroptera).
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)