Oxypogon Guerinii Bird
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Oxypogon Guerinii Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Ornismia Guerinii Rev.Zool. 3 p.7
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Oxypogon
Taxonomy Code: gnbhel1
Type Locality: Bogota, Colombia.
Author: Boissonneau
Publish Year: 1840
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
OXYPOGON
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Green-bearded Helmetcrest O. guerinii) Gr. οξυς oxus sharp, pointed; πωγων pōgōn, πωγωνος pōgōnos beard; "Genus OXYPOGON. Gen. char.— Rostrum capite brevius, debile et rectum. Genæ supra subtusque rostrum plumis elongatis ornatæ; illis supra erectis, his subtus pendentibus. Alæ paululo longæ. Cauda ampla et occlusa, furcata. Pedes ampli et validi. Tarsi nudi. Hallux cum ungue longior digito, cum ungue intermedio. ... Types, Trochilus Guerinii and T. Lindenii." (Gould 1848); "Oxypogon Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, pt. 16, 1848, p. 14. Type, by subsequent designation, Ornismya guerinii Boissoneau. (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 22.)" (Peters 1945, V, 122).
guerini / guerinii
Félix Édouard Guérin (adopted Guérin-Méneville in 1836) (1799-1874) French naturalist, entomologist, collector, founding member of Société Cuvierienne (Oxypogon, Picus, syn. Ploceus baglafecht).
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)
