Tricholaema Hirsuta Bird
Tricholaema Hirsuta Bird
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Latin Name:
Protonym: Pogonias hirsutus Zool.Ill. 2 pl.72
Taxonomy: Piciformes / Lybiidae / Tricholaema
Taxonomy Code: habbar1
Type Locality: Africa; Gold Coast designated as type locality by Sclater, Bull. Brit. Orn. CI, 42, 1922, p. 62.
Author: Swainson
Publish Year: 1821
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
TRICHOLAEMA
(Lybiidae; Ϯ Hairy-breasted Barbet T. hirsuta flavipunctata) Gr. θριξ thrix, τριχος trikhos hair; λαιμος laimos throat; "Gen. Tricholaema Jules et Ed. Verr. Genus Bucconinum inter Megalaemas et Laemodontas intermedium. Rostrum robustum, basi dilatatum, apice compressum; maxilla culmine incurvo, margine dente medio instructa; mandibula grandi recta; pedes modici, robusti. Alae longiusculae; remigum 1. brevissima, 2. longitudine remigum secondariarum, 3. 4 et 5 omnium longissimis. Cauda brevis, subrotundata. Plumae thoracis in setulas elongata desinentes. 4. Tricholaema flavipunctata J. et Ed. Verr. ... toutes les plumes du thorax filiformes, à baguettes très prolongées" (J. Verreaux & E. Verreaux 1855); "Tricholaema J. and E. Verreaux, Journ. f. Orn., 3, March, 1855, p. 102. Type, by monotypy, Tricholaema flavipunctata J. and E. Verreaux." (Peters 1948, VI, 51).
hirsuta / hirsutum / hirsutus
L. hirsutus hairy, bristled < hirtus hairy.
• "66. TROCHILUS. ... hirsutus. 39. Tr. viridi-aureus, subtus ex rufo albus, remigibus ex violaceo fuscis, cauda nigricante apice alba, pedibus hirsutis. Polytmus brasilianus. Briss. av. 3. p. 670. n.3. Guainumbi 4ta species. Marcgr. bras. p. 197. Guainumbi minor, rostro incurvo. Raj. av. p. 83. n. 4. Will. orn. p. 232. n. 4. Colibri à ventre roussâtre. Buff. hist. nat. des ois. 6. p. 63. Rufous-bellied Humming-bird. Lath. syn. 2. p. 760. n. 21." (J. Gmelin 1788) (Glaucis).
• "CHOUETTE HIRSUTE. STRIX HIRSUTA. TEMM. ... CETTE espèce nouvelle est facile à distinguer de toutes les autres Chouettes connues par les aspérités dont les doigts sont bordés; une rangée de poils très-gros, raides et placés symétriquement comme les dents d'un peigne, garnit les côtés des doigts depuis leur insertion jusqu'à l'origine des ongles; leur parties supérieure est couverte de poils clair-semés, les tarses le sont entièrement de plumes serrées." (Temminck 1824) (subsp. Ninox scutulata).
• "POGONIAS hirsutus, Hairy-breasted Toothbill. ... P. supra fuscus, maculis sulphureis, subtus sulphureus maculis nigris interstinctus, capite juguloque nigris; pectoris plumis elongatis, pilis setaceis terminatis. ... the most extraordinary peculiarity of this bird consists in the feathers of the breast, which are more rigid than the others, pointed, and the shaft of the lower ones ending in fine incurved setaceous hairs, many of which are near an inch long. The probable use this particular formation is intended for, it is impossible to conjecture." (Swainson 1821) (Tricholaema)
SUBSPECIES
Hairy-breasted Barbet (Hairy-breasted)
Latin Name: Tricholaema hirsuta hirsuta
hirsuta / hirsutum / hirsutus
L. hirsutus hairy, bristled < hirtus hairy.
• "66. TROCHILUS. ... hirsutus. 39. Tr. viridi-aureus, subtus ex rufo albus, remigibus ex violaceo fuscis, cauda nigricante apice alba, pedibus hirsutis. Polytmus brasilianus. Briss. av. 3. p. 670. n.3. Guainumbi 4ta species. Marcgr. bras. p. 197. Guainumbi minor, rostro incurvo. Raj. av. p. 83. n. 4. Will. orn. p. 232. n. 4. Colibri à ventre roussâtre. Buff. hist. nat. des ois. 6. p. 63. Rufous-bellied Humming-bird. Lath. syn. 2. p. 760. n. 21." (J. Gmelin 1788) (Glaucis).
• "CHOUETTE HIRSUTE. STRIX HIRSUTA. TEMM. ... CETTE espèce nouvelle est facile à distinguer de toutes les autres Chouettes connues par les aspérités dont les doigts sont bordés; une rangée de poils très-gros, raides et placés symétriquement comme les dents d'un peigne, garnit les côtés des doigts depuis leur insertion jusqu'à l'origine des ongles; leur parties supérieure est couverte de poils clair-semés, les tarses le sont entièrement de plumes serrées." (Temminck 1824) (subsp. Ninox scutulata).
• "POGONIAS hirsutus, Hairy-breasted Toothbill. ... P. supra fuscus, maculis sulphureis, subtus sulphureus maculis nigris interstinctus, capite juguloque nigris; pectoris plumis elongatis, pilis setaceis terminatis. ... the most extraordinary peculiarity of this bird consists in the feathers of the breast, which are more rigid than the others, pointed, and the shaft of the lower ones ending in fine incurved setaceous hairs, many of which are near an inch long. The probable use this particular formation is intended for, it is impossible to conjecture." (Swainson 1821) (Tricholaema)
Hairy-breasted Barbet (Streaky-throated)
Latin Name: Tricholaema hirsuta [flavipunctata Group]
TRICHOLAEMA
(Lybiidae; Ϯ Hairy-breasted Barbet T. hirsuta flavipunctata) Gr. θριξ thrix, τριχος trikhos hair; λαιμος laimos throat; "Gen. Tricholaema Jules et Ed. Verr. Genus Bucconinum inter Megalaemas et Laemodontas intermedium. Rostrum robustum, basi dilatatum, apice compressum; maxilla culmine incurvo, margine dente medio instructa; mandibula grandi recta; pedes modici, robusti. Alae longiusculae; remigum 1. brevissima, 2. longitudine remigum secondariarum, 3. 4 et 5 omnium longissimis. Cauda brevis, subrotundata. Plumae thoracis in setulas elongata desinentes. 4. Tricholaema flavipunctata J. et Ed. Verr. ... toutes les plumes du thorax filiformes, à baguettes très prolongées" (J. Verreaux & E. Verreaux 1855); "Tricholaema J. and E. Verreaux, Journ. f. Orn., 3, March, 1855, p. 102. Type, by monotypy, Tricholaema flavipunctata J. and E. Verreaux." (Peters 1948, VI, 51).
UPPERCASE: current genus
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lowercase: species and subspecies
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‡: extinct
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