Tachyphonus Luctuosus Bird
Tachyphonus Luctuosus Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: T.[achyphonus] luctuosus Mag.Zool. 7 cl.2 p.29
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Tachyphonus
Taxonomy Code: whstan1
Type Locality: Guarayos [Bolivia].
Author: d''Orbigny & Lafresnaye
Publish Year: 1837
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
TACHYPHONUS
(Thraupidae; Ϯ White-lined Tanager T. rufus) Gr. ταχυφωνος takhuphōnos fast speaking < ταχυς takhus fast; φωνεω phōneō to speak; "71. TACHYPHONE, Tachyphonus. Tangara, Oriolus, Linn. Gm. Lath. Bec droit, longicône, convexe en dessus, fort, un peu comprimé latéralement et échancré vers le bout. — Première et septième remiges égales. Esp. Tangara noir, mâle, Buff. ... Tachyphonus [ταχυφονος, celeriter cantans]." (Vieillot 1816); "Tachyphonus Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 33. Type, by monotypy, "Tangara noir" Buffon = Tangara rufa Boddaert." (Storer in Peters 1970, XIII, 288).
Var. Tachygonus.
Synon. Comarophagus, Loriotus, Pyrrota.
luctuosa / luctuosus
L. luctuosus mournful (i.e. black-plumaged) < luctus mourning < lugere to mourn.
SUBSPECIES
White-shouldered Tanager (axillaris)
Latin Name: Tachyphonus luctuosus axillaris
axillaris
L. axillaris of the armpit < axilla armpit.
● ex “Axillary Falcon” of Latham 1801 (Elanus).
White-shouldered Tanager (nitidissimus)
Latin Name: Tachyphonus luctuosus nitidissimus
nitidissima / nitidissimus
L. nitidissimus most brilliant < comp. nitidus glittering, shining < nitere to shine.
● ex “Pigeon Hollandais” of Sonnerat 1782 (‡Alectroenas).
White-shouldered Tanager (panamensis)
Latin Name: Tachyphonus luctuosus panamensis
panama / panamense / panamensis
Panama (said to be the name of a fishing village meaning "plenty of fish").
White-shouldered Tanager (luctuosus)
Latin Name: Tachyphonus luctuosus luctuosus
luctuosa / luctuosus
L. luctuosus mournful (i.e. black-plumaged) < luctus mourning < lugere to mourn.
White-shouldered Tanager (flaviventris)
Latin Name: Tachyphonus luctuosus flaviventris
flaviventer / flaviventre / flaviventris
L. flavus yellow, golden-yellow; venter, ventris belly.
● ex “Ortolan à ventre jaune du Cap de Bonne Espérance” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 664, fig. 2 (Emberiza).
● ex “Petit Râle de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 847 (Hapalocrex).
● ex "Ypacahá ceja blanca" of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 377 (syn. Hapalocrex flaviventer).
● ex “Coucou à ventre rayé de l’Île Panay” of Sonnerat 1776 (syn. Hierococcyx sparverioides).
● ex “Tachurí vientre amarillo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 171 (Pseudocolopteryx).
● ex “Tangara tacheté de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 290, fig. 2 (syn. Tangara mexicana).
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)