Syma Megarhyncha Bird
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Syma Megarhyncha Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Syma megarhyncha Ann.Mus.Civ.Stor.Nat.Genova 36 p.70
Taxonomy: Coraciiformes / Alcedinidae / Syma
Taxonomy Code: moukin1
Type Locality: Moroka, New Guinea.
Author: Salvadori
Publish Year: 1896
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
SYMA
(Alcedinidae; Ϯ Yellow-billed Kingfisher S. torotoro) Gr. myth. Syma, a sea nymph; "Ce genre, voisin de l'Alcedo, doit prendre place après celui nommé Dacelo par Leach. Genre SYMÉ (1) (Syma) Lesson. ... Cet oiseau habite le bord de la mer, le long des palétuviers. ... (1) Nom mythologique d'une nymphe de la mer" (Lesson 1827).
Var. Lyma.
syma
Genus Syma Lesson, 1827, kingfisher (used as a replacement name for torotoro) (syn. Syma torotoro).
megarhyncha / megarhynchos / megarhynchus
Gr. μεγα mega much < μεγας megas, μεγαλη megalē great, long; ῥυγχος rhunkhos bill.
SUBSPECIES
Mountain Kingfisher (wellsi)
Latin Name: Syma megarhyncha wellsi
wellsi
● John Grant Wells (fl. 1902) collector, resident on Grenada, West Indies 1886-1902 (syn. Amazilia tobaci, syn. Coereba flaveola aterrima, Leptotila).
● Thomas Wells (1868-1939) British ornithologist at BMNH 1883-1929 (syn. Campethera tullbergi, syn. Cercococcyx mechowi, syn. Cisticola lateralis antinorii, subsp. Climacteris melanurus, syn. Eremophila alpestris longirostris, syn. Francolinus pintadeanus, subsp. Liocichla ripponi, subsp. Lophophanes dichrous, subsp. Motacilla capensis, subsp. Picus chlorolophus, subsp. Syma megarhyncha, syn. Symposiachrus trivirgatus nigrimentum).
Mountain Kingfisher (sellamontis)
Latin Name: Syma megarhyncha sellamontis
sellamontis
L. sella saddle, seat (old form sedla) < sedere to sit; mons, montis mountain.
● Sattelberg, Huon Peninsula, New Guinea < German Sattel saddle; Berg mountain (subsp. Syma megarhyncha).
Mountain Kingfisher (megarhyncha)
Latin Name: Syma megarhyncha megarhyncha
megarhyncha / megarhynchos / megarhynchus
Gr. μεγα mega much < μεγας megas, μεγαλη megalē great, long; ῥυγχος rhunkhos bill.
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)
