Florisuga Mellivora Bird
Florisuga Mellivora Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Trochilus mellivorus Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.121
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Florisuga
Taxonomy Code: whnjac1
Type Locality: India, error = Surinam ex Edwards, p. 35, pi. 35, upper fig.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1758
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
FLORISUGA
(Trochilidae; Ϯ White-necked Jacobin F. mellivora) L. flos, floris flower; sugere to suck; "*168. Florisuga, Bp. (Topaza, p. Gr.) America m. 3. 1. TROCHILUS mellivorus, L. (Mellisuga surinamensis, Steph.) Pl. enl. 640. 2. - Edw. B. t. 35. 1. - Vieill. Ois. dor. t. 23. - Less. Ois-Mouch. t. 21. 22. - Nat. Libr. xiv. t. 30. ex Cayenne. Surinam, Antillis. 2. TROCHILUS ater, Wied, (atratus, Licht. - niger, Sw. nec L. fuscus, Vieill. - leucopygius, Spix. - Ornismya lugubris, Less.) Zool. Ill. t. 82. - Av. Bras. t. 81. 3. - Ois.-Mouch. t. 38. 39. ex Brasil. 3. TROCHILUS flabelliferus, Gould. ex Mexico." (Bonaparte 1850); "Florisuga Bonaparte, Consp. Av., 1, Mar., 1850, p. 73. Type, by subsequent designation, Trochilus mellivorus Linné. (Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, 30, 8 Apri., 1850, p. 382.)" (Peters, 1945, V, p. 21).
Synon. Eulampis, Colubris.
florisuga
L. flos, floris flower; sugere to suck.
mellivora / mellivorus
L. mel, mellis honey < Gr. μελι meli, μελιτος melitos honey; -vorus -eating < vorare to devour.
● "60. TROCHILUS. ... mellivorus. 14. T. rectirostris, rectricibus nigris: lateralibus albis, capite cæruleo, dorso viridi, abdomine albo. Mellivora ventre albo. Edw. av. 35. t. 35. f. 1. Habitat in India. Rectrices laterales albæ; Collum a tergo lunula alba." (Linnaeus 1758) (Florisuga).
● ex “Héoro-taire mellivore” of Audebert & Vieillot 1802, and “Black-eyed Creeper” of Latham 1802 (syn. Glyciphila melanops).
SUBSPECIES
White-necked Jacobin (mellivora)
Latin Name: Florisuga mellivora mellivora
mellivora / mellivorus
L. mel, mellis honey < Gr. μελι meli, μελιτος melitos honey; -vorus -eating < vorare to devour.
● "60. TROCHILUS. ... mellivorus. 14. T. rectirostris, rectricibus nigris: lateralibus albis, capite cæruleo, dorso viridi, abdomine albo. Mellivora ventre albo. Edw. av. 35. t. 35. f. 1. Habitat in India. Rectrices laterales albæ; Collum a tergo lunula alba." (Linnaeus 1758) (Florisuga).
● ex “Héoro-taire mellivore” of Audebert & Vieillot 1802, and “Black-eyed Creeper” of Latham 1802 (syn. Glyciphila melanops).
White-necked Jacobin (flabellifera)
Latin Name: Florisuga mellivora flabellifera
flabellifera / flabelliferus
L. flabellifera fan-bearer < flabellum small fan < dim. flabra breezes < flare to blow; -fera -bearing < ferre to carry.
● ex “Fan-tailed Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (syn. Rhipidura fuliginosa).
● ex “Gros-becs appellés queue en éventail de Virginie” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 380 (erroneous TL. Virginia = Brazil) (unident; ?syn. Sporophila sp.).
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)