Metallura Odomae Bird
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Metallura Odomae Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Metallura odomae WilsonBull. 92 p.3
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Metallura
Taxonomy Code: nebmet1
Type Locality:
Author: Graves
Publish Year: 1980
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
METALLURA
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Black Metaltail M. phoebe) Gr. μεταλλον metallon metal; ουρα oura tail; "METALLURA, gen. nov. Char. gen.— Rostrum rectum, sublongum. Plumæ molles sericeæ. Cauda subgrandis, rotundata. Gula et rectrices infra tanquam metallum expolitum luminosæ. Alæ subgrandes. Tarsi nudi. Pedes subgrandes. Digitus et unguis postici digitum et unguem medios longitudine æquantes vel superantes. ... The species are— Trochilus cupreocauda, Gould. Trochilus æneocauda, Gould. Trochilus Alardi, Bourc. Trochilus smaragdinicollis, D'Orb. Trochilus Williami, Bourc." (Gould 1847); "Metallura Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, pt. 15, 1847, p. 94. Type, by subsequent designation, Ornismya cupreicauda Gould = Ornismya phoebe Lesson and DeLattre. (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 22.)" (Peters 1945, V, 118).
Var. Meltalura.
Synon. Laticauda, Lavinia, Urolampra.
odomae
Babette Moore Odom (1911-1984) US businesswoman, conservationist, sponsor of field programmes in Peru (Metallura).
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)
