Tachyphonus Phoenicius Bird
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Tachyphonus Phoenicius Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Tachyphonus phoenicius Anim.Menag. p.311
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Tachyphonus
Taxonomy Code: restan1
Type Locality: Fernando Po, on the African coast; error, eastern Peru suggested by Berlepsch, 1908, Novit. Zool., 15, p. 116. 1
Author: Swainson
Publish Year: 1838
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.
phoenicius
Gr. φοινικεος phoinikeos crimson, red, dark-red, purple.
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)
