Querula Purpurata Bird

Querula Purpurata Bird

Querula Purpurata Bird

English Name:  Purple-throated Fruitcrow
Latin Name:  Querula purpurata
Protonym:  Muscicapa purpurata Natursyst.Suppl. Suppl. p.169
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Cotingidae / Querula
Taxonomy Code:  putfru1
Type Locality:  Cayenne.
Author:  Statius Muller
Publish Year:  1776
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

QUERULA
(Cotingidae; Ϯ Purple-throated Fruitcrow Q. purpurata) L. querulus  noisy, plaintive  < queri  to lament, to complain; "PIAUHAU, Querula.  Muscicapa, Linn. Gm. Lath.  Bec garni à la base de soies et de plumes dirigées en avant, très-déprimé, trigone, convexe dessus et dessous, échancré et crochu vers le bout; mandibule inférieure à pointe retrousséee, très-grêle, très-aiguë.   Esp. Piauhau, Buff." (Vieillot 1816); "Querula Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 37. Type, by monotypy, "Piauhau" Buffon = Muscicapa purpurata P. L. S. Müller." (Snow in Peters 1979, VIII, 302).
Synon. Threnoedus.

querula
L. querulus  plaintive, noisy  < queri  to complain.

purpurata / purpuratus
L. purpuratus  clad in purple  < purpura  purple  < Gr. πορφυρα porphura  purple.
● ex “Ardea purpurascens” of Brisson 1760, “Héron pourpre” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Purple Heron” of Latham 1785 (syn. Ardea purpurea).
● ex “Purple-crowned Pigeon” of Latham 1783 (Ptilinopus).
● ex “Gobe-mouche noir à gorge pourpre de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 381 (Querula).
● ex “Purple-tailed Parrakeet” of Latham 1781 (Touit).
● ex “Purple-crowned Honey-sucker” of Pennant 1773, and “Purple-crowned Humming-bird” of Latham 1782 (unident.).