Querula Purpurata Bird
Querula Purpurata Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
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.).
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)