Semnornis Ramphastinus Bird
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Semnornis Ramphastinus Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Tetragonops ramphastinus Edinb.NewPhilos.J.n.s. n.s., 2 no.2 p.404
Taxonomy: Piciformes / Semnornithidae / Semnornis
Taxonomy Code: toubar1
Type Locality: Eastern Cordillera between Quito and Mt. Cayambe, Ecuador.
Author: Jardine
Publish Year: 1855
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
SEMNORNIS
(Semnornithidae; Ϯ Toucan Barbet S. ramphastinus) Gr. σεμνος semnos solemn, noble; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos bird; "Pan (Richm. 1899, vice Tetragonops, preoccupied) being preëmpted (Oken, Mamm. 1816), as I am informed by Dr. T. S. Palmer, the genus of Barbets formerly known as Tetragonops may be called Semnornis,1 with S. rhamphastinus (Jard.) as the type. Semnornis frantzii (Scl.) of Costa Rica, is the only other species at present known. ...1 Σεμνος, solemn; ορνις, bird" (Richmond 1900). The imposing Toucan Barbet is a widely sought cage-bird confined to Colombia and Ecuador.
Synon. Dicrorhynchus, Pan, Tetragonops.
ramphastinus
Mod. L. ramphastinus toucan-like < genus Ramphastos Linnaeus, 1758, toucan.
SUBSPECIES
Toucan Barbet (caucae)
Latin Name: Semnornis ramphastinus caucae
caucae
Cauca, Colombia.
Toucan Barbet (ramphastinus)
Latin Name: Semnornis ramphastinus ramphastinus
ramphastinus
Mod. L. ramphastinus toucan-like < genus Ramphastos Linnaeus, 1758, toucan.
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)
