Lamprolaima Rhami Bird

Lamprolaima Rhami Bird

Lamprolaima Rhami Bird

English Name:  Garnet-throated Hummingbird
Latin Name:  Lamprolaima rhami
Protonym:  Ornismya Rhami Rev.Zool. 1(1838) p.315
Taxonomy:  Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Lamprolaima
Taxonomy Code:  gathum1
Type Locality:  Mexico.
Author:  Lesson
Publish Year:  1839
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

LAMPROLAIMA
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Garnet-throated Hummingbird L. rhami) Gr. λαμπρος lampros  brilliant, radiant; λαιμος laimos  throat; "* δ. Lamprolaima Rhami (Orn. — LESS. 1838.) RCHB. — Mexico.    —— Henrica (Orn. — LESS. 1839.) RCHB. — Mex. Gnatepec.[sic]" (Reichenbach 1854); "Heliodoxa δ Lamprolaima Reichenbach, Journ. f. Orn., 1, 1854, Beil. zu Extrah., p. 9. Type, by subsequent designation, Ornismya rhami Lesson. (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 140.)" (Peters 1945, V, 83).   Var. Lamprolaema.

rhami
Henri-Casimir de Rham (1785-1873) Swiss diplomat in USA, founder (1832) of the Swiss Benevolent Society, New York, businessman, naturalist, collector (Lamprolaima).