Tachyphonus Surinamus Bird

English Name:  Fulvous-crested Tanager
Latin Name:  Tachyphonus surinamus
Protonym:  Turdus surinamus Syst.Nat.ed.12 ed.12 p.297
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Tachyphonus
Taxonomy Code:  fuctan1
Type Locality:  Surinam.
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1766
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.

surinama / surinamensis / surinamus
Surinam or Suriname (after an indigenous people, the Surinen).
● ex “Hirondelle de mer grande espèce” of Fermin 1769, and “Surinam Tern” of Latham 1785 (subsp. Chlidonias niger).
● ex “Tourterelle” of Fermin 1769, and “Surinam Turtle” of Latham 1783 (?syn. Columba speciosa ☼).
● ex “Yellow-cheeked Creeper” (= ♀) of Pennant 1785 (syn. Cyanerpes caeruleus).
● ex “Surinam Tern” of Brown 1776, and “Surinam Darter” of Latham 1785 (syn. Heliornis fulica).
● ex "Merle de Surinam" of Brisson 1760 (Maschalethraupis).
● ex “Surinam Daw” of Brown 1756, and “Surinam Crow” of Latham 1781 (syn. Molothrus oryzivorus).
● ex “Surinam Nuthatch” of Latham 1782 (Myrmotherula).
● ex “Proyer” of Fermin 1769, and “Surinam Bunting” of Latham 1783 (unident.).
● "60. TROCHILUS.  ...  surinamensis.  12. T. rectricibus ferrugineis, remigibus nigris, corpore aureo subtus albicante.  Habitat in America." (Linnaeus 1758) (unident.; nom. dub.).

SUBSPECIES

Fulvous-crested Tanager (surinamus)
Latin Name: Tachyphonus surinamus surinamus
surinama / surinamensis / surinamus
Surinam or Suriname (after an indigenous people, the Surinen).
● ex “Hirondelle de mer grande espèce” of Fermin 1769, and “Surinam Tern” of Latham 1785 (subsp. Chlidonias niger).
● ex “Tourterelle” of Fermin 1769, and “Surinam Turtle” of Latham 1783 (?syn. Columba speciosa ☼).
● ex “Yellow-cheeked Creeper” (= ♀) of Pennant 1785 (syn. Cyanerpes caeruleus).
● ex “Surinam Tern” of Brown 1776, and “Surinam Darter” of Latham 1785 (syn. Heliornis fulica).
● ex "Merle de Surinam" of Brisson 1760 (Maschalethraupis).
● ex “Surinam Daw” of Brown 1756, and “Surinam Crow” of Latham 1781 (syn. Molothrus oryzivorus).
● ex “Surinam Nuthatch” of Latham 1782 (Myrmotherula).
● ex “Proyer” of Fermin 1769, and “Surinam Bunting” of Latham 1783 (unident.).
● "60. TROCHILUS.  ...  surinamensis.  12. T. rectricibus ferrugineis, remigibus nigris, corpore aureo subtus albicante.  Habitat in America." (Linnaeus 1758) (unident.; nom. dub.).

Fulvous-crested Tanager (brevipes)
Latin Name: Tachyphonus surinamus brevipes
brevipes
Mod. L. brevipes, brevipedis  short-footed  < L. brevis  short; pes, pedis  foot  < Gr. πους pous, ποδος podos  foot.

Fulvous-crested Tanager (napensis)
Latin Name: Tachyphonus surinamus napensis
napensis
Napo Province, eastern Ecuador.
● Río Napo, eastern Ecuador (subsp. Psophia crepitans).
● Junction of Curaray and Napo Rivers, Ecuador (= Peru) (Stigmatura).

Fulvous-crested Tanager (insignis)
Latin Name: Tachyphonus surinamus insignis
insignis
L. insignis  extraordinary, remarkable, notable (e.g. very large)  < in   towards; signum  mark.