Calyptophilus Tertius Bird
Calyptophilus Tertius Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Calyptophilus tertius Smiths.Misc.Coll. 81 no.13 p.2
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Calyptophilidae / Calyptophilus
Taxonomy Code: wectan1
Type Locality: higher slopes of Morne La Hotte, Haiti.
Author: Wetmore
Publish Year: 1929
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
CALYPTOPHILUS
(Calyptophilidae; Ϯ Eastern Chat-tanager C. frugivorus) Gr. καλυπτω kaluptō to hide; φιλος philos lover; "I have placed the present species in the genus Phœnicophilus, provisionally, as there are several points of difference which are sufficient, in my opinion, to constitute a new genus" (Cory 1883); "Calyptophilus,* gen. nov. The present genus has the general appearance, at first glance, of Phœnicophilus, but is easily separated from it by the following characters: a. Tail short, about four-fifths as long as the wing; middle toe about two-thirds of tarsus; tail square, slightly emarginate. Phœnicophilus. b. Tail long, equal to wing; middle toe about five-sixths of tarsus; tail rounded, and strongly graduated; bill much narrower, and the legs and feet larger than in Phœnicophilus. Calyptophilus. Calyptophilus frugivorus. Phœnicophilus frugivorus CORY, Journ. Boston Zoöl. Soc., II, No. 4, Oct. 1883, p. 45. ... * Kαλυπτος. φιλεω." (Cory 1884); "Calyptophilus Cory, 1884, Auk, 1, p. 3. Type, by monotypy, Phoenicophilus frugivorus Cory." (Storer in Peters, 1970, XIII, p. 278).
tertius
L. tertius third < tres three.
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)