Todirostrum Viridanum Bird
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Todirostrum Viridanum Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Todirostrum viridanum FieldMus.Nat.Hist.Pub.Zool.Ser. Ser., 13 pt5 p.301
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Tyrannidae / Todirostrum
Taxonomy Code: matfly1
Type Locality: Rio Aurare, 12 miles south of Altagracia, Zulia, Venezuela.
Author: Hellmayr
Publish Year: 1927
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
TODIROSTRUM
(Tyrannidae; Ϯ Common Tody Flycatcher T. cinereum) Genus Todus Brisson 1760, tody; L. rostrum beak; “The long spatulate bill, somewhat resembling that of the genus Todus, has been the occasion of the generic name of this group" (P. Sclater 1888); "CXLII.e Genre. GOBE-MOUCHE; Muscicapa, L. et Auct. ... 1.er Sous-genre. TODIROSTRE; Todirostrum. Bec alongé, déprimé, aplati, linguiforme; tarses minces, grêles; ailes très-courtes, brèves. 1.º Todus cinereus, Desm., pl. 2. De la Trinité, du Brésil. 2.º Todus maculatus, Desm., pl. 4. De Cayenne." (Lesson 1831); "Todirostrum Lesson, 1831, Traité Ornith., p. 384. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1840, List. Genera Birds, p. 31), "T. cinerum" Linnaeus = Todus cinereus Linnaeus." (Traylor in Peters 1979, VIII, 87).
Var. Todrirostrum, Todirostris (L. -rostris -billed).
Synon. Triccus.
viridanum / viridanus
Mod. L. viridanus green < L. viridans, viridantis green < viridis green < virere to be green.
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)
