Chaetura Viridipennis Bird
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Chaetura Viridipennis Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Chaetura chapmani viridipennis Bull.Am.Mus.Nat.Hist. 35 p.183
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Apodidae / Chaetura
Taxonomy Code: amaswi1
Type Locality: Doze Outubre, Matto Grosso.
Author: Cherrie
Publish Year: 1916
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
CHAETURA
(Apodidae; Ϯ Chimney Swift C. pelagica) Gr. χαιτη khaitē long flowing hair; ουρα oura tail; "GENUS XLI.—CHÆTURA mihi. Beak with the lower mandible straight at the tip. Wings very long. Tail very short; its feathers subulated and acute at the tip. HIRUNDO Auctorum.—CYPSELUS, pars. Temm. Sp. 1. Ch. pelasgia. Hirundo pelasgia. Steph. v. x. 128.—North America. Sp. 2. Ch. Martinicana. Hirunda acuta. Steph. v. x. 131. pl. 15.—West Indies. Sp. 3. Ch. pacifica. Hirundo pacifica. Steph. v. x. 132.—New Holland. Sp. 4. Ch. australis. Hirundo caudacuta. Steph. v. x. 133.—New South Wales. Sp. 5. Ch. fusca. Hirundo fusca. Steph. v. x. 133.——? Sp. 6. Ch. collaris. ... INHABITS Brazil." (Stephens 1826); "Chætura Stephens, in Shaw's Gen. Zool., 13, pt. 2, 1826, p. 76. Type, by subsequent designation, Chaetura pelasgia Stevens [sic] = Hirundo pelagica Linné. (Swainson, Zool. Illustr. (2), 1, 1829, text to pl. 42.)" (Peters, 1940, IV, p. 235).
Var. Chatura, Chaturae.
Synon. Acanthura, Acanthylis, Pelasgia, Uranteris.
viridipennis
L. viridis green < virere to be green; -pennis -winged < penna feather.
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)
