Thalurania Watertonii Bird

Thalurania Watertonii Bird

Thalurania Watertonii Bird

English Name:  Long-tailed Woodnymph
Latin Name:  Thalurania watertonii
Protonym:  Trochilus Watertonii Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt15 no.171 p.44
Taxonomy:  Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Thalurania
Taxonomy Code:  lotwoo2
Type Locality:  Same type locality.
Author:  Bourcier
Publish Year:  1847
IUCN Status:  Endangered

DEFINITIONS

THALURANIA
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Fork-tailed Woodnymph T. furcata) Gr. θαλος thalos  child, scion (cf. θαλια thalia  happiness, abundance  < θαλλω thallō  to flourish); ουρανος ouranos  heaven (cf. ουρανιος ouranios  heavenly, sky-blue); "Genus THALURANIA.   Gen. char.— Rostrum capite longius, deorsum curvatum, et paululum apud basin depressum.  Alæ breves, debiles.  Cauda mediocris, furcata.  Tarsi plumis induti, parvis, mollibus.  Hallux cum ungue, digito intermedio cum ungue brevior.    ...   Types, Trochilus furcatus, nigro-fasciatus, Watertonii, &c.   THALURANIA VIRIDIPECTUS (n. sp.)." (Gould 1848); "Thalurania Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, pt. 16, 1848, p. 13. Type, by subsequent designation, Trochilus furcatus Gmelin. (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 21.)" (Peters 1945, V, 44).
Var. Thalucania, Thalucrania, Thaluronia, Tholucania.
Synon. Chlorostola, Chlorurania, Glaucopis.    

watertonii
Charles Waterton (1782-1865) English naturalist, traveller, collector (Thalurania).