Bahama Woodstar / Nesophlox evelynae
WBN 
Bahama Woodstar
SCI Name:
Protonym: Trochilus Evelynae Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt15 no.171 p.44
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Nesophlox
Taxonomy Code: bahwoo
Type Locality: Nassau, New Providence Id., Bahamas.
Author: Bourcier
Publish Year: 1847
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
NESOPHLOX
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Bahama Woodstar N. evelynae) Gr. νησος nēsos island (= Bahama Is.); φλοξ phlox, φλογος phlogos flame, fire; "Nesophlox gen. nov. (Trochilidæ). Type. — Trochilus evelynæ Bourcier. Similar to Calliphlox Boie, but wing relatively much larger, with outer-most primary not attenuated terminally; adult males with lateral rectrices broadly edged with rufous on inner webs, and adult females with tail more than half as long as wing. (νησος, island; φλοξ, a flame.)" (Ridgway 1910).
evelynae
Female eponym: dedicatee not yet identified; "TROCH. EVELYNÆ. Troch. d'Evelyn. ... Hab. Nassau, New Providence, rapporté par M. Swainson. Rem.—Cet oiseau se rapproche par sa taille et ses couleurs à l'Ornismya Elisa de Less." (Bourcier 1847, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 15, 44); perhaps after a relation of the trochilidist George Loddiges (e.g. his grand-daughter Evelyn (b. 1844)) (Nesophlox).
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)
