Bar-tailed Trogon

SCI Name:  Apaloderma vittatum
Protonym:  Hapaloderma vittatum Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt2 p.306
Taxonomy:  Trogoniformes / Trogonidae / Apaloderma
Taxonomy Code:  battro1
Type Locality:  Mamboio, Tanganyika Territory.
Author:  Shelley
Publish Year:  1882
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

APALODERMA
(Trogonidae; Ϯ Narina Trogon A. narina) Gr. ἁπαλος hapalos  delicate; δερμα derma, δερματος dermatos  skin; "A possible defense against predators is the very easy detachment of feathers from the thin skin, a feature repeatedly referred to by museum collectors when recounting difficulties in preparing specimens." (Forshaw & Gilbert 2009); "SUB-GENERA.   ...   4. Bill with obscure serratures: tarsi naked, covered with scales; the two anterior toes divided nearly to their base.  (Type, Trogon Narina).  Africa.   APALODERMA. Sw." (Swainson 1833); "Apaloderma, Sw.  Bill as in Trogon, but the dentations almost obsolete. Feet stronger. The two anterior toes cleft to their base.  Africa.  The tenuirostral type.  A. Narina. Ois. d'Af. 228.  Reinwardii. Pl. Col. 124.*   ...   * Neither MM. Temminck nor Gould mention any thing of the form of the feet; I am, therefore, doubtful if this is its true situation." (Swainson 1837); "Apaloderma Swainson, Classif. Bds. ii, p. 337, 1837.  Type by subsequent designation (Gray, List Gen. Bds. 1st ed. p. 10, 1840), Trogon narina Vieill. = T. narina Steph." (W. Sclater, 1924, Syst. Av. Aethiop., I, p. 268).
Var. Hapaloderma, Apoladerma.
Synon. Heterotrogon, Paratrogon.

vittata / vittatum / vittatus
L. vittatus banded, ribboned < vitta ribbon, band.
● ex “Perroquet de St.-Domingue” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 792, “Papegai à bandeau rouge” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Red-banded Parrot” of Latham 1783 (Amazona).
● ex “Grey-backed Shrike” of Latham 1821 (Lanius).
● ex “Petrel bleu” of de Buffon 1770-1783, “Blue Peteril” of Cook 1777, “Vittated Petrel” of J. R. Forster 1777, 1778, and “Broad-billed Petrel” of Latham 17856 (Pachyptila).
● ex “Wreathed Tern” of Latham 1785 (Sterna).

SUBSPECIES

Bar-tailed Trogon (vittatum)
SCI Name: Apaloderma vittatum vittatum
vittata / vittatum / vittatus
L. vittatus banded, ribboned < vitta ribbon, band.
● ex “Perroquet de St.-Domingue” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 792, “Papegai à bandeau rouge” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Red-banded Parrot” of Latham 1783 (Amazona).
● ex “Grey-backed Shrike” of Latham 1821 (Lanius).
● ex “Petrel bleu” of de Buffon 1770-1783, “Blue Peteril” of Cook 1777, “Vittated Petrel” of J. R. Forster 1777, 1778, and “Broad-billed Petrel” of Latham 17856 (Pachyptila).
● ex “Wreathed Tern” of Latham 1785 (Sterna).

Bar-tailed Trogon (camerunensis)
SCI Name: Apaloderma vittatum camerunensis
cameroonensis / camerunensis / camerunensus
Cameroons, West Africa (German Cameroon (= Kamerun) 1884-1919, when divided into French Cameroun and British Cameroons; upon independence in 1961 southern British Cameroons joined with French Cameroun to become a republic (Cameroun), and northern British Cameroons became a part of Nigeria) (Rio dos Camerões, river of prawns, the name given to the River Wouri by the Portuguese explorer Fernão do Póo in 1492).
● Mt. Cameroon, German Cameroon (subsp. Bradypterus lopesi, Pternistis).
● Between Nola and Mbaiki, French Cameroun (= Ubangi Shari) (Vidua).