Baudo Oropendola / Psarocolius cassini
Baudo Oropendola
SCI Name:
Protonym: Gymnostinops cassini Auk 15 p.327
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Icteridae / Psarocolius
Taxonomy Code: bauoro2
Type Locality: Camp Albert, Rio Truando, northern Choco, Colombia.
Author: Richmond
Publish Year: 1898
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
PSAROCOLIUS
(Icteridae; Ϯ Crested Oropendola P. decumanus) Gr. ψαρ psar, ψαρος psaros starling; κολοιος koloios jackdaw; "GENUS PSAROCOLIUS.* ... A. Psarocolii gymnorhini. Rostro elongato-conico naribus patulis, tomiis quam mesorhinio proprioribus; mesorhinio in clypeum frontalem terminato. α. Ps. gymnorhini rostro recto. 1. Ps. viridis. ... Cassique vert de Caj. Buff. Pl. enl. n. 328 (fig. pessim.) Oriolus cristatus var. β et γ. Gmel., Lath.. - Cassicus viridis Vieill. (Descript. vitios.) ... 2. Ps. bifasciatus. ... Cassicus bifasciatus Spix Av. Bras. t. 61. (fig. opt.) ... 3. Ps. cristatus. ... Le Cassique huppé de Caj. Buff. Pl. enl. n. 344 (fig. mediocr.) Oriolus cristatus Auctor. (exclusis varietatibus α et β) L'Yapu. Az. Voy. n. 57. Cassicus cristatus Vieill. .... *) ψαρ Sturnus, κολοιος Monedula. Germanice: Staardohle. Oriolus-, Icterus-, Xanthornus-, Cassicus-, Agelaius-, Pendulinus-, Yphantes-, Passerina-, Leistes-, Tanagra-, Emberiza, Fringilla-, Turdus-, Sturnus Auctor. vet et recentior." (Wagler 1827); "Psarocolius Wagler, 1827, Syst. Avium, 1, sig. 22 [= 23, page 337]. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds, p. 68), Oriolus cristatus Gmelin = Xanthornus decumanus Pallas." (Blake in Peters 1968, XIV, 138).
Var. Psaracolius, Psaroclius.
Synon. Eucorystes, Gymnostinops, Ostinops, Zarhynchus.
cassini
John Cassin (1813-1869) US ornithologist, lithographer, co-owner of Bowen & Co. (Lithographers), Philadelphia (syn. Aethia pygmaea, subsp. Falco peregrinus, Horizocerus, Malimbus, subsp. Megascops guatemalae, syn. Molothrus bonariensis cabanisii, Muscicapa, Neafrapus, subsp. Poliocrania exsul, Psarocolius, syn. Todiramphus chloris vitiensis, Veniliornis) (see cassinii).
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)