Black Oropendola / Psarocolius guatimozinus
Black Oropendola
SCI Name:
Protonym: Ostinops guatimozinus Compt.Rend. 37 p.833
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Icteridae / Psarocolius
Taxonomy Code: blaoro1
Type Locality: Guaripata [= Garrapata], middle Rio Magdalena, near Malena, Antioquia, Colombia.
Author: Bonaparte
Publish Year: 1853
IUCN Status: Least Concern
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.
guatimozinus
Guatemozin (d. 1520) nephew of Montezuma and last Emperor of the Aztecs, executed on the orders of Cortés (Psarocolius).
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)