Blue-capped Motmot / Momotus coeruliceps
WBN 
Blue-capped Motmot
SCI Name:
Protonym: Prionites coeruliceps Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt4 no.38 p.18
Taxonomy: Coraciiformes / Momotidae / Momotus
Taxonomy Code: bucmot1
Type Locality: Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Author: Gould
Publish Year: 1836
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
MOMOTUS
(Momotidae; Ϯ Amazonian Motmot M. momota) Mod. corruption Momot (Nieremberg 1635) of Aztec/Nahuatl onomatopoeia Motmot, for a blue-capped, pigeon-sized bird that inhabited the tropical regions; "Momotus. Genus 57. ... Genus Momoti. (1) ... (1) Momotus, nomen latinum ex nomine Mexicano Momot a me conflatum .... Le genre du Momot. (1) ... (1) Momot, nom que les Mexiquains donnent à la premiere espece de ce genre" (Brisson 1760): ex "Momot" of Nieremberg 1635, Willughby 1676, and Ray 1713, and "Motmot" of Hernandez 1651; "Momotus Brisson, Orn., 1760, 1, p. 44; 4, p. 465. Type, by tautonymy, Ramphastos momota Linné." (Peters 1945, V, 225).
Var. Momot, Momota, Motmotus.
Synon. Baryphonus, Crybelus, Prionites.
• (Momotidae; syn. Momotus † Russet-crowned Motmot M. mexicanus) "94. PRIONITES, Ill. a. Momotus, Bp. ex Br. — 224. mexicanus, Sw." (Bonaparte 1854); "Momotus Bonaparte, 1854, Conspectus Volucrum Anisodactylorum, p. 7 (not of Brisson, 1760). Type, by monotypy, Momotus mexicanus Swainson, 1827." (JAJ 2021).
coeruliceps
L. caeruleus azure-blue; -ceps -headed < caput, capitis head.
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)
