Blue-crowned Trogon

SCI Name:  Trogon curucui
Protonym:  Trogon Curucui Syst.Nat.ed.12 ed.12 p.167
Taxonomy:  Trogoniformes / Trogonidae / Trogon
Taxonomy Code:  blctro1
Type Locality:  Mexico, Brazil, Peru = Brazil, ex Marcgrave.
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1766
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

TROGON
(Trogonidae; Ϯ White-tailed Trogon T. viridis) Gr. τρωγων trōgōn  fruit-eating, gnawing  < τρωγω trōgō  to gnaw; “The reason for the name Trogon seems to be because Pliny has such a name after the Picus.” (Pennant 1773); "Trogon. Genus 51.  ...   Le genre du Couroucou (1).   ...   (1) Couroucou, nom formé de Curucui, qui est celui que les Brasiliens donnent à la quatrième espece de ce genre.   ...  Genus Trogonis (1).   ...   (1) Trogon, nomen quartæ hujus generis speciei a Moehringio inditum" (Brisson 1760): based on "Curucui" of Marcgrave 1648, "Tzinitzcan" of Hernandez 1651, and "Trogon" of Moehring 1752; "Linné's T. curucui, der wahre Typus der Gattung Trogon, ist eine nur auf Marcgrave's Beschreibung des Curucui basirende Art, welche wahrscheinlich Linné selbst nie gesehen hat." (Cabanis & Heine 1863); "Trogon Brisson, Orn., 1, 1760, p. 42; 4, p. 164. Type, by subsequent designation, Trogon viridis Linné = Trogon strigilatus Linné (Stone, Auk, 24, 1907, p. 192)." (Peters 1945, V, 150); "For use of the name T. viridis instead of T. strigilatus Linnaeus, 1766, see Zimmer, 1948, Am. Mus. Novit., no.1380, p. 26." (AOU Check-list N. Amer. Birds, ed. 6, 1983, 363); "TROGON Brisson, 1760  M—"Trogon" Brisson; type by tautonymy = Trogon viridis Linnaeus, 1766" (Dickinson & Remsen (eds.) 2013, 280).
Var. Tragon, Troghon, Trongon.
Synon. Aganus, Chrysotrogon, Curucujus, Eutroctes, Hapalophorus, Harpaleus, Microtrogon, Pothinus, Troctes, Trogonurus.

curucui
Tupí name Surucuí for a smaller type of bird.
● "55. TROGON.  ...  Curucui.  2.  T. viridi-aureus, subtus fulvus, gula nigra.  Trogon brasiliensis viridis. Briss. av. 4. p. 173.  Curucui. Marcgr. bras. 211.  Will. orn. 96. t. 22.  Raj. av. 45. n. 4.  Edw. av. 3. p. 256. t. 331.  Psittacus flammeus viridis cinereus, rostro serrato. Feuill. per. 20.  Tzinitzcan. Hern. mex. 23. Nieremb. nat. 230. Will. orn. 303. Raj. av. 163.  Habitat in Mexico, Brasilia, Peru.  Rectrices laterales fasciis albis nigrisque; intermediæ apice nigræ." (Linnaeus 1766) (Trogon).

SUBSPECIES

Blue-crowned Trogon (peruvianus)
SCI Name: Trogon curucui peruvianus
peruana / peruanum / peruanus / peruvia / peruviana / peruvianus / peruviensis
Peru. Said to be named after Biru, a local Inca encountered by the conquistadores (although the name is also accredited to a Panamanian cazique). Until the early 18^th century the Viceroyalty of Peru included all Spanish possessions in South America.
● ex “Geai du Pérou” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 625, and de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Peruvian Jay” of Latham 1781 (syn. Cyanocorax yncas).
● ex “Coq de Roche du Pérou” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 745, and de Buffon 1770-1783 (Rupicola).
● Erroneous TL. Peru (= Brazil) (Tangara).
● Erroneous TL. Peru (= Tahiti) (Vini).

Blue-crowned Trogon (curucui)
SCI Name: Trogon curucui curucui
curucui
Tupí name Surucuí for a smaller type of bird.
● "55. TROGON.  ...  Curucui.  2.  T. viridi-aureus, subtus fulvus, gula nigra.  Trogon brasiliensis viridis. Briss. av. 4. p. 173.  Curucui. Marcgr. bras. 211.  Will. orn. 96. t. 22.  Raj. av. 45. n. 4.  Edw. av. 3. p. 256. t. 331.  Psittacus flammeus viridis cinereus, rostro serrato. Feuill. per. 20.  Tzinitzcan. Hern. mex. 23. Nieremb. nat. 230. Will. orn. 303. Raj. av. 163.  Habitat in Mexico, Brasilia, Peru.  Rectrices laterales fasciis albis nigrisque; intermediæ apice nigræ." (Linnaeus 1766) (Trogon).

Blue-crowned Trogon (behni)
SCI Name: Trogon curucui behni
behni
Wilhelm Friedrich Georg Behn (1808-1878) German zoologist, explorer who crossed South America 1847, Director of Institute of Anatomy & Zoological Mus., Kiel (subsp. Brotogeris chiriri, subsp. Dendrocitta vagabunda, Myrmotherula, syn. Phrygilus erythronotus, subsp. Trogon curucui).