Blue-tufted Starthroat / Heliomaster furcifer
WBN 
Blue-tufted Starthroat
SCI Name:
Protonym: Trochilus Furcifer Gen.Zool.[Shaw] 8 pt1 p.280
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Heliomaster
Taxonomy Code: bltsta2
Type Locality: Paraguay.
Author: Shaw
Publish Year: 1812
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
HELIOMASTER
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Blue-tufted Starthroat H. furcifer) Gr. ἡλιος hēlios sun; μαστηρ mastēr, μαστηρος mastēros searcher < μαιομαι maiomai to seek after; "*157. Heliomaster, Bp. (Mellisuga et Calothorax, p. Gr.) America m. 5. 1. ORNISMYA angelae, Less. ... 2. TROCHILUS longirostris, Vieill. ... 3. TROCHILUS mesoleucus, Temm. ... 4. TROCHILUS rubineus, Lath. ... 5. TROCHILUS rubinoides, Bourcier." (Bonaparte 1850); "Heliomaster Bonaparte, Consp. Av., 1, Mar. 1850, p. 70. Type, by subsequent designation, Orn. angel. = Ornismya angelae Lesson = Trochilus furcifer Shaw. (Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, 30, 8 Apr., 1850, p. 382.)" (Peters, 1945, V, p. 128).
Var. Heliomastes.
Synon. Anthoscenus, Callipedia, Calliperidia, Corinnes, Floricola, Lepidolarynx, Lepidothorax.
furcifer / furcifera
L. furcifer fork carrier < furca two-pronged fork < ferre to tend; -fera -bearing < ferre to carry.
● ex “Pica flores cola de tixera” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 299 (Heliomaster).
● ex “Ibiyau cola de tixera” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 309 (subsp. Hydropsalis torquata).
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)
