Bronze-tailed Thornbill / Chalcostigma heteropogon
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Bronze-tailed Thornbill
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Protonym: Ornismya heteropogon Rev.Zool. 2(1839) p.355
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Chalcostigma
Taxonomy Code: brttho1
Type Locality: Bogota, Colombia.
Author: Boissonneau
Publish Year: 1840
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CHALCOSTIGMA
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Bronze-tailed Thornbill C. heteropogon) Gr. χαλκος khalkos bronze, copper; στιγμα stigma, στιγματος stigmatos mark < στιζω stizō to tattoo. "Dessus d'un vert émeraude à reflets un peu cuivreux, avec les couvertures supérieures de la queue d'un cuivreux rouge ... queue fourchue, large, d'un vert sombre à reflets cuivreux" (Boissoneau 1839); "*Rhamphomicron ... *γ. Chalcostigma heteropogon (Orn. — BOISSON. 1839.) BP. — St. Fé de Bog. * —— Stanleyi (Tr. — BOURC. 1850.) BP. — Pichincha. * —— Herrani (Tr. — BOURC. & DELATTRE 1846.) GOULD. — Ecuador. * —— ruficeps (Tr. — GOULD 1846.) GOULD. — Bolivia. —— Vulcani (Tr. — GOULD 1849.) GOULD — Bolivia." (Reichenbach 1854); "Rhamphomicron γ Chalcostigma Reichenbach, Journ. f. Orn., 1, 1854, Beil. zu Extrah., p. 12. Type, by subsequent designation, Ornismya heteropogon Boissoneau. (Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 141.)" (Peters, 1945, V, p. 121).
Synon. Chloropogon, Eupogonus, Lampropogon, Selatopogon.
heteropogon
Gr. ἑτερος heteros different; πωγων pōgōn, πωγωνος pōgōnos beard.
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)
