Chestnut-collared Longspur / Calcarius ornatus
Chestnut-collared Longspur
SCI Name:
Protonym: Plectrophanes ornata J.Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia 7 p.189
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Calcariidae / Calcarius
Taxonomy Code: chclon
Type Locality: prairies of Platte River [=near forks of Platte River, western Nebraska, fide Amer. Ornith. Union, 1931, Check-list North Amer. Birds, ed. 4, p. 362].
Author: Townsend, JK
Publish Year: 1837
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
CALCARIUS
(Calcariidae; Ϯ Lapland Bunting C. lapponicus) L. calcaria spurs < calcar, calcaris spur < calx, calcis heel; "d) Mit einem an den Kinnladen-Rändern merklich eingezogenen, scharf zugespitzten Schnabel, und einer langen geraden Hinterkralle. Die Nahrung besteht aus Insekten, Saamen und Körnern. (Calcarius.) † 14. Lappländischer Fink (F. lapponica, Linn.) ... Anmerk. Durch den kleinen Zahn am Gaumen macht er den Uebergang zu den Ammern, und durch den Lerchensporn und Stellung das Bindegleid zwischen Lerchen und Finken. ... Linné, l. c. p. 900. N. 1. Bechstein, N. G. D. IV. S. 489. Pallas, Reise, II. S. 710. N. 20. Tab. E. Donndorf a. a. O. S. 475. N. 1." (Bechstein 1802); "Calcarius Bechstein, 1802, Ornith. Taschenb. Deuts., 1, p. 130. Type, by monotypy, Fringilla lapponica Linnaeus." (Paynter in Peters, 1970, XIII, p. 36).
Synon. Centhrophanes, Leptoplectron, Plectrophanes.
ornatum / ornatus
L. ornatus ornate, adorned, decorated, splendid, embellished < ornare to adorn.
● ex “Choucador” of Levaillant 1801, pl. 86 (Lamprotornis).
● ex “Oiseau-mouche dit Hupecol de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 640, fig. 3 (Lophornis).
● ex “Oiseau-mouche dit Hupecol de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 640, fig. 3, “Hupecol” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Tufted-necked Humming-bird” of Latham 1782 (syn. Lophornis ornatus).
● ex “Variegated Bee-eater” of Latham 1801 (Merops).
● ex “Aigle moyen de la Guiane” of Mauduyt de la Varenne 1784, and “Autour Huppé” of Levaillant 1798, pl. 26 (Spizaetus).
● "44. PSITTACUS. ... ornatus. 14. P. macrourus luteo-viridis, occipite gula pectoreque rubris, vertice auribusque cæruleis. Psittacus minor e coccineo viridis. Edw. av. 174. t. 174. Habitat in America." (Linnaeus 1758) (Trichoglossus).
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)