Chestnut-crested Cotinga

SCI Name:  Ampelion rufaxilla
Protonym:  A[mpelis] rufaxilla Arch.Naturgesch. 10 p.270
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Cotingidae / Ampelion
Taxonomy Code:  chccot1
Type Locality:  Peru; Vitoc Valley, Junin, proposed by Hellmayr, 1929, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 6, p. 99 for this form as republished by Tschudi, 1846, Unters. Faun. Peru., Aves, p. 137, under the name Ampelion rufaxilla; this restriction hereby adopted for the original citation (J. T. Z.).
Author:  von Tschudi
Publish Year:  1844
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

AMPELION
(Cotingidae; † Chestnut-crested Cotinga A. rufaxilla) L. ampelion, ampelionis  unknown bird, variously identified < Gr. αμπελιων ampeliōn, αμπελιωνος ampeliōnos  unknown small bird, mentioned by Dionysius; "Gen. AMPELION Cab. MSS. 1845.  Procnias Swains. part.  Ampelis Orb. Tsch. part.    1. A. rufaxillus Tsch.  Ampelis rufaxilla Tsch. Consp. Av. Nro. 48." (von Tschudi 1845); "Ampelion Tschudi, 1845, Unters. Faun. Peru., Aves, p. 21.  Type, by montypy, Ampelis rufaxilla Tschudi." (Snow in Peters, 1979, VIII, p. 285).
Synon. Heliochera.
• (Cotingidae; syn. Ampelion † Red-crested Cotinga A. rubrocristatus) "Ampelion CABANIS in TSCHUDI, Faun. Peru, Aves, p. 137, 1846—type by subs. desig. (GRAY, Cat. Gen. and Subgen. Birds, p. 56, 1855) 2 "Ampelis" [= Procnias] cucullata SWAINSON.   ...   2 In the Appendix of the same work (p. 147) Gray selected Ampelis rubrocristata LAFRESNAYE and D'ORBIGNY, the other species originally included in the genus Ampelion, but under the rules there is no justification in reversing the earlier action." (Hellmayr, 1929, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. VI, p. 101).
• (Cotingidae; syn. Carpornis † Hooded Berryeater C. cucullata) "7. Gen. AMPELION, Cab.    Characteres generalis familiæ.  Genus Ampelidis simile sed rostro breviore, altiore, magis curvato, basi latiore, versus apicem compresso; cauda longiore, ptilosi minus nitido.    Typi: Procnias cucullata Swains.   Ampelis rubrocristata Orb." (Cabanis 1846); "Ampelion Cabanis in Tschudi, 1846, Unters. Faun. Peru., Aves, p. 137.  Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds, p. 56), Ampelis [= Procnias] cucullata Swainson." (Snow in Peters, 1979, VIII, p. 284).
Var. Ampelio.

rufaxilla / rufaxillus
L. rufus rufous; axilla armpit.

SUBSPECIES

Chestnut-crested Cotinga (antioquiae)
SCI Name: Ampelion rufaxilla antioquiae
antioquensis / antioquiae / antioquiana
Antioquia, northern Colombia.

Chestnut-crested Cotinga (rufaxilla)
SCI Name: Ampelion rufaxilla rufaxilla
rufaxilla / rufaxillus
L. rufus rufous; axilla armpit.