Chestnut-headed Nunlet / Nonnula amaurocephala
WBN 
Chestnut-headed Nunlet
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Protonym: Nonnula amaurocephala Am.Mus.Novit. no.2 p.2
Taxonomy: Galbuliformes / Bucconidae / Nonnula
Taxonomy Code: chhnun1
Type Locality: Manacapuru, Rio Solimoes, Brazil.
Author: Chapman
Publish Year: 1921
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
NONNULA
(Bucconidae; Ϯ Rusty-breasted Nunlet N. rubecula) Mod. L. nonnula nunlet, little nun < dim. Med. L. nonna nun < Late Gr. νοννα nonna nun < νοννος nonnos monk; "For the more debile and passerine form of Malacoptila, represented by the Bucco rubecula, Spix, and Lypornix ruficapilla, Tschudi, I propose the new generic or subgeneric appellation Nonnula, type N. rubecula (Bucco rubecula, Spix, Av. Bras. i. t. 39. fig. 1. p. 51). The members of this section are much inferior in size to the true Malacoptilæ." (P. Sclater 1853).
Synon. Microtrogon.
nonnula
Mod. L. nonnula nunlet, little nun < dim. Med. L. nonna nun < Late Gr. νοννα nonna nun < νοννος nonnos monk.
amaurocephala / amaurocephalus
Gr. αμαυρος amauros dark; -κεφαλος -kephalos -headed < κεφαλη kephalē head.
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)
