Chopi Blackbird / Gnorimopsar chopi
Chopi Blackbird
SCI Name:
Protonym: Agelaius chopi Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 34 p.537
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Icteridae / Gnorimopsar
Taxonomy Code: chobla1
Type Locality: Paraguay to Buenos Aires ; Paraguay designated by Cuello and Gerzenstein, 1962, Com. Zool. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo, 6, no. 93, p. 154.
Author: Vieillot
Publish Year: 1819
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
GNORIMOPSAR
(Icteridae; Ϯ Chopi Blackbird G. chopi) Gr. γνωριμος gnōrimos notable, noble < γνωριζω gnōrizō to perceive; ψαρ psar, ψαρος psaros starling; "Aaptus a RICHMOND, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XV, April 25, 1902, p. 85. New name for Aphobus CABANIS, 1851 [= 1853], not Aphobus GISTEL, 1848. (Type, Agelaius chopi VIEILLOT.) ... a This name is preoccupied by Aaptos J. E. GRAY, 1867. It may be renamed Gnorimopsar (γνωριμος, well-known; ψαρ, starling)" (Richmond 1908); "Gnorimopsar Richmond, 1908, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 35, p. 584. New name for Aaptus Richmond, 1902, not preoccupied by Aaptos2 J. E. Gray, 1867. ... 2 Fide Intern. Code Zool. Nomencl., 1961, Art. 56a (One-letter difference); but Aaptus Richmond now banned as a nomen oblitum under Art. 23b (Limitation), not having been used in the primary zoological literature for more than fifty years." (Blake in Peters, 1968, XIV, p. 183).
Synon. Aaptus, Aphobus, Chopis.
chopi
Güaraní onomatopoeia Chōpî for the Chopi Blackbird; "NÚM. LXII. DEL CHOPÍ. Es de los mas comunes en el Paragüay, y hasta Buenos Ayres. Los Españoles le llaman Tordo, y los Güaranís Chopí por su canto." (de Azara 1802) (Gnorimopsar).
SUBSPECIES
Chopi Blackbird (sulcirostris)
SCI Name: Gnorimopsar chopi sulcirostris
sulcirostris
L. sulcus furrow; -rostris -billed < rostrum beak.
Chopi Blackbird (chopi)
SCI Name: Gnorimopsar chopi chopi
chopi
Güaraní onomatopoeia Chōpî for the Chopi Blackbird; "NÚM. LXII. DEL CHOPÍ. Es de los mas comunes en el Paragüay, y hasta Buenos Ayres. Los Españoles le llaman Tordo, y los Güaranís Chopí por su canto." (de Azara 1802) (Gnorimopsar).
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)