Dry-forest Sabrewing

SCI Name:  Campylopterus calcirupicola
Protonym:  Campylopterus largipennis calcirupicola Zootaxa 4268 (1) 1-33
Taxonomy:  Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Campylopterus
Taxonomy Code:  gybsab4
Type Locality:  
Author:  Lopes, Vasconcelos & Gonzaga
Publish Year:  2017
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

CAMPYLOPTERUS
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Grey-breasted Sabrewing C. largipennis) Gr. καμπυλος kampulos  curved, bent  < καμπτω kamptō  to bend; -πτερος -pteros  
-winged  < πτερον pteron  wing (cf. specific name Trochilus campylopterus J. Gmelin, 1788 (= syn. Campylopterus largipennis)); "CAMPYLOPTERUS.  Rostrum longiusculum, sub-arcuatum.  Alæ falcatæ; remigum primarum scapis dilatato-compressis.  Cauda rotundata, vel gradata.    Types. 1. T. latipennis.  2. falcatus. Sw., Zool. Ill.  ... Wings falcated, the shafts or scapes of the primary quills dilated and compressed." (Swainson 1827); "Campylopterus Swainson, Zool. Journ., 3, 1827, p. 358. Type, by subsequent designation, C. latipennis (Lath.) = Trochilus largipennis Boddaert. (G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 13.)" (Peters, 1945, V, p. 18).
Var. Campilopterus.
Synon. Bombornis, Loxopterus, Pampa, Phaeochroa, Platystylopterus, Saepiopterus, Sphenoproctus.

campylopterus
Gr. καμπυλος kampulos  curved, bent  < καμπτω kamptō  to bend; -πτερος -pteros  -winged  < πτερον pteron  wing.
● ex “Oiseau-mouche à larges tuyaux de Cayenne” of d’Aubenon 1765-1781, pl. 672, fig. 2, “Oiseau-mouche à larges tuyaux” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Broad-shafted Humming-bird” of Latham 1783 (syn. Campylopterus largipennis).

calcirupicola
L. calx, calcis  limestone; Mod. L. rupicolus  cliff-dwelling, rock-dwelling  < L. rupes, rupis  rock  < rumpere  to shatter; -cola  dweller  < colere  to inhabit.