Garnet-throated Hummingbird / Lamprolaima rhami
WBN 
Garnet-throated Hummingbird
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Protonym: Ornismya Rhami Rev.Zool. 1(1838) p.315
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Lamprolaima
Taxonomy Code: gathum1
Type Locality: Mexico.
Author: Lesson
Publish Year: 1839
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
LAMPROLAIMA
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Garnet-throated Hummingbird L. rhami) Gr. λαμπρος lampros brilliant, radiant; λαιμος laimos throat; "* δ. Lamprolaima Rhami (Orn. — LESS. 1838.) RCHB. — Mexico. —— Henrica (Orn. — LESS. 1839.) RCHB. — Mex. Gnatepec.[sic]" (Reichenbach 1854); "Heliodoxa δ Lamprolaima Reichenbach, Journ. f. Orn., 1, 1854, Beil. zu Extrah., p. 9. Type, by subsequent designation, Ornismya rhami Lesson. (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 140.)" (Peters 1945, V, 83). Var. Lamprolaema.
rhami
Henri-Casimir de Rham (1785-1873) Swiss diplomat in USA, founder (1832) of the Swiss Benevolent Society, New York, businessman, naturalist, collector (Lamprolaima).
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)
