Golden-crowned Emerald / Chlorostilbon auriceps
WBN 
Golden-crowned Emerald
SCI Name:
Protonym: Trochilus (?) auriceps Contrib.Orn.[Jardine] 6 p.137
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Chlorostilbon
Taxonomy Code: goceme1
Type Locality: Marico.
Author: Gould
Publish Year: 1852
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CHLOROSTILBON
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Glittering-bellied Emerald C. lucidus pucherani) Gr. χλωρος khlōros green; στιλβων stilbōn, στιλβοντος stilbontos shining, an epithet of the planet Mercury (cf. στιλβη stilbē lamp); "[plate] CHLOROSTILBONA PRASINA. ... [text] CHLOROSTILBON PRASINUS. Brazilian Emerald. ... The male has the upper and under surface yellowish green, with a golden lustre on the crown of the head and the sides of the neck; wings purplish brown; tail black, glossed with steel-blue; throat brilliant grass-green" (Gould 1853); "Chlorostilbon Gould, Monogr. Trochil., pt. 5, May, 1853, pl. [14] and text [= 5, pl. 355 of volume]. Type, by monotypy, Chlorostilbon prasinus Gould, not of authors, = Trochilus pucherani Bourcier." (Peters, 1945, V, p. 36).
Var. Chlorostilbona.
Synon. Chloauges, Chlorestes, Chlorolampis, Chrysomirus, Colubris, Erasmia, Halia, Marsyas, Mellisuga, Merion, Panychlora, Prasitis, Riccordia, Sporadinus.
auriceps
L. aurum gold; -ceps -crowned < caput, capitis head.
● ex “Pacific Parrot, var. C” of Latham 1781 (Cyanoramphus).
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)
