Golden-hooded Tanager

SCI Name:  Stilpnia larvata
Protonym:  Calliste larvata Esquis.Orn. livr.2 pl.9
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Stilpnia
Taxonomy Code:  gohtan1
Type Locality:  Tabasco, Mexico.
Author:  Du Bus
Publish Year:  1846
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

Stilpnia
(syn. Tangara Ϯ Black-headed Tanager T. cyanoptera) Gr. στιλπνος stilpnos  glistening, glittering  < στιλπνοω stilpnoō  to polish; "32. Stilpnia, new genus (Fig. 5).   Type species. Aglaia cyanoptera Swainson, 1834 (currently recognized as Tangara cyanoptera).  ...  Etymology. The name, feminine in gender, is derived from the Greek στιλπνη, the feminine form of the adjective meaning "glittering" or "glistening," alluding to the glossiness of the plumage of these colorful tanagers.  Comments. Euschemon Sclater, 1851 (type species Tanagra flava Gmelin, 1789, currently Tangara cayana flava), is preoccupied by Euschemon Doubleday, 1846, the name of an Australian butterfly, and so not available" (Burns et al. 2016) (OD per Richard Klim).

larvata
L. larvatus  masked  < larva  mask, ghost, spectre.
● ex “Tourterelle à masque blanc” of Levaillant 1808 (Aplopelia).
● ex “Cardinal Dominicain” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 55, fig. 2 (syn. Paroaria dominicana).

SUBSPECIES

Golden-hooded Tanager (larvata)
SCI Name: Stilpnia larvata larvata
larvata
L. larvatus  masked  < larva  mask, ghost, spectre.
● ex “Tourterelle à masque blanc” of Levaillant 1808 (Aplopelia).
● ex “Cardinal Dominicain” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 55, fig. 2 (syn. Paroaria dominicana).

Golden-hooded Tanager (centralis)
SCI Name: Stilpnia larvata centralis
centralis
L. centralis, centrale  central, in the middle  < centrum  middle point, centre  < Gr. κεντρον kentron  sharp point, stationary point of a pair of compasses.  A good proportion of the names here refer to forms collected in "Central Africa," i.e. the eastern Congo and the Rift Valley lakes (e.g. subsp. Bradypterus baboecala, subsp. Chlorocichla flaviventris, subsp. Malimbus rubricollis, subsp. Sarothrura pulchra, subsp. Turdus pelios).  Some further examples follow.
• "Dieselbe steht in Bezug auf Grösse zwischen cardinalis und massaicus in der Mitte." (Neumann 1900) (subsp. Dendropicos fuscescens).  
• "Distribution. Endemic to Peru on east Andean slope from Río Huallaga through Pasco to Junín west of the Río Ene and north of the Río Mantaro  ...  The scientific name reflects the range of this species near the geographic center of Peru." (Hosner et al. in M. Isler et al. 2020) (Grallaria).
• "Intermediate in size between N. f. flavicollis (Vieill.) and N. f. melanoxantha (Lcht.)" (Hellmayr 1907) (subsp. Hemithraupis flavicollis).
• "These birds are intermediate between N. famosa and N. cupreonitens, and resemble birds labelled by Neumann in the Tring Museum with the MS. name Nectarinia famosa centralis" (van Someren 1916) (subsp. Nectarinia famosa).
• "RANGE. —Eastern part of the central Solomon Islands (Kulambangra, New Georgia, Vangunu, and Gatukai)." (Mayr 1932) (subsp. Pachycephala pectoralis).
• "zentralbrasilianischen Hochlandes (Matto-grosso.  S. Goyaz.  N.-São Paulo.  W.-Minas Geraës)" (Hellmayr 1920) (subsp. Ramphocelus carbo).
• "the Central American form is named CICCABA VIRGATA CENTRALIS, subsp. nov.  ...  Chivela, Oaxaca, Mexico." (Griscom 1929) (subsp. Strix virgata).
• "Tang- (Dang-) la Range, Central Tibet, Tang-la Pass" (Sushkin 1926) (subsp. Tetraogallus tibetanus).               

Golden-hooded Tanager (franciscae)
SCI Name: Stilpnia larvata franciscae
franciscae
● Original dual spelling of specific name Granatellus francescae Baird, 1865.
● Frances “Fanny” Wilson (fl. 1846) wife of British trochilidist Edward Wilson (subsp. Tangara larvata).

Golden-hooded Tanager (fanny)
SCI Name: Stilpnia larvata fanny
fanny
● Françoise ‘Fanny’ Victoire Rosalie Joséphine Gouÿe de Longuemare née Marsy (1796-1873) wife of French naturalist Agathe-François Gouÿe de Longuemare (Myrtis).
● Frances ‘Fanny’ Wilson (fl. 1846) wife of British trochilidist Edward Wilson (Martin Schneider in litt.) (subsp. Tangara larvata).