Greater Flowerpiercer

SCI Name:  Diglossa major
Protonym:  D.[iglossa] major ReisenBrit.-Guiana[Schomburgk] 3 p.676
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Diglossa
Taxonomy Code:  greflo1
Type Locality:  Roraima [, British Guiana] [= Cerro Roraima, Bolivar, Venezuela] .
Author:  Cabanis
Publish Year:  1849
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

DIGLOSSA
(Thraupidae; Ϯ Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer D. baritula) Gr. διγλωσσος diglōssos  double-tongued  < δι- di-  double  < δις dis  twice  < δυο duo  two; γλωσσα glōssa  tongue; the flowerpiercers have specialized tongues for nectar feeding; "Ordo X.  Corvi (?)  Genus Diglossa Wagl., Doppelzüngler.  (Genus novum.)  Unstreitig gehört der Vogel, welcher die Grundform dieser neuen Sippe ist, zu den interessantesten Mexicos. Im Habitus einem Sänger (Sylvia) ähnlich, hat er den hackigen Oberkiefer einer Barita, den aussteigenden, spitzigen Unterkiefer eines Xenops, und die vorshießbare (?), gleichsam aus zwey Theilen bestehende (sehr tief gespaltene) Zunge einer Nectarinia, mit Endpinseln wie bey Philedon.  Drey schiefe Runzeln hinter dem Hacken des Oberkiefers, so wie der völlige Mangel eines Kinnwinkeis geben außerdem dem Schnabel ein Außehen eigener Art, Die Füße sind denen eines Sängers ähnlich gestaltet und beschildet, mit bestieselter Hinterseite der Fußwurzel.  Flügel und Schwanz, so wie die Structur des Gefieders wie bey Sylvia. Zu beyden Seiten des Schnabelgrundes stehen, wie bey einer Muscicapa, steise Borsten.    Species: Diglossa Baritula Wagl.  ...  Mexico. (Misit Dr. Petz ad mus. Würceb.).  Hernandez hat diesen Vogel nicht." (Wagler 1832); "Diglossa Wagler, 1832, Isis von Oken, col. 280. Type, by monotypy, Diglossa baritula Wagler." (Storer in Peters, 1970, XIII, p. 399).
Synon. Agrilorhinus, Cyanodiglossa, Diglossopis, Melanodiglossa, Pyrrhodiglossa, Serrirostrum, Tephrodiglossa, Uncirostrum.

major
L. maior, maioris  greater, larger  < comp. magnus  great, large, powerful.
● ex “Poule d’eau de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 352; “Even if [Statius Müller, 1776] ...should some day be repudiated by ornithologists on account of his carelessness and his apparent colour-blindness, then the proper name of the species would be Aramides major (Boddaert), founded on Daubenton’s plate” (Sharpe 1894) (syn. Aramides cajanea).
● ex “Grand Corbeau” of Levaillant 1800, pl. 51 (unident.;?Corvus sp.).
● ex “Crotophagus major” of Brisson 1760, “Grand bout de Petun” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 102, fig. 1, “Ani des palétuviers” of Salerne 1767, and “Greater Ani” of Latham 1781 (Crotophaga).
● 54. PICUS.  ...  major.  10. P. albo nigroque varius, ano occipiteque rubro.  Picus albo nigroque varius, rectricibus tribus lateralibus utrinque albescentibus. Fn. svec. 81.  Picus varius major. Ges. av. 708. Aldr. ornith. l. 12. c. 32. Will. orn. 94. t. 21. Raj. av. 43. Alb. av. I. p. 19. t. 19. Frisch. av. . . t. 36. f. 1.  Habitat in Europa." (Linnaeus 1758) (Dendrocopos).
● ex “Grande Egrette d’Amérique” of d’Aubenton, 1765-1781, pl. 925 (syn. Egretta garzetta).
● ex “Scolopax media” of Frisch 1733-1763, “Great Snipe” of Pennant 1768, and Latham 1785 (syn. Gallinago media).
● ex “Grand Indicateur, mâle” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 241, fig. 1 (syn. Indicator indicator).
● ex “Pie-grièche Blanchot” of Levaillant 1810, pl. 285 (syn. Malaconotus blanchoti).
● ex “An other sort of Loggerhead” of Sloane 1707-1725, “Sitta” or “Picus cinereus major, rostro curvo” of Ray 1713, “Grand Sittelle à bec crochu” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Great Nuthatch” of Latham 1781 (?syn. Myiarchus validus).
● ex “Parus major” of Gessner 1555, Belon 1555, Aldrovandus 1599, and Willughby 1676, “Fringillago”, “Great Titmouse” or “Ox Eye” of Ray 1713, and Albin 1731, and “Parus capite nigro, temporibus albis, nucha luteis” of Linnaeus 1746 (Parus).
● ex “Grèbe de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 404, fig. 1, and “Grand Grèbe” of de Buffon 1770-1785 (Podiceps).
● ex “Barbican des côtes de Barbarie” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 602 (syn. Pogonornis dubius).
● ex “Grande Quiscale” of Vieillot 1819 (Quiscalus).
● ex “Tangara des grands bois de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 205 (syn. Saltator maximus).
● ex “Batara mayor” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 211 (Taraba).
● ex “Macucagua” of Marcgrave 1648, Willughby 1676, and Ray 1713, “Perdix brasiliensis” of Brisson 1760, and “Magoua” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Tinamus).
● ex “Trepadore grande” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 241 (Xiphocolaptes).

SUBSPECIES

Greater Flowerpiercer (gilliardi)
SCI Name: Diglossa major gilliardi
gilliardi
Dr Ernest Thomas Gilliard (1912-1965) US ornithologist, collector (subsp. Aerodramus leucophaeus, subsp. Diglossa major, syn. Melidectes fuscus, syn. Melidectes rufocrissalis thomasi, subsp. Pardaliparus elegans, subsp. Pauxi pauxi, subsp. Ptilorrhoa castanonota).

Greater Flowerpiercer (disjuncta)
SCI Name: Diglossa major disjuncta
disjuncta / disjunctus
L. disiunctus separated < disiungere to separate.

Greater Flowerpiercer (chimantae)
SCI Name: Diglossa major chimantae
chimantae
Cerro Chimantá-tepui, Gran Sabana, Bolívar, Venezuela.

Greater Flowerpiercer (major)
SCI Name: Diglossa major major
major
L. maior, maioris  greater, larger  < comp. magnus  great, large, powerful.
● ex “Poule d’eau de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 352; “Even if [Statius Müller, 1776] ...should some day be repudiated by ornithologists on account of his carelessness and his apparent colour-blindness, then the proper name of the species would be Aramides major (Boddaert), founded on Daubenton’s plate” (Sharpe 1894) (syn. Aramides cajanea).
● ex “Grand Corbeau” of Levaillant 1800, pl. 51 (unident.;?Corvus sp.).
● ex “Crotophagus major” of Brisson 1760, “Grand bout de Petun” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 102, fig. 1, “Ani des palétuviers” of Salerne 1767, and “Greater Ani” of Latham 1781 (Crotophaga).
● 54. PICUS.  ...  major.  10. P. albo nigroque varius, ano occipiteque rubro.  Picus albo nigroque varius, rectricibus tribus lateralibus utrinque albescentibus. Fn. svec. 81.  Picus varius major. Ges. av. 708. Aldr. ornith. l. 12. c. 32. Will. orn. 94. t. 21. Raj. av. 43. Alb. av. I. p. 19. t. 19. Frisch. av. . . t. 36. f. 1.  Habitat in Europa." (Linnaeus 1758) (Dendrocopos).
● ex “Grande Egrette d’Amérique” of d’Aubenton, 1765-1781, pl. 925 (syn. Egretta garzetta).
● ex “Scolopax media” of Frisch 1733-1763, “Great Snipe” of Pennant 1768, and Latham 1785 (syn. Gallinago media).
● ex “Grand Indicateur, mâle” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 241, fig. 1 (syn. Indicator indicator).
● ex “Pie-grièche Blanchot” of Levaillant 1810, pl. 285 (syn. Malaconotus blanchoti).
● ex “An other sort of Loggerhead” of Sloane 1707-1725, “Sitta” or “Picus cinereus major, rostro curvo” of Ray 1713, “Grand Sittelle à bec crochu” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Great Nuthatch” of Latham 1781 (?syn. Myiarchus validus).
● ex “Parus major” of Gessner 1555, Belon 1555, Aldrovandus 1599, and Willughby 1676, “Fringillago”, “Great Titmouse” or “Ox Eye” of Ray 1713, and Albin 1731, and “Parus capite nigro, temporibus albis, nucha luteis” of Linnaeus 1746 (Parus).
● ex “Grèbe de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 404, fig. 1, and “Grand Grèbe” of de Buffon 1770-1785 (Podiceps).
● ex “Barbican des côtes de Barbarie” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 602 (syn. Pogonornis dubius).
● ex “Grande Quiscale” of Vieillot 1819 (Quiscalus).
● ex “Tangara des grands bois de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 205 (syn. Saltator maximus).
● ex “Batara mayor” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 211 (Taraba).
● ex “Macucagua” of Marcgrave 1648, Willughby 1676, and Ray 1713, “Perdix brasiliensis” of Brisson 1760, and “Magoua” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Tinamus).
● ex “Trepadore grande” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 241 (Xiphocolaptes).