Green-throated Tanager

SCI Name:  Stilpnia argyrofenges
Protonym:  Calliste argyrofenges Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt2 p.354 pl.30 fig.2
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Stilpnia
Taxonomy Code:  gnttan1
Type Locality:  Tilotilo, prov. Yungas [=Yungas of La Paz], Bolivia.
Author:  Sclater & Salvin
Publish Year:  1876
IUCN Status:  Vulnerable

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).

argyrofenges
Gr. αργυροφεγγης argurophengēs  silver-shining  < αργυρος arguros  silver  < αργος argos  shining, glistening; φεγγω phengō  to shine.

SUBSPECIES

Green-throated Tanager (caeruleigularis)
SCI Name: Stilpnia argyrofenges caeruleigularis
caeruleigula / caeruleigularis
L. caeruleus blue; Mod. L. gularis throated < L. gula throat.

Green-throated Tanager (argyrofenges)
SCI Name: Stilpnia argyrofenges argyrofenges
argyrofenges
Gr. αργυροφεγγης argurophengēs  silver-shining  < αργυρος arguros  silver  < αργος argos  shining, glistening; φεγγω phengō  to shine.