Inagua Woodstar / Nesophlox lyrura
WBN 
Inagua Woodstar
SCI Name:
Protonym: Doricha lyrura Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(4), 4 p.111,112
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Nesophlox
Taxonomy Code: inawoo2
Type Locality: Inagua Island, Bahamas.
Author: Gould
Publish Year: 1869
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
NESOPHLOX
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Bahama Woodstar N. evelynae) Gr. νησος nēsos island (= Bahama Is.); φλοξ phlox, φλογος phlogos flame, fire; "Nesophlox gen. nov. (Trochilidæ). Type. — Trochilus evelynæ Bourcier. Similar to Calliphlox Boie, but wing relatively much larger, with outer-most primary not attenuated terminally; adult males with lateral rectrices broadly edged with rufous on inner webs, and adult females with tail more than half as long as wing. (νησος, island; φλοξ, a flame.)" (Ridgway 1910).
lyrura
Gr. λυρα lura lyre; -ουρος -ouros -tailed < ουρα oura tail.
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)
