Lesson's Motmot

SCI Name:  Momotus lessonii
Protonym:  Momotus Lessonii Rev.Zool. 5 p.174
Taxonomy:  Coraciiformes / Momotidae / Momotus
Taxonomy Code:  bucmot2
Type Locality:  Realejo, Nicaragua.
Author:  Lesson
Publish Year:  1842
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

MOMOTUS
(Momotidae; Ϯ Amazonian Motmot M. momota) Mod. corruption Momot (Nieremberg 1635) of Aztec/Nahuatl onomatopoeia Motmot, for a blue-capped, pigeon-sized bird that inhabited the tropical regions; "Momotus. Genus 57.   ...   Genus Momoti. (1)   ...   (1) Momotus, nomen latinum ex nomine Mexicano Momot a me conflatum   ....   Le genre du Momot. (1)   ...   (1) Momot, nom que les Mexiquains donnent à la premiere espece de ce genre" (Brisson 1760): ex "Momot" of Nieremberg 1635, Willughby 1676, and Ray 1713, and "Motmot" of Hernandez 1651; "Momotus Brisson, Orn., 1760, 1, p. 44; 4, p. 465. Type, by tautonymy, Ramphastos momota Linné." (Peters 1945, V, 225).
Var. Momot, Momota, Motmotus.
Synon. Baryphonus, Crybelus, Prionites.
• (Momotidae; syn. Momotus † Russet-crowned Motmot M. mexicanus) "94. PRIONITES, Ill.   a. Momotus, Bp. ex Br. — 224. mexicanus, Sw." (Bonaparte 1854); "Momotus Bonaparte, 1854, Conspectus Volucrum Anisodactylorum, p. 7 (not of Brisson, 1760).  Type, by monotypy, Momotus mexicanus Swainson, 1827." (JAJ 2021). 

lessonia / lessonii
● Prof. René-Primevère Lesson (1794-1849) French Navy surgeon-naturalist, explorer (syn. Aquila spilogaster, syn. Ardea herodias, subsp. Ceyx azureus (ex Ceyx azurea Lesson), syn. Cinclodes patagonicus, syn. Phonygammus keraudrenii, Pterodroma, syn. Stercorarius longicaudus, syn. Syma torotoro).
● Pierre-Adolphe Lesson (1805-1888) French Navy surgeon-naturalist, botanist, brother of René-Primevère Lesson (syn. Campephilus guatemalensis, Momotus, syn. Oreopholus ruficollis, syn. Vini ultramarina).

SUBSPECIES

Lesson's Motmot (lessonii)
SCI Name: Momotus lessonii lessonii
lessonia / lessonii
● Prof. René-Primevère Lesson (1794-1849) French Navy surgeon-naturalist, explorer (syn. Aquila spilogaster, syn. Ardea herodias, subsp. Ceyx azureus (ex Ceyx azurea Lesson), syn. Cinclodes patagonicus, syn. Phonygammus keraudrenii, Pterodroma, syn. Stercorarius longicaudus, syn. Syma torotoro).
● Pierre-Adolphe Lesson (1805-1888) French Navy surgeon-naturalist, botanist, brother of René-Primevère Lesson (syn. Campephilus guatemalensis, Momotus, syn. Oreopholus ruficollis, syn. Vini ultramarina).

Lesson's Motmot (goldmani)
SCI Name: Momotus lessonii goldmani
goldmani
Maj. Edward Alphonso Goldman (1873-1946) US Army, zoologist, divisional chief US Biological Survey 1919-1928, senior biologist US Fish & Wildlife Service 1928-1943, collector, conservationist (syn. Antrostomus ridgwayi, ‡subsp. Coturnicops noveboracensis, subsp. Crypturellus cinnamomeus, subsp. Geothlypis beldingi, subsp. Melospiza melodia, subsp. Momotus lessonii, subsp. Peucaea botterii, subsp. Setophaga auduboni, subsp. Trogon ambiguus, syn. Vireolanius melitophrys, Zentrygon).

Lesson's Motmot (exiguus)
SCI Name: Momotus lessonii exiguus
exigua / exiguus
L. exiguus  small, short  < exigere  to drive away  < agere  to drive.