Little Paradise-Kingfisher / Tanysiptera hydrocharis
Little Paradise-Kingfisher
SCI Name:
Protonym: Tanysiptera hydrocharis Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt26 no.357 p.172
Taxonomy: Coraciiformes / Alcedinidae / Tanysiptera
Taxonomy Code: lipkin1
Type Locality: Aru Islands.
Author: Gray, GR
Publish Year: 1858
IUCN Status: Data Deficient
DEFINITIONS
TANYSIPTERA
(Alcedinidae; Ϯ Moluccan Paradise Kingfisher T. nais) Gr. τανυσιπτερος tanusipteros long-feathered < τανυ- tanu- long- < τεινω teinō to stretch;
-πτερος -pteros -feathered < πτερον pteron feather; “That singular and beautiful species of the Linnean Alcedo, the Ternate Kingsfisher*, shows the equal approximation of that genus to Galbula, and a deviation from its own type. Its tail deserts the shortened character of that of the true Kingsfisher, and assumes the lengthened and graduated conformation of the same member in the Paradise Jacamar, and the other long-tailed Galbulæ. ... *This beautiful species exhibits so strong a deviation from the Halcyonidæ in general, that it requires a separate station in the family: and I take this opportunity of characterizing the group as follows, under the generic title of TANYSIPTERA. Rostrum subbreve, subcrassum, rectum, acutum, naribus ovalibus. Cauda gradata, rectricibus duabus longissimis. DEA. ... Alcedo Dea. Linn. Syst. i. p. 181. 13. Ispida Ternatana. Briss. vol. iv. p. 525. t. 40. f.2. Martin-Pêcheur de Ternate. Buff. Pl. Enl. 116. The specimens of this species which are brought to Europe are generally deprived of their wings and legs. I am therefore prevented from referring to those members in my generic description.” (Vigors 1825); "Tanysiptera Vigors, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 14, 1825, p. 433, note. Type, by monotypy, Alcedo dea Linné, 1766, not Alcedo dea Linné, 1758 = Tanysiptera nais G. R. Gray." (Peters 1945, V, 216).
Var. Tanysyptera.
Synon. Edquista, Uralcyon.
hydrocharis
Gr. ὑδροχαρις hudrokharis, ὑδροχαριτος hudrokharitos grace of the waters < ὑδρο- hudro- water- < ὑδωρ hudōr, ὑδατος hudatos water; χαρις kharis, χαριτος kharitos grace < χαιρω khairō to rejoice.
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)