Long-billed Hermit / Phaethornis longirostris
Long-billed Hermit
SCI Name:
Protonym: Ornismya longirostris EchoMondeSav.(2), 10 no.45 col.1070
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Phaethornis
Taxonomy Code: lobher
Type Locality: Guatemala.
Author: Delattre
Publish Year: 1843
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
PHAETHORNIS
(Trochilidae; † Long-tailed Hermit P. superciliosus) Gr. φαεθων phaethōn sun < φαω phaō to shine; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos bird; "97. Cynanthus bifurcatus. ... This is an aberrant species, touching the genus Phæthornis, Sw., or that group of which Troch. superciliosus of Authors forms the type." (Swainson 1827 (Philos. Mag., 1, 441)); "PHÆTHORNIS. Rostrum elongatum, arcuatum. Cauda elongata, gradata vel cuneata. Types. 1. T. superciliosus, L. 2. Col. tacheté? Temm., Pl. col. 120. f. 3. 3. T. chrysobronchos, Shaw." (Swainson 1827 (Zool. Journ., III, 357)); "Phæthornis Swainson, Philos. Mag. (n.s.). 1, June, 1827, p. 441. Type, by original designation, "Troch. superciliosus of Authors" i.e. Trochilus superciliosus Linné." (Peters, 1945, V, 7).
Var. Phaetornis, Phoethornis, Phoetornis, Phaethornus, Phaedornis, Phrethornis.
Synon. Anisoterus, Eremita, Guyornis, Mesophila, Milornis, Ptyonornis, Pygmornis, Toxoteuches.
• (Trochilidae; syn. Thaumastura † Peruvian Sheartail T. cora) "5. Subgen. Phaetornis Swains. 204. 7. Tr. Cora. Orthorhynchus Cora Less. Garn. Zool. Coq. pl. 31. 4. Ornismya Cora Man. Ornith. II. p. 82." (von Tschudi 1844); "Phaethornis von Tschudi, 1844, Archiv für Naturgesch., X, p. 297. Type, by subsequent designation (Elliot, 1879, Smithsonian Contrib. Knowledge, 317, Classif. Synop. Trochilidae, p. 122), Orthorhynchus cora Lesson, 1827." (JAJ 2020).
• (Trochilidae; syn. Trochilus † Red-billed Streamertail T. polytmus) "Phœthornis, Swainson. ... La tête est sans ornament ou munie de huppes. ESP. 13. OISEAU-MOUCHE A TÊTE NOIRE. Ornismya cephalatra. N. ... Trochilus polytmus, L. sp. 4 ... ESP. 14. OISEAU-MOUCHE A OREILLES D'AZUR. Ornismya aurita. N. ... ESP. 15. OISEAU-MOUCHE AUX HUPPES D'OR. Ornismya chrysolopha. N. ... Trochilus cornutus, prince de Wied ... ESP. 16. OISEAU-MOUCHE LANGSDORFF. Ornismya Langsdorffii. N. ... ESP. 17. OISEAU-MOUCHE CORA. Ornismya Cora. N. ... ESP. 18. OISEAU-MOUCHE A QUEUE SINGULIÈRE. Ornismya heteropygia. N. ... Trochilus enicurus, Vieill." (Lesson 1829); "Phaethornis Lesson, 1829, Hist. Nat. Oiseaux-Mouches, p. xviij. Type, by subsequent designation (G. Gray, 1840, List Genera Birds, p. 14), Ornismya cephalatra Lesson, 1829 = Trochilus polytmus Linnaeus, 1758." (JAJ 2020).
longirostris
L. longus long; -rostris -billed < rostrum beak. Var. Longirostra.
● ex “Long-billed Thrush” of Latham 1783 (‡Acrocephalus).
● ex “Manchot de la Nouvelle Guinée” of Sonnerat 1776 (syn. Aptenodytes patagonicus).
● ex “Troupiale” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 532 (syn. Icterus icterus).
● ex “Grimpar Nasican” of Levaillant 1807 (Nasica).
● ex “Râle à long bec de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 849, and “Long-billed Rail” of Latham 1785 (Rallus).
Longirostris
(syn. Limnodromus Ϯ Short-billed Dowitcher L. grisea) L. longus long; -rostris
-billed < rostrum beak; "Longirostris is, I think, preferable to Macroramfus [sic] for the genus Longbeak" (C. T. Wood 1836). Var. Longirostra (Wood 1837: "Brown Longbeak. Macroramfe ponctue, - Roth M[acroramfe]. Longirostra grisea, Wood. .. Longbeak, Longirostris, Wood").
SUBSPECIES
Long-billed Hermit (Central American)
SCI Name: Phaethornis longirostris [longirostris Group]
PHAETHORNIS
(Trochilidae; † Long-tailed Hermit P. superciliosus) Gr. φαεθων phaethōn sun < φαω phaō to shine; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos bird; "97. Cynanthus bifurcatus. ... This is an aberrant species, touching the genus Phæthornis, Sw., or that group of which Troch. superciliosus of Authors forms the type." (Swainson 1827 (Philos. Mag., 1, 441)); "PHÆTHORNIS. Rostrum elongatum, arcuatum. Cauda elongata, gradata vel cuneata. Types. 1. T. superciliosus, L. 2. Col. tacheté? Temm., Pl. col. 120. f. 3. 3. T. chrysobronchos, Shaw." (Swainson 1827 (Zool. Journ., III, 357)); "Phæthornis Swainson, Philos. Mag. (n.s.). 1, June, 1827, p. 441. Type, by original designation, "Troch. superciliosus of Authors" i.e. Trochilus superciliosus Linné." (Peters, 1945, V, 7).
Var. Phaetornis, Phoethornis, Phoetornis, Phaethornus, Phaedornis, Phrethornis.
Synon. Anisoterus, Eremita, Guyornis, Mesophila, Milornis, Ptyonornis, Pygmornis, Toxoteuches.
• (Trochilidae; syn. Thaumastura † Peruvian Sheartail T. cora) "5. Subgen. Phaetornis Swains. 204. 7. Tr. Cora. Orthorhynchus Cora Less. Garn. Zool. Coq. pl. 31. 4. Ornismya Cora Man. Ornith. II. p. 82." (von Tschudi 1844); "Phaethornis von Tschudi, 1844, Archiv für Naturgesch., X, p. 297. Type, by subsequent designation (Elliot, 1879, Smithsonian Contrib. Knowledge, 317, Classif. Synop. Trochilidae, p. 122), Orthorhynchus cora Lesson, 1827." (JAJ 2020).
• (Trochilidae; syn. Trochilus † Red-billed Streamertail T. polytmus) "Phœthornis, Swainson. ... La tête est sans ornament ou munie de huppes. ESP. 13. OISEAU-MOUCHE A TÊTE NOIRE. Ornismya cephalatra. N. ... Trochilus polytmus, L. sp. 4 ... ESP. 14. OISEAU-MOUCHE A OREILLES D'AZUR. Ornismya aurita. N. ... ESP. 15. OISEAU-MOUCHE AUX HUPPES D'OR. Ornismya chrysolopha. N. ... Trochilus cornutus, prince de Wied ... ESP. 16. OISEAU-MOUCHE LANGSDORFF. Ornismya Langsdorffii. N. ... ESP. 17. OISEAU-MOUCHE CORA. Ornismya Cora. N. ... ESP. 18. OISEAU-MOUCHE A QUEUE SINGULIÈRE. Ornismya heteropygia. N. ... Trochilus enicurus, Vieill." (Lesson 1829); "Phaethornis Lesson, 1829, Hist. Nat. Oiseaux-Mouches, p. xviij. Type, by subsequent designation (G. Gray, 1840, List Genera Birds, p. 14), Ornismya cephalatra Lesson, 1829 = Trochilus polytmus Linnaeus, 1758." (JAJ 2020).
Long-billed Hermit (Baron's)
SCI Name: Phaethornis longirostris baroni
baroni
Oscar Theodor Baron (1847-1926) German engineer, collector in California, Mexico, Ecuador and Peru (subsp. Atlapetes latinuchus, subsp. Cantorchilus superciliaris, Cranioleuca, syn. Eutoxeres aquila heterurus, Metallura, Phaethornis, syn. Sakesphorus bernardi cajamarcae).
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)