Long-tailed Hermit

SCI Name:  Phaethornis superciliosus
Protonym:  Trochilus superciliosus Syst.Nat.ed.12 ed.12 p.189
Taxonomy:  Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Phaethornis
Taxonomy Code:  lother1
Type Locality:  Cayenne.
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1766
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

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).

superciliosa / superciliosum / superciliosus
L. superciliosus  supercilious, haughty, eye-browed  < supercilium  eyebrow.
● ex “Supercilious Duck” of Latham 1785 (Anas).
● ex “Little Green and Orange-coloured Kingfisher” of Edwards 1758 (syn. Chloroceryle aenea).
● ex “Gorge-jaune de Saint-Domingue” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 686, fig. 1 (syn. Dendroica dominica).
● ex “Rousseau” of Levaillant 1800, pl. 66 (Lanius).
● ex “Apiaster madagascariensis” or “Guespier de Madagascar” of Brisson 1760 (Merops).
● ex “Yellow-browed Warbler” of Latham 1783 (syn. Phylloscopus humei).
● ex “Supercilious Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (unident.).

SUBSPECIES

Long-tailed Hermit (superciliosus)
SCI Name: Phaethornis superciliosus superciliosus
superciliosa / superciliosum / superciliosus
L. superciliosus  supercilious, haughty, eye-browed  < supercilium  eyebrow.
● ex “Supercilious Duck” of Latham 1785 (Anas).
● ex “Little Green and Orange-coloured Kingfisher” of Edwards 1758 (syn. Chloroceryle aenea).
● ex “Gorge-jaune de Saint-Domingue” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 686, fig. 1 (syn. Dendroica dominica).
● ex “Rousseau” of Levaillant 1800, pl. 66 (Lanius).
● ex “Apiaster madagascariensis” or “Guespier de Madagascar” of Brisson 1760 (Merops).
● ex “Yellow-browed Warbler” of Latham 1783 (syn. Phylloscopus humei).
● ex “Supercilious Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (unident.).

Long-tailed Hermit (muelleri)
SCI Name: Phaethornis superciliosus muelleri
muelleri
● Salomon Müller (1804-1864) German explorer, ornithologist (syn. Accipiter griseogularis, subsp. Ficedula dumetoria, Heleia, syn. Mulleripicus pulverulentus, subsp. Oriolus flavocinctus, subsp. Phylloscopus castaniceps, subsp. Pitta sordida, subsp. Rhipidura hyperythra (ex Rhipidura rufiventris Müller)).
● Prof. David Heinrich Müller (1846-1912) Austrian orientalist, linguist, explorer in Arabia 1897-1898 (syn. Anthodiaeta metallica).
● Johann Wilhelm Freiherr von Müller (1824-1866) German naturalist, collector in tropical Africa, North America and Mexico, Director of Jardin Zoologique, Bruxelles 1852-1854 (syn. Butastur rufipennis, Merops, syn. Passer euchlorus, syn. Ploceus luteolus).
● Anton Müller (1799-1864) German civil servant, naturalist (syn. Calidris alba, syn. Larus marinus).
● C. Müller (fl. 1910) skinner for Graf von Zedlitz und Trützschler in tropical Africa 1908-1910 (syn. Cichladusa guttata rufipennis, subsp. Ortygospiza atricollis, syn. Tchagra senegalus habessinicus, syn. Uraeginthus cyanocephalus).
● Maj. Müller (d. 1898) explorer in tropical Africa (subsp. Cisticola fulvicapilla, syn. Cisticola lais semifasciatus).
● Lorenz Müller (1868-1953) German herpetologist, collector in Brazil (syn. Cettia cetti sericea, Cranioleuca, subsp. Phaethornis superciliosus).
● Otto Frederik Müller (1730-1784) Danish naturalist (syn. Gavia stellata).
● Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich Freiherr von Mueller (1825–1896) German/Australian botanist, acclimatizer (Lewinia).
● Alfred Müller (d. 1931) German Consul in Palma, Mallorca (syn. Troglodytes troglodytes kabylorum).