Long-tailed Woodnymph / Thalurania watertonii
WBN 
Long-tailed Woodnymph
SCI Name:
Protonym: Trochilus Watertonii Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt15 no.171 p.44
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Thalurania
Taxonomy Code: lotwoo2
Type Locality: Same type locality.
Author: Bourcier
Publish Year: 1847
IUCN Status: Endangered
DEFINITIONS
THALURANIA
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Fork-tailed Woodnymph T. furcata) Gr. θαλος thalos child, scion (cf. θαλια thalia happiness, abundance < θαλλω thallō to flourish); ουρανος ouranos heaven (cf. ουρανιος ouranios heavenly, sky-blue); "Genus THALURANIA. Gen. char.— Rostrum capite longius, deorsum curvatum, et paululum apud basin depressum. Alæ breves, debiles. Cauda mediocris, furcata. Tarsi plumis induti, parvis, mollibus. Hallux cum ungue, digito intermedio cum ungue brevior. ... Types, Trochilus furcatus, nigro-fasciatus, Watertonii, &c. THALURANIA VIRIDIPECTUS (n. sp.)." (Gould 1848); "Thalurania Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, pt. 16, 1848, p. 13. Type, by subsequent designation, Trochilus furcatus Gmelin. (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 21.)" (Peters 1945, V, 44).
Var. Thalucania, Thalucrania, Thaluronia, Tholucania.
Synon. Chlorostola, Chlorurania, Glaucopis.
watertonii
Charles Waterton (1782-1865) English naturalist, traveller, collector (Thalurania).
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)
