Masked Yellowthroat / Geothlypis aequinoctialis
Masked Yellowthroat
SCI Name:
Protonym: Motacilla aequinoctialis Syst.Nat. 1 pt2 p.972
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Parulidae / Geothlypis
Taxonomy Code: masyel1
Type Locality: Cayenne [= French Guiana] .
Author: Gmelin, JF
Publish Year: 1789
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
GEOTHLYPIS
(Parulidae; † Common Yellowthroat G. trichas) Gr. γεω- geō- ground-, earth- < γη gē earth; θλυπις thlupis unknown small bird, perhaps some sort of finch or warbler. In ornithology thlypis signifies either a thin-billed tanager or, as in this case, a parulid warbler; "Subfam. Sylvicolinae. 1. Geothlypis (Trichas Sws. nec Gloger). ... Gen. Trichas Gloger. Der Name Trichas wurde von Gloger im März 1827 an die Stelle von Criniger (!) Temm. gesetzt. Trichophorus Temm. ist später als Trichas Gloger vorgeschlagen. Für die Gattung Trichas Sws., April 1827 haben wir den Namen Geothlypis (Fam. Sylvicolidae) vorgeschlagen 1. Trichas barbata (Temm.). 2. T. gularis (Horsf.). 3. T. icterica (Strickl.). 4. T. flaveola (Gould). etc." (Cabanis 1847); "Geothlypis Cabanis, 1847, Archiv für Naturgesch., 13, pp. 316, 349. New name for Trichas Swainson, (June) 1827, preoccupied by Trichas Gloger, (March) 1827." (JAJ 2021) (see Trichas).
Var. Geothlipis.
Synon. Chamaethlypis, Frutiornis, Trichas.
aequinoctialis
L. aequinoctialis equinoctial, equatorial < aequinoctium equinox < aequus equal; nox, noctis night.
● Christmas I., Line Is.; ex “Equinoctial Warbler” of Latham 1787 (Acrocephalus).
● Cayenne; ex “Aequinoctial Eagle” of Latham 1781 (Buteogallus).
● Cayenne; ex “Figuier olive de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 685, fig. 1, and “Equatorial Warbler” of Latham 1783 (Geothlypis).
● Cape of Good Hope; "64. PROCELLARIA. ... æquinoctialis. 2. P. fusca immaculata, rostro flavo. Peteril magna nigra. Edw. av. 89. t. 89. Habitat ad Cap. b. Spei." (Linnaeus 1758) (Procellaria).
● "76. ARDEA. ... æquinoctialis. 19. A. capite lævi, corpore albo, remigibus duabus primis margine exteriore fuscis. Rolander. Habitat in America. Simillima Ibidi tota structura; av vero Remiges primores omnes apice fuscescentes, & 1, 2 etiam margine exteriore longitudinali fuscæ, cæterum eadem, ut facile pro varietate agnoscatur." (Linnaeus 1758) (nom. dub.; ??syn. Egretta thula).
SUBSPECIES
Masked Yellowthroat (Masked)
SCI Name: Geothlypis aequinoctialis aequinoctialis
aequinoctialis
L. aequinoctialis equinoctial, equatorial < aequinoctium equinox < aequus equal; nox, noctis night.
● Christmas I., Line Is.; ex “Equinoctial Warbler” of Latham 1787 (Acrocephalus).
● Cayenne; ex “Aequinoctial Eagle” of Latham 1781 (Buteogallus).
● Cayenne; ex “Figuier olive de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 685, fig. 1, and “Equatorial Warbler” of Latham 1783 (Geothlypis).
● Cape of Good Hope; "64. PROCELLARIA. ... æquinoctialis. 2. P. fusca immaculata, rostro flavo. Peteril magna nigra. Edw. av. 89. t. 89. Habitat ad Cap. b. Spei." (Linnaeus 1758) (Procellaria).
● "76. ARDEA. ... æquinoctialis. 19. A. capite lævi, corpore albo, remigibus duabus primis margine exteriore fuscis. Rolander. Habitat in America. Simillima Ibidi tota structura; av vero Remiges primores omnes apice fuscescentes, & 1, 2 etiam margine exteriore longitudinali fuscæ, cæterum eadem, ut facile pro varietate agnoscatur." (Linnaeus 1758) (nom. dub.; ??syn. Egretta thula).
Masked Yellowthroat (Black-lored)
SCI Name: Geothlypis aequinoctialis auricularis/peruviana
GEOTHLYPIS
(Parulidae; † Common Yellowthroat G. trichas) Gr. γεω- geō- ground-, earth- < γη gē earth; θλυπις thlupis unknown small bird, perhaps some sort of finch or warbler. In ornithology thlypis signifies either a thin-billed tanager or, as in this case, a parulid warbler; "Subfam. Sylvicolinae. 1. Geothlypis (Trichas Sws. nec Gloger). ... Gen. Trichas Gloger. Der Name Trichas wurde von Gloger im März 1827 an die Stelle von Criniger (!) Temm. gesetzt. Trichophorus Temm. ist später als Trichas Gloger vorgeschlagen. Für die Gattung Trichas Sws., April 1827 haben wir den Namen Geothlypis (Fam. Sylvicolidae) vorgeschlagen 1. Trichas barbata (Temm.). 2. T. gularis (Horsf.). 3. T. icterica (Strickl.). 4. T. flaveola (Gould). etc." (Cabanis 1847); "Geothlypis Cabanis, 1847, Archiv für Naturgesch., 13, pp. 316, 349. New name for Trichas Swainson, (June) 1827, preoccupied by Trichas Gloger, (March) 1827." (JAJ 2021) (see Trichas).
Var. Geothlipis.
Synon. Chamaethlypis, Frutiornis, Trichas.
Masked Yellowthroat (Southern)
SCI Name: Geothlypis aequinoctialis velata
velata / velatum / velatus
L. velatus veiled < velare to cover < velum covering.
● "SAUROTHERA, Vieillot. ... S. velata. Vieil. Gal. pl. 38." (Swainson 1837): lapsus for vetula (syn. Coccyzus vieilloti).
● ex “Contramaestre verde pecho de oro” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 155 (subsp. Geothlypis aequinoctialis).
● ex “Merle des Moluques” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 257 (syn. Pitta moluccensis).
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)