Mexican Sheartail / Doricha eliza
WBN 
Mexican Sheartail
SCI Name:
Protonym: Trochilus eliza Rev.Zool. 2 p.20
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Doricha
Taxonomy Code: mexshe1
Type Locality: Between Vera Cruz and Jalapa, Vera Cruz, Mexico.
Author: Lesson & Delattre
Publish Year: 1839
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
DORICHA
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Slender Sheartail D. enicura) Doricha (fl. 700 BC) a famous Greek courtesan or hetaira; "*Calliphlox ... *β. Doricha henicura (Tr. enicurus VIEILL. 1818.) RCHB. — Centr.-Amer. Guatem." (Reichenbach 1854); "Calliphlox β Doricha Reichenbach, 1854, Journ. für Ornith., I, Extraheft, Aufzählung der Colibris, p. 12. Type, by monotypy, Trochilus enicurus Vieillot, 1818." (JAJ 2020).
Var. Dorycha.
Synon. Amalasia, Amathusia, Piocercus.
eliza
Éliza Lefèvre (fl. 1840) wife of French zoologist Prof. Amédée Lefèvre (Doricha).
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)
