Montezuma Oropendola / Psarocolius montezuma
Montezuma Oropendola
SCI Name:
Protonym: Cacicus Montezuma Cent.Zool. p.33 pl.7
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Icteridae / Psarocolius
Taxonomy Code: monoro1
Type Locality: Mexico.
Author: Lesson
Publish Year: 1830
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PSAROCOLIUS
(Icteridae; Ϯ Crested Oropendola P. decumanus) Gr. ψαρ psar, ψαρος psaros starling; κολοιος koloios jackdaw; "GENUS PSAROCOLIUS.* ... A. Psarocolii gymnorhini. Rostro elongato-conico naribus patulis, tomiis quam mesorhinio proprioribus; mesorhinio in clypeum frontalem terminato. α. Ps. gymnorhini rostro recto. 1. Ps. viridis. ... Cassique vert de Caj. Buff. Pl. enl. n. 328 (fig. pessim.) Oriolus cristatus var. β et γ. Gmel., Lath.. - Cassicus viridis Vieill. (Descript. vitios.) ... 2. Ps. bifasciatus. ... Cassicus bifasciatus Spix Av. Bras. t. 61. (fig. opt.) ... 3. Ps. cristatus. ... Le Cassique huppé de Caj. Buff. Pl. enl. n. 344 (fig. mediocr.) Oriolus cristatus Auctor. (exclusis varietatibus α et β) L'Yapu. Az. Voy. n. 57. Cassicus cristatus Vieill. .... *) ψαρ Sturnus, κολοιος Monedula. Germanice: Staardohle. Oriolus-, Icterus-, Xanthornus-, Cassicus-, Agelaius-, Pendulinus-, Yphantes-, Passerina-, Leistes-, Tanagra-, Emberiza, Fringilla-, Turdus-, Sturnus Auctor. vet et recentior." (Wagler 1827); "Psarocolius Wagler, 1827, Syst. Avium, 1, sig. 22 [= 23, page 337]. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds, p. 68), Oriolus cristatus Gmelin = Xanthornus decumanus Pallas." (Blake in Peters 1968, XIV, 138).
Var. Psaracolius, Psaroclius.
Synon. Eucorystes, Gymnostinops, Ostinops, Zarhynchus.
montezuma / montezumae
Montezuma or Moctezuma Xocoyotzin (1480-1520) Emperor of the Aztecs, who died of wounds inflicted by his own subjects enraged at the support he gave to the Spanish conquistadores (Cyrtonyx, Psarocolius).
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)