Mountain Avocetbill / Opisthoprora euryptera
WBN 
Mountain Avocetbill
SCI Name:
Protonym: Trochilus eurypterus Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt2 no.15 p.7
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Opisthoprora
Taxonomy Code: mouavo1
Type Locality: Popayan, Colombia.
Author: Loddiges
Publish Year: 1832
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
OPISTHOPRORA
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Mountain Avocetbill O. euryptera) Gr. οπισθε opisthe behind, backwards; πρωρα prōra prow, forepart (i.e. bill); "rostro brevi, recurvato" (Loddiges 1832); "Gen. STREBLORHAMPHUS ... Sehr nahe verwandt ist die Gattung: Opisthoprora Nob. (Avocettinus Bp. 1854 nec 1849) von οπισθε (rückwärts gebogen) und πρωρα (Vordertheil, Schnabel): O. euryptera. — Trochilus eurypterus Lodd. P. Z. S. 1832. p. 7. — Trochilus Georginae Bourc. R. Z. 1847. p. 48." (Cabanis & Heine 1860).
euryptera
Gr. ευρυς eurus broad; -πτερος -pteros -winged < πτερον pteron wing.
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)
