Mountain Peltops

SCI Name:  Peltops montanus
Protonym:  Peltops blainvillii montanus Anz.Orn.Ges.Bayern Band1 no.5 p.35
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Artamidae / Peltops
Taxonomy Code:  moupel1
Type Locality:  Hunsteinspitze, Sepik Mountains.
Author:  Stresemann
Publish Year:  1921
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

PELTOPS
(Artamidae; Ϯ Lowland Peltops P. blainvillii) Gr. πελτη peltē  small shield; ωψ ōps, ωπος ōpos  face; "12.  Genus Eurylaimus.   Eurylaimus Blainvillii Lesson et Garn. Voy. t. 19. f. 2., Bullet. univ. des sc. nat. 1827. n. 6. p. 302. Less. Man. d'Ornith. I. p. 176.   Neutiquam Eurylaimi species, ab eo alis elongatis, cauda longa emarginata, rostro elongato angustiore etc. satis distincta.  Constituo ex hac ave genus Peltops." (Wagler 1829); "Peltops Wagler, 1829, Isis von Oken, col. 656. Type, by original designation[?] and monotypy, Eurylaimus blainvillii Garnot." (Mayr in Peters 1986, XI, 529). The thick-billed Lowland Peltops is also known as the Clicking Shieldbill. The precise relationships of the peltopses is uncertain; they have been considered members of the Monarchidae and of the Cracticidae, but may be entitled to familial rank Peltopsidae.
Synon. Erolla, Platystomus.

montanum / montanus
L. montanus  found on mountains, mountain-, mountaineer  < mons, montis  mountain.
● “We saw abundance of these birds in the mountainous Countries of Stiria and Carinthia, as we travelled from Vienna to Venice” (Ray 1678); "98. FRINGILLA.  ...  montana.  28. F. remigibus rectricibusque fuscis, corpore griseo nigroque, alarum fascia alba gemina.  Passer montanus. Aldr. orn. t. 15. c. 15. Olin. av. 46. Raj, av. 87.  Habitat in Europa.  Simillima Fr. domesticæ sed minor & fascia duplex in alarum tegetibus alba s. tectrices alarum primi secundique ordinis albi, at in F. domestica tantum secundi." (Linnaeus 1758) (Passer).
● Montana, USA (subsp. Junco oreganus).
● Montana Sierra, Valle, Venezuela (syn. Megascops choliba crucigerus).
● ex “Braunes Feldhuhn” of Frisch 1733-1763, “Perdix montana” of Brisson 1760, and “Perdrix de montagne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 136, and de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Perdix perdix).
● ex “Merula montana” of Brisson 1760, and “Merle de montagne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 182 (syn. Turdus torquatus).