Olive-backed Euphonia / Euphonia gouldi
Olive-backed Euphonia
SCI Name:
Protonym: Euphonia Gouldi Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt25 no.331 p.66 pl.124
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Fringillidae / Euphonia
Taxonomy Code: olbeup1
Type Locality: Guatemala.
Author: Sclater, PL
Publish Year: 1857
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
EUPHONIA
(Fringillidae; Ϯ White-vented Euphonia E. minuta) Gr. ευφωνια euphōnia goodness of voice, excellence of tone, euphony < ευφωνεω euphōneō to have a good voice < ευ eu good; φωνη phōnē voice; "Some [Tanagrinae] possess considerable vocal powers; and the notes of the subgenus Euphonia, as its name implies, are said to be particularly musical" (Swainson 1837); "LA seconde, ou celle des Tangaras Euphones, renferme les espèces dont la bec est court et assez semblable à celui des Manakins, dont les doigts sont divisés comme ceux des Tangaras, et dont les pates sont aussi longues que la queue. Exemples: l'Organiste (T. musica), le Téité (T. violacea), le Tangara chlorotique (T. chlorotica), et le Nègre (T. cayennensis): ces oiseaux doivent former un genre particulier. ... EUPHONE ORGANISTE Pipra musica. GMEL. ... Sa voix est très étendue et très variée; et ce qui est fort remarquable, c'est qu'elle est susceptible de prendre successivement tous les tons de l'octave en montant du grave à l'aigu. Cette particularité a fait donner à cet oiseau le nom qu'il porte, et même, dans quelques cantons de Saint-Domingue, celui de Musicien. ... 27. [EUPHONE] olive. . . . .(Euphonia olivacea. NOB.)" (Desmarest 1806); "Euphonia Desmarest, 1806, Hist. Nat. Tangaras, livr. 10, table [pl. 27]. Type, by monotypy, Euphonia olivacea Desmarest = Euphonia minuta Cabanis.2 ... 2 The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has suppressed the name olivacea Desmarest, 1806 (published as the binomen Euphonia olivacea) for the purposes of the Law of Priority, but not for those of the Law of Homonymy, and has placed the name minuta Cabanis, 1849 (published as the binomen Euphonia minuta) on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology, 1968, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 25, p. 74." (Storer in Peters, 1970, XIII, p. 340).
Var. Euphona (Gr. ευφωνος euphōnos musical, sweet voiced).
Synon. Acroleptes, Cyanophonia, Euphone, Hypophaea, Iliolopha, Phonasca, Pyrrhuphonia, Tanagra.
euphonia
Gr. ευφωνια euphōnia goodness of voice, excellence of tone < ευφωνεω euphōneō to have a good voice < ευ eu good; φωνη phōnē voice.
gouldi
John Gould (1804-1881) English publisher, entrepreneur, naturalist, artist (syn. Acanthornis magna, subsp. Acrocephalus australis, syn. Anthus similis, subsp. Circus approximans, syn. Colinus cristatus, syn. Dendrocopos major cabanisi, syn. Dendrocygna arcuata australis, Euphonia, syn. Falcunculus frontatus, syn. Harpactes oreskios, syn. Hirundo neoxena (ex Hirundo frontalis Gould, 1837), syn. Ixobrychus flavicollis australis, syn. Lalage leucomela rufiventris, syn. Malurus cyaneus, syn. Motacilla flava, syn. Myiagra ruficollis mimikae, syn. Ochetorhynchus phoenicurus, syn. Pachyptila vittata, syn. Pandion haliaetus cristatus, subsp. Pelargopsis capensis, syn. Phalacrocorax fuscescens, syn. Podargus strigoides phalaenoides, Pterodroma, syn. Ramsayornis fasciatus (ex Glyciphila fasciata Gould, 1843), syn. Semioptera wallacii halmaherae, syn. Sternula albifrons, Tangara desmaresti x Tangara cyanoventris hybrid, syn. Tribonyx mortierii, syn. Zosterops lateralis chloronotus) (see gouldii).
SUBSPECIES
Olive-backed Euphonia (gouldi)
SCI Name: Euphonia gouldi gouldi
gouldi
John Gould (1804-1881) English publisher, entrepreneur, naturalist, artist (syn. Acanthornis magna, subsp. Acrocephalus australis, syn. Anthus similis, subsp. Circus approximans, syn. Colinus cristatus, syn. Dendrocopos major cabanisi, syn. Dendrocygna arcuata australis, Euphonia, syn. Falcunculus frontatus, syn. Harpactes oreskios, syn. Hirundo neoxena (ex Hirundo frontalis Gould, 1837), syn. Ixobrychus flavicollis australis, syn. Lalage leucomela rufiventris, syn. Malurus cyaneus, syn. Motacilla flava, syn. Myiagra ruficollis mimikae, syn. Ochetorhynchus phoenicurus, syn. Pachyptila vittata, syn. Pandion haliaetus cristatus, subsp. Pelargopsis capensis, syn. Phalacrocorax fuscescens, syn. Podargus strigoides phalaenoides, Pterodroma, syn. Ramsayornis fasciatus (ex Glyciphila fasciata Gould, 1843), syn. Semioptera wallacii halmaherae, syn. Sternula albifrons, Tangara desmaresti x Tangara cyanoventris hybrid, syn. Tribonyx mortierii, syn. Zosterops lateralis chloronotus) (see gouldii).
Olive-backed Euphonia (praetermissa)
SCI Name: Euphonia gouldi praetermissa
praetermissa / praetermissus
L. praetermissus overlooked, neglected < praetermittere to omit < praeter beyond; mittere to send.
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)