Olive-spotted Hummingbird / Leucippus chlorocercus
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Olive-spotted Hummingbird
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Protonym: Leucippus chlorocercus Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt1 p.194
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Leucippus
Taxonomy Code: olshum1
Type Locality: Upper Ucayali River, Peru.
Author: Gould
Publish Year: 1866
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
LEUCIPPUS
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Buffy Hummingbird L. fallax) Gr. myth. Leucippus, son of Oenomaus, who developed a passion for Daphne and disguised himself as a woman companion to be near her. When his deception was revealed he was torn to pieces by the outraged attendants of the goddess. Both sexes of the Buffy Hummingbird share the same plumage; "*165. Leucippus, Bp. (Polytmus, p. Gr.) America m. 2. 1. TROCHILUS fallax, Bourc. (Lampornis fulviventris, Gould) Rev. Zool. 1843. ex Venezuela. 2. TROCHILUS turneri, Bourc. (hypoleucus, Gould) Proc. Zool. Soc. 1846. ex Bolivia." (Bonaparte 1850); "Leucippus Bonaparte, Consp. Av., 1, Mar., 1850, p. 73. Type, by subsequent designation, Trochilus fallax Bourcier. (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 21.)" (Peters 1945, V, 59).
Var. Leucipus.
Synon. Brabournea, Dolerisca, Doleromyia, Leucolia, Talaphorus, Thaumasius.
chlorocercus
Gr. χλωρος khlōros green; κερκος kerkos tail.
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)
