Pale-bellied Hermit / Phaethornis anthophilus
Pale-bellied Hermit
SCI Name:
Protonym: Trochilus anthophilus Rev.Zool. 6 p.71
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Phaethornis
Taxonomy Code: pabher1
Type Locality: No locality.
Author: Bourcier
Publish Year: 1843
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PHAETHORNIS
(Trochilidae; † Long-tailed Hermit P. superciliosus) Gr. φαεθων phaethōn sun < φαω phaō to shine; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos bird; "97. Cynanthus bifurcatus. ... This is an aberrant species, touching the genus Phæthornis, Sw., or that group of which Troch. superciliosus of Authors forms the type." (Swainson 1827 (Philos. Mag., 1, 441)); "PHÆTHORNIS. Rostrum elongatum, arcuatum. Cauda elongata, gradata vel cuneata. Types. 1. T. superciliosus, L. 2. Col. tacheté? Temm., Pl. col. 120. f. 3. 3. T. chrysobronchos, Shaw." (Swainson 1827 (Zool. Journ., III, 357)); "Phæthornis Swainson, Philos. Mag. (n.s.). 1, June, 1827, p. 441. Type, by original designation, "Troch. superciliosus of Authors" i.e. Trochilus superciliosus Linné." (Peters, 1945, V, 7).
Var. Phaetornis, Phoethornis, Phoetornis, Phaethornus, Phaedornis, Phrethornis.
Synon. Anisoterus, Eremita, Guyornis, Mesophila, Milornis, Ptyonornis, Pygmornis, Toxoteuches.
• (Trochilidae; syn. Thaumastura † Peruvian Sheartail T. cora) "5. Subgen. Phaetornis Swains. 204. 7. Tr. Cora. Orthorhynchus Cora Less. Garn. Zool. Coq. pl. 31. 4. Ornismya Cora Man. Ornith. II. p. 82." (von Tschudi 1844); "Phaethornis von Tschudi, 1844, Archiv für Naturgesch., X, p. 297. Type, by subsequent designation (Elliot, 1879, Smithsonian Contrib. Knowledge, 317, Classif. Synop. Trochilidae, p. 122), Orthorhynchus cora Lesson, 1827." (JAJ 2020).
• (Trochilidae; syn. Trochilus † Red-billed Streamertail T. polytmus) "Phœthornis, Swainson. ... La tête est sans ornament ou munie de huppes. ESP. 13. OISEAU-MOUCHE A TÊTE NOIRE. Ornismya cephalatra. N. ... Trochilus polytmus, L. sp. 4 ... ESP. 14. OISEAU-MOUCHE A OREILLES D'AZUR. Ornismya aurita. N. ... ESP. 15. OISEAU-MOUCHE AUX HUPPES D'OR. Ornismya chrysolopha. N. ... Trochilus cornutus, prince de Wied ... ESP. 16. OISEAU-MOUCHE LANGSDORFF. Ornismya Langsdorffii. N. ... ESP. 17. OISEAU-MOUCHE CORA. Ornismya Cora. N. ... ESP. 18. OISEAU-MOUCHE A QUEUE SINGULIÈRE. Ornismya heteropygia. N. ... Trochilus enicurus, Vieill." (Lesson 1829); "Phaethornis Lesson, 1829, Hist. Nat. Oiseaux-Mouches, p. xviij. Type, by subsequent designation (G. Gray, 1840, List Genera Birds, p. 14), Ornismya cephalatra Lesson, 1829 = Trochilus polytmus Linnaeus, 1758." (JAJ 2020).
anthophila / anthophilus
Gr. ανθος anthos flower, bloom; φιλος philos loving < φιλεω phileō to love < φιλος philos lover.
● ex “Becque Fleur” of Levaillant 1801-1804, pl. 134 (syn. Anthoscopus minutus).
SUBSPECIES
Pale-bellied Hermit (hyalinus)
SCI Name: Phaethornis anthophilus hyalinus
hyalinus
L. hyalinus glass-green < hyalus glass < Gr. ὑαλος hualos glass.
Pale-bellied Hermit (anthophilus)
SCI Name: Phaethornis anthophilus anthophilus
anthophila / anthophilus
Gr. ανθος anthos flower, bloom; φιλος philos loving < φιλεω phileō to love < φιλος philos lover.
● ex “Becque Fleur” of Levaillant 1801-1804, pl. 134 (syn. Anthoscopus minutus).
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)