Plain-capped Starthroat / Heliomaster constantii
Plain-capped Starthroat
SCI Name:
Protonym: Ornismya constantii EchoMondeSav.(2), 10 no.45 col.1069,text
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Heliomaster
Taxonomy Code: plcsta
Type Locality: Guatemala, error, Bols6n, Costa Rica, substituted by Griscom. antea, p, 210.)
Author: Delattre
Publish Year: 1843
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
HELIOMASTER
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Blue-tufted Starthroat H. furcifer) Gr. ἡλιος hēlios sun; μαστηρ mastēr, μαστηρος mastēros searcher < μαιομαι maiomai to seek after; "*157. Heliomaster, Bp. (Mellisuga et Calothorax, p. Gr.) America m. 5. 1. ORNISMYA angelae, Less. ... 2. TROCHILUS longirostris, Vieill. ... 3. TROCHILUS mesoleucus, Temm. ... 4. TROCHILUS rubineus, Lath. ... 5. TROCHILUS rubinoides, Bourcier." (Bonaparte 1850); "Heliomaster Bonaparte, Consp. Av., 1, Mar. 1850, p. 70. Type, by subsequent designation, Orn. angel. = Ornismya angelae Lesson = Trochilus furcifer Shaw. (Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, 30, 8 Apr., 1850, p. 382.)" (Peters, 1945, V, p. 128).
Var. Heliomastes.
Synon. Anthoscenus, Callipedia, Calliperidia, Corinnes, Floricola, Lepidolarynx, Lepidothorax.
constantii
Charles Constant (1820-1905) French taxidermist, collector (syn. Anisognathus igniventris lunulatus, Heliomaster).
SUBSPECIES
Plain-capped Starthroat (pinicola)
SCI Name: Heliomaster constantii pinicola
PINICOLA
(Fringillidae; Ϯ Pine Grosbeak P. enucleator) L. pinus pine tree; -cola dweller < colere to dwell; "Habitat in Sveciæ summæ, Canadæ Pinetis, victitans strobilis; disseminator Pini" (Linnaeus 1758); "EXPLICATION DE LA PLANCHE PREMIÈRE. ... Nº 13. Bec du Pinicole rouge, Pinicola rubra, gros, conico-convexe, entier, crochu à la pointe de sa partie supérieure, et tronqué à l'extrémité de l'inférieure. Le bec de cet oiseau ayant une forme très-dissemblable à celui de la Loxie ou du Gros-bec, genre dans lequel les méthodistes l'ont placé, j'en ai fait le type d'un nouveau, décrit dans le tome III." (Vieillot 1808); "Pinicola Vieillot, 1808, Hist. Nat. Ois. Amér. Sept., 1, (1807), p. iv, pl. 1, fig. 13. Type, by monotypy, Pinicola rubra Vieillot = Loxia enucleator Linaneus." (Paynter in Peters 1968, XIV, 283).
Var. Pinciola.
Synon. Corythus, Densirostra, Enucleator, Strobilophaga.
Plain-capped Starthroat (leocadiae)
SCI Name: Heliomaster constantii leocadiae
leocadiae
Leocadia (fl. 500) great-grandmother of St Gregory Bishop of Tours and descendent of the martyr of Lyon Vettius Epagathus (Martin Schneider in litt.) (subsp. Heliomaster constantii).
Plain-capped Starthroat (constantii)
SCI Name: Heliomaster constantii constantii
constantii
Charles Constant (1820-1905) French taxidermist, collector (syn. Anisognathus igniventris lunulatus, Heliomaster).
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)