Prong-billed Barbet / Semnornis frantzii
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Prong-billed Barbet
SCI Name:
Protonym: Tetragonops frantzii Ibis p.371 pl.10
Taxonomy: Piciformes / Semnornithidae / Semnornis
Taxonomy Code: prbbar1
Type Locality: Near San Jose, Costa Rica.
Author: Sclater, PL
Publish Year: 1864
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
SEMNORNIS
(Semnornithidae; Ϯ Toucan Barbet S. ramphastinus) Gr. σεμνος semnos solemn, noble; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos bird; "Pan (Richm. 1899, vice Tetragonops, preoccupied) being preëmpted (Oken, Mamm. 1816), as I am informed by Dr. T. S. Palmer, the genus of Barbets formerly known as Tetragonops may be called Semnornis,1 with S. rhamphastinus (Jard.) as the type. Semnornis frantzii (Scl.) of Costa Rica, is the only other species at present known. ...1 Σεμνος, solemn; ορνις, bird" (Richmond 1900). The imposing Toucan Barbet is a widely sought cage-bird confined to Colombia and Ecuador.
Synon. Dicrorhynchus, Pan, Tetragonops.
frantzii
Alexander von Frantzius (1821-1877) German physician, naturalist, anthropologist, collector in Brazil 1849-1853, resident in Costa Rica 1853-1868 (Catharus, Elaenia, Nothocercus, syn. Ortalis vetula, Pteroglossus, Semnornis, subsp. Tangara icterocephala).
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)
