Purple-backed Thornbill / Ramphomicron microrhynchum
Purple-backed Thornbill
SCI Name:
Protonym: Ornismya microrhyncha Rev.Zool. 2(1839) p.354
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Ramphomicron
Taxonomy Code: pubtho1
Type Locality: Bogota, Colombia.
Author: Boissonneau
Publish Year: 1840
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
RAMPHOMICRON
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Purple-backed Thornbill R. microrhynchum) Gr. ῥαμφος rhamphos bill; μικρον mikron little; "Bec extrêmement petit et mince, droit, cylindrique" (Boissonneau 1840); "*182. Ramphomicron, Bp. (Mellisuga p. Gr.) Amer. m. 7. 1. ORNISMYA microrhyncha, Boiss. (brachyrhynchus, Fraser) Mag. Zool. 1840. Ois. t. 16. ex S.ta Fe de Bogota. 2. ORNISMYA heteropogon, Boiss. (corruscus, Fraser) Rev. Zool. 1839.-Mag. Zool. 1840. Ois. t. 12. ex S.ta Fe de Bogota. 3. TROCHILUS ruficeps, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1846. ex Bolivia. 4. TROCHILUS abeillii, Delattre, Rev. Zool. 1839. p. 16. ex Jalapa. [see Abeillia] ... 5. TROCHILUS sabinae, Bourc. Ann. Sc. Lyon 1846. ex N. Granada. 6. TROCHILUS inornatus, Gould, Pr. Zool. Soc. 1846. p. 89. ex Bolivia. 7. TROCHILUS melanogenys, Fraser, Pr. Zool. Soc. 1840. p. 18. Species 5, 6, 7, bonae, sed valde abnormes!" (Bonaparte 1850); "Ramphomicron Bonaparte, Consp. Av., 1, Mar., 1850, p. 79. Type, by subsequent designation, Ornismya microrhyncha Boissoneau. (Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, 30, 8 Apr., 1850, p. 382)." (Peters 1945, V, 117).
Var. Ramphomicrus., Rhamphomicron, Rhamphomicrum, Rhamphomicrus.
Synon. Mychrorynchus.
microrhynchon / microrhynchos / microrhynchum
Gr. μικρος mikros small; ῥυγχος rhunkhos bill.
SUBSPECIES
Purple-backed Thornbill (andicola)
SCI Name: Ramphomicron microrhynchum andicola
andicola / andicolum / andicolus
Mod. L. Andium Andes; L. -cola dweller < colere to dwell.
Purple-backed Thornbill (microrhynchum)
SCI Name: Ramphomicron microrhynchum microrhynchum
microrhynchon / microrhynchos / microrhynchum
Gr. μικρος mikros small; ῥυγχος rhunkhos bill.
Purple-backed Thornbill (albiventre)
SCI Name: Ramphomicron microrhynchum albiventre
albiventer / albiventre / albiventris
L. albus white; venter, ventris belly.
● ex “Drongri à Ventre Blanc” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 171 (syn. Dicrurus leucophaeus).
● ex “Martin-pêcheur de l’Île de Luçon” of Sonnerat 1776 (Halcyon).
● ex “Hirondelle à ventre blanc de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 546, fig. 2 (Tachycineta).
Purple-backed Thornbill (bolivianum)
SCI Name: Ramphomicron microrhynchum bolivianum
boliviae / boliviana / bolivianum / bolivianus / boliviensis
Bolivia (named after Simón Bolívar (1783-1830) "The Liberator", Venezuelan revolutionary, who helped to expel the Spaniards from their South American empire).
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)