Purple-throated Euphonia / Euphonia chlorotica
Purple-throated Euphonia
SCI Name:
Protonym: Tanagra chlorotica Syst.Nat.ed.12 ed.12 p.317
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Fringillidae / Euphonia
Taxonomy Code: puteup1
Type Locality: Cayenne.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1766
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
EUPHONIA
(Fringillidae; Ϯ White-vented Euphonia E. minuta) Gr. ευφωνια euphōnia goodness of voice, excellence of tone, euphony < ευφωνεω euphōneō to have a good voice < ευ eu good; φωνη phōnē voice; "Some [Tanagrinae] possess considerable vocal powers; and the notes of the subgenus Euphonia, as its name implies, are said to be particularly musical" (Swainson 1837); "LA seconde, ou celle des Tangaras Euphones, renferme les espèces dont la bec est court et assez semblable à celui des Manakins, dont les doigts sont divisés comme ceux des Tangaras, et dont les pates sont aussi longues que la queue. Exemples: l'Organiste (T. musica), le Téité (T. violacea), le Tangara chlorotique (T. chlorotica), et le Nègre (T. cayennensis): ces oiseaux doivent former un genre particulier. ... EUPHONE ORGANISTE Pipra musica. GMEL. ... Sa voix est très étendue et très variée; et ce qui est fort remarquable, c'est qu'elle est susceptible de prendre successivement tous les tons de l'octave en montant du grave à l'aigu. Cette particularité a fait donner à cet oiseau le nom qu'il porte, et même, dans quelques cantons de Saint-Domingue, celui de Musicien. ... 27. [EUPHONE] olive. . . . .(Euphonia olivacea. NOB.)" (Desmarest 1806); "Euphonia Desmarest, 1806, Hist. Nat. Tangaras, livr. 10, table [pl. 27]. Type, by monotypy, Euphonia olivacea Desmarest = Euphonia minuta Cabanis.2 ... 2 The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has suppressed the name olivacea Desmarest, 1806 (published as the binomen Euphonia olivacea) for the purposes of the Law of Priority, but not for those of the Law of Homonymy, and has placed the name minuta Cabanis, 1849 (published as the binomen Euphonia minuta) on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology, 1968, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 25, p. 74." (Storer in Peters, 1970, XIII, p. 340).
Var. Euphona (Gr. ευφωνος euphōnos musical, sweet voiced).
Synon. Acroleptes, Cyanophonia, Euphone, Hypophaea, Iliolopha, Phonasca, Pyrrhuphonia, Tanagra.
euphonia
Gr. ευφωνια euphōnia goodness of voice, excellence of tone < ευφωνεω euphōneō to have a good voice < ευ eu good; φωνη phōnē voice.
chlorotica / chloroticus
Gr. χλωροτης khlōrotēs greenness (cf. χλωριτις khlōritis emerald).
● ex “Tangara noir et jaune de Cayenne” of Brisson 1760 (Euphonia).
SUBSPECIES
Purple-throated Euphonia (cynophora)
SCI Name: Euphonia chlorotica cynophora
cynophora
Gr. κυανος kuanos dark-blue (cf. κυων kuōn, κυνος kunos dog);
-φορος -phoros -carrying < φερω pherō to carry.
Purple-throated Euphonia (chlorotica)
SCI Name: Euphonia chlorotica chlorotica
chlorotica / chloroticus
Gr. χλωροτης khlōrotēs greenness (cf. χλωριτις khlōritis emerald).
● ex “Tangara noir et jaune de Cayenne” of Brisson 1760 (Euphonia).
Purple-throated Euphonia (serrirostris)
SCI Name: Euphonia chlorotica serrirostris
serrirostris
L. serra saw; -rostris -billed < rostrum beak.
Purple-throated Euphonia (taczanowskii)
SCI Name: Euphonia chlorotica taczanowskii
taczanowskia / taczanowskii / taczanowskius
Władysław Taczanowski (1819-1890) Polish zoologist, collector, Curator of Zoology, Warsaw University Mus., 1862-1890 (subsp. Asthenes flammulata, Atlapetes (ex Buarremon mystacalis Taczanowski, 1874), Cinclodes, syn. Columba rupestris, subsp. Euphonia chlorotica, syn. Garrulus glandarius brandtii, syn. Heliangelus clarisse, subsp. Icterus mesomelas, Leptopogon, Leucippus, syn. Limnodromus semipalmatus, syn. Locustella luteoventris, Nothoprocta, Onychostruthus, subsp. Picumnus lafresnayi, Podiceps, subsp. Riparia riparia, Sicalis, subsp. Tetrao urogallus, syn. Thalurania furcata jelskii).
Purple-throated Euphonia (amazonica)
SCI Name: Euphonia chlorotica amazonica
amazonica / amazonicus / amazonina / amazoninum
Mod. L. Amazonicus or Amazoninus Amazonian, of Amazonia.
● ex “Ajuru Curuca” of Marcgrave 1648, and “Psittacus amazonicus” of Brisson 1760 (Amazona).
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)