Red-bellied Grackle / Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster
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Red-bellied Grackle
SCI Name:
Protonym: Cassicus pyrohypogaster Rev.Zool. 10 p.252
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Icteridae / Hypopyrrhus
Taxonomy Code: rebgra1
Type Locality: Colombia.
Author: de Tarragon
Publish Year: 1847
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
HYPOPYRRHUS
(Icteridae; † Red-bellied Grackle H. pyrohypogaster) Gr. ὑπο hupo beneath; πυρρος purrhos flame-coloured, red < πυρ pur, πυρος puros flame; "This singular bird is easily recognized by its scarlet abdominal band and under tail coverts, and plain black general plumage" (Cassin 1867); "*916. Hypopyrrhus, Bp. (Agelaius, p. Gr.) America m. 1. CASSICUS pyrrhogaster, Tarragon. (Agelaius pyrrhogaster, Gr.) Rev. Zool. 1837. p. 252. ex Bogota. Nigerrimus; capitis plumis rigidis, angustissimis: abdomine latissime coccineo: cauda valde rotundata." (Bonaparte 1850); "Hypopyrrhus Bonaparte, 1850, Conspectus Generum Avium, I (II), p. 425. Type, by monotypy, Cassicus pyrrhogaster Tarragon, i.e. Cassicus pyrohypogaster de Tarragon, 1847." (JAJ 2021).
hypopyrrhus
Gr. ὑπο hupo beneath; πυρρος purrhos flame-coloured, red < πυρ pur, πυρος puros fire.
pyrohypogaster
Gr. πυρ pur, πυρος puros fire; ὑπο hupo beneath; γαστηρ gastēr, γαστρος gastros belly.
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)
