Red-crested Cotinga / Ampelion rubrocristatus
WBN 
Red-crested Cotinga
SCI Name:
Protonym: A[mpelis] rubro-cristata Mag.Zool. 7 cl.2 p.39
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Cotingidae / Ampelion
Taxonomy Code: reccot1
Type Locality: Ayupaya [= Ayopayo] , Yungas, Cochabamba, Bolivia.
Author: d''Orbigny & Lafresnaye
Publish Year: 1837
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
AMPELION
(Cotingidae; † Chestnut-crested Cotinga A. rufaxilla) L. ampelion, ampelionis unknown bird, variously identified < Gr. αμπελιων ampeliōn, αμπελιωνος ampeliōnos unknown small bird, mentioned by Dionysius; "Gen. AMPELION Cab. MSS. 1845. Procnias Swains. part. Ampelis Orb. Tsch. part. 1. A. rufaxillus Tsch. Ampelis rufaxilla Tsch. Consp. Av. Nro. 48." (von Tschudi 1845); "Ampelion Tschudi, 1845, Unters. Faun. Peru., Aves, p. 21. Type, by montypy, Ampelis rufaxilla Tschudi." (Snow in Peters, 1979, VIII, p. 285).
Synon. Heliochera.
• (Cotingidae; syn. Ampelion † Red-crested Cotinga A. rubrocristatus) "Ampelion CABANIS in TSCHUDI, Faun. Peru, Aves, p. 137, 1846—type by subs. desig. (GRAY, Cat. Gen. and Subgen. Birds, p. 56, 1855) 2 "Ampelis" [= Procnias] cucullata SWAINSON. ... 2 In the Appendix of the same work (p. 147) Gray selected Ampelis rubrocristata LAFRESNAYE and D'ORBIGNY, the other species originally included in the genus Ampelion, but under the rules there is no justification in reversing the earlier action." (Hellmayr, 1929, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. VI, p. 101).
• (Cotingidae; syn. Carpornis † Hooded Berryeater C. cucullata) "7. Gen. AMPELION, Cab. Characteres generalis familiæ. Genus Ampelidis simile sed rostro breviore, altiore, magis curvato, basi latiore, versus apicem compresso; cauda longiore, ptilosi minus nitido. Typi: Procnias cucullata Swains. Ampelis rubrocristata Orb." (Cabanis 1846); "Ampelion Cabanis in Tschudi, 1846, Unters. Faun. Peru., Aves, p. 137. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds, p. 56), Ampelis [= Procnias] cucullata Swainson." (Snow in Peters, 1979, VIII, p. 284).
Var. Ampelio.
rubrocristata / rubrocristatus
L. ruber red; cristatus crested < crista crest, plume.
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)
