Rufous-capped Thornbill / Chalcostigma ruficeps
Rufous-capped Thornbill
SCI Name:
Protonym: Trochilus (--?) ruficeps Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt14 no.164 p.89
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Chalcostigma
Taxonomy Code: ructho1
Type Locality: Bolivia.
Author: Gould
Publish Year: 1846
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CHALCOSTIGMA
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Bronze-tailed Thornbill C. heteropogon) Gr. χαλκος khalkos bronze, copper; στιγμα stigma, στιγματος stigmatos mark < στιζω stizō to tattoo. "Dessus d'un vert émeraude à reflets un peu cuivreux, avec les couvertures supérieures de la queue d'un cuivreux rouge ... queue fourchue, large, d'un vert sombre à reflets cuivreux" (Boissoneau 1839); "*Rhamphomicron ... *γ. Chalcostigma heteropogon (Orn. — BOISSON. 1839.) BP. — St. Fé de Bog. * —— Stanleyi (Tr. — BOURC. 1850.) BP. — Pichincha. * —— Herrani (Tr. — BOURC. & DELATTRE 1846.) GOULD. — Ecuador. * —— ruficeps (Tr. — GOULD 1846.) GOULD. — Bolivia. —— Vulcani (Tr. — GOULD 1849.) GOULD — Bolivia." (Reichenbach 1854); "Rhamphomicron γ Chalcostigma Reichenbach, Journ. f. Orn., 1, 1854, Beil. zu Extrah., p. 12. Type, by subsequent designation, Ornismya heteropogon Boissoneau. (Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 141.)" (Peters, 1945, V, p. 121).
Synon. Chloropogon, Eupogonus, Lampropogon, Selatopogon.
ruficeps
L. rufus red, ruddy; -ceps -headed < caput, capitis head.
● ex “Tordo del corona de canela” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 72 (syn. Chrysomus ruficapillus).
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)