Scaled Metaltail / Metallura aeneocauda
Scaled Metaltail
SCI Name:
Protonym: Trochilus (--?) aeneocauda Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt14 no.164 p.87
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Metallura
Taxonomy Code: scamet1
Type Locality: Bolivia.
Author: Gould
Publish Year: 1846
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
METALLURA
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Black Metaltail M. phoebe) Gr. μεταλλον metallon metal; ουρα oura tail; "METALLURA, gen. nov. Char. gen.— Rostrum rectum, sublongum. Plumæ molles sericeæ. Cauda subgrandis, rotundata. Gula et rectrices infra tanquam metallum expolitum luminosæ. Alæ subgrandes. Tarsi nudi. Pedes subgrandes. Digitus et unguis postici digitum et unguem medios longitudine æquantes vel superantes. ... The species are— Trochilus cupreocauda, Gould. Trochilus æneocauda, Gould. Trochilus Alardi, Bourc. Trochilus smaragdinicollis, D'Orb. Trochilus Williami, Bourc." (Gould 1847); "Metallura Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, pt. 15, 1847, p. 94. Type, by subsequent designation, Ornismya cupreicauda Gould = Ornismya phoebe Lesson and DeLattre. (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 22.)" (Peters 1945, V, 118).
Var. Meltalura.
Synon. Laticauda, Lavinia, Urolampra.
aeneocauda
L. aeneus of a bronze colour < aes, aeris bronze; cauda tail.
SUBSPECIES
Scaled Metaltail (aeneocauda)
SCI Name: Metallura aeneocauda aeneocauda
aeneocauda
L. aeneus of a bronze colour < aes, aeris bronze; cauda tail.
Scaled Metaltail (malagae)
SCI Name: Metallura aeneocauda malagae
malagae
Spanish conquistadores carried the name of Málaga, the Malaka of the Phoenicians and Malaqua of the Moors of al-Andalus, to the Americas.
● "Metallura malagae sp. n. ... Habitat circum Malaga Boliviae orientalis." (von Berlepsch 1897); "MALAGÁ Not located High plateau locality, probably in La Paz area; Garlepp (Niethammer, 1956:96)." (R. A. Paynter, Jr. et al. 1975); Río Malagá, a feeder of the Río Paracti, Cochabamba, Bolivia (Laurent Raty in litt.) (Metallura).
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)