Scarlet-thighed Dacnis / Dacnis venusta
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Scarlet-thighed Dacnis
SCI Name:
Protonym: Dacnis venusta Ann.Lyc.Nat.Hist.N.Y. 7 p.464
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Dacnis
Taxonomy Code: sctdac1
Type Locality: Panama Railroad.
Author: Lawrence
Publish Year: 1862
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
DACNIS
(Thraupidae; Ϯ Blue Dacnis D. cayana) Gr. δακνις daknis type of bird from Egypt, otherwise unidentified, mentioned by Hesychius and Pompeius Festus; "LES PIT-PITS. Buff. (DACNIS. Cuv.) Représentent en petit les carouges [Icterus] par leur bec conique et aigu. Ils les lient avec les figuiers (1). ... (1) Motacilla Cayana, Gm. enl. 669." (Cuvier 1817); "Dacnis Cuvier, 1816, Règne Animal, 1 ("1817"), p. 395. Type, by virtual monotypy, Motacilla cayana Linnaeus." (Storer in Peters, 1970, XIII, p. 387).
Var. Dacuis, Dachnis.
Synon. Cyanodacnis, Eudacnis, Hemidacnis, Mellisuga, Polidacnis, Pseudodacnis.
venusta
L. venustus beautiful, lovely < venus loveliness.
SUBSPECIES
Scarlet-thighed Dacnis (venusta)
SCI Name: Dacnis venusta venusta
venusta
L. venustus beautiful, lovely < venus loveliness.
Scarlet-thighed Dacnis (fuliginata)
SCI Name: Dacnis venusta fuliginata
fuliginata
Late L. fuliginatus sooty < L. fuligo, fuliginis soot.
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)
