Shining-green Hummingbird / Lepidopyga goudoti
WBN 
Shining-green Hummingbird
SCI Name:
Protonym: Trochilus Goudoti Rev.Zool. 6 p.100
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Lepidopyga
Taxonomy Code: shghum1
Type Locality: Ybagne [sic], Colombia.
Author: Bourcier
Publish Year: 1843
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
LEPIDOPYGA
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Shining-green Hummingbird L. goudoti) L. lepidus neat, elegant, agreeable < lepos, leporis charm; Gr. πυγη pugē rump; "*Agyrtria ... γ. Lepidopyga Rchb. *— Goudotii (Bourc. 1844) Rchb. t. 763. 4765-66. — pl. Pitcairnia latifolia Ait. — N.-Granada. *— coeruleigularis (Gould 1850.) Rchb. t. 764. 4768-70. — pl. Oncidium ornitorhynchum K.H.B. — Veragua, Peru." (Reichenbach 1855); "Agyrtria γ Lepidopyga Reichenbach, Trochil. Enum., 1855, p. 7. Type, by subsequent designation, Trochilus goudoti Bourcier. (Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., no. 50, pt. 5, 1911, p. 537.)" (Peters 1945, V, 50).
Var. Lepidopygia (Gr. -πυγιος -pugios -rumped).
Synon. Emilia.
goudoti / goudotii
● Justin-Marie Goudot (1802-1848) French naturalist, botanist, collector in Colombia 1822-1843 (Chamaepetes, Lepidopyga).
● Jules-Prosper Goudot (b. 1803) French naturalist, entomologist, collector in Madagascar, the Comoros and Mascarenes 1830-1857 (syn. Tylas eduardi).
SUBSPECIES
Shining-green Hummingbird (luminosa)
SCI Name: Lepidopyga goudoti luminosa
luminosa / luminosus
L. luminosus glorious, bright < lumen, luminis light.
Shining-green Hummingbird (goudoti)
SCI Name: Lepidopyga goudoti goudoti
goudoti / goudotii
● Justin-Marie Goudot (1802-1848) French naturalist, botanist, collector in Colombia 1822-1843 (Chamaepetes, Lepidopyga).
● Jules-Prosper Goudot (b. 1803) French naturalist, entomologist, collector in Madagascar, the Comoros and Mascarenes 1830-1857 (syn. Tylas eduardi).
Shining-green Hummingbird (zuliae)
SCI Name: Lepidopyga goudoti zuliae
zuliae / zuliana / zulianus / zuliensis
Zulia State, Venezuela.
Shining-green Hummingbird (phaeochroa)
SCI Name: Lepidopyga goudoti phaeochroa
phaeochroa
Gr. φαιος phaios dusky, brown; χροα khroa, χροας khroas colour, appearance < χρως khrōs, χρωτος khrōtos complexion.
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)
