Silvery Tanager

SCI Name:  Stilpnia viridicollis
Protonym:  Calliste argentea viridicollis Orn.Perou 2 p.468
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Stilpnia
Taxonomy Code:  siltan1
Type Locality:  Huiro, 4,800 feet., [Cuzco,] Peru.
Author:  Taczanowski
Publish Year:  1884
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

Stilpnia
(syn. Tangara Ϯ Black-headed Tanager T. cyanoptera) Gr. στιλπνος stilpnos  glistening, glittering  < στιλπνοω stilpnoō  to polish; "32. Stilpnia, new genus (Fig. 5).   Type species. Aglaia cyanoptera Swainson, 1834 (currently recognized as Tangara cyanoptera).  ...  Etymology. The name, feminine in gender, is derived from the Greek στιλπνη, the feminine form of the adjective meaning "glittering" or "glistening," alluding to the glossiness of the plumage of these colorful tanagers.  Comments. Euschemon Sclater, 1851 (type species Tanagra flava Gmelin, 1789, currently Tangara cayana flava), is preoccupied by Euschemon Doubleday, 1846, the name of an Australian butterfly, and so not available" (Burns et al. 2016) (OD per Richard Klim).

viridicollis
L. viridis  green  < virere  to be green; Mod. L. -collis  -throated, -necked  < L. collum  neck.

SUBSPECIES

Silvery Tanager (fulvigula)
SCI Name: Stilpnia viridicollis fulvigula
fulvigula
L. fulvus brown, tawny; gula throat.

Silvery Tanager (viridicollis)
SCI Name: Stilpnia viridicollis viridicollis
viridicollis
L. viridis  green  < virere  to be green; Mod. L. -collis  -throated, -necked  < L. collum  neck.