Slender Sheartail / Doricha enicura
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Slender Sheartail
SCI Name:
Protonym: Trochilus enicurus Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 23 p.429
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Doricha
Taxonomy Code: sleshe1
Type Locality: Brazil, error = Guatemala.
Author: Vieillot
Publish Year: 1818
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
DORICHA
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Slender Sheartail D. enicura) Doricha (fl. 700 BC) a famous Greek courtesan or hetaira; "*Calliphlox ... *β. Doricha henicura (Tr. enicurus VIEILL. 1818.) RCHB. — Centr.-Amer. Guatem." (Reichenbach 1854); "Calliphlox β Doricha Reichenbach, 1854, Journ. für Ornith., I, Extraheft, Aufzählung der Colibris, p. 12. Type, by monotypy, Trochilus enicurus Vieillot, 1818." (JAJ 2020).
Var. Dorycha.
Synon. Amalasia, Amathusia, Piocercus.
enicura
Gr. ἑνικος henikos singular; -ουρος -ouros -tailed < ουρα oura tail.
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)
