Stripe-breasted Starthroat / Heliomaster squamosus
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Stripe-breasted Starthroat
SCI Name:
Protonym: Trochilus squamosus Pl.Col. livr.34 pl.203 fig.1
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Heliomaster
Taxonomy Code: stbsta1
Type Locality: Brazil, restricted to Bahia by Pinto, Rev. Mus. Paulista, 22, 1938, p. 282.
Author: Temminck
Publish Year: 1823
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
HELIOMASTER
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Blue-tufted Starthroat H. furcifer) Gr. ἡλιος hēlios sun; μαστηρ mastēr, μαστηρος mastēros searcher < μαιομαι maiomai to seek after; "*157. Heliomaster, Bp. (Mellisuga et Calothorax, p. Gr.) America m. 5. 1. ORNISMYA angelae, Less. ... 2. TROCHILUS longirostris, Vieill. ... 3. TROCHILUS mesoleucus, Temm. ... 4. TROCHILUS rubineus, Lath. ... 5. TROCHILUS rubinoides, Bourcier." (Bonaparte 1850); "Heliomaster Bonaparte, Consp. Av., 1, Mar. 1850, p. 70. Type, by subsequent designation, Orn. angel. = Ornismya angelae Lesson = Trochilus furcifer Shaw. (Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, 30, 8 Apr., 1850, p. 382.)" (Peters, 1945, V, p. 128).
Var. Heliomastes.
Synon. Anthoscenus, Callipedia, Calliperidia, Corinnes, Floricola, Lepidolarynx, Lepidothorax.
squamosa / squamosus
L. squamosus scaly < squama scale.
● ex “Pigeon Ramier de la Guadeloupe” of Holandre 1790 (Patagioenas).
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)
