Swallow-tailed Cotinga

SCI Name:  Phibalura flavirostris
Protonym:  Phibalura flavirostris Analyse p.68
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Cotingidae / Phibalura
Taxonomy Code:  swtcot1
Type Locality:  Brazil; restricted to Rio de Janeiro by Pinto, 1944, Cat. Aves Brazil (Publ. Dept. Zool., Sao Paulo), pt. 2, p. 5.
Author:  Vieillot
Publish Year:  1816
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

PHIBALURA
(Cotingidae; Ϯ Swallow-tailed Cotinga P. flavirostris) Supposed Gr. φιβαλως phibalōs  slender (cf. φιβαλεως phibaleōs  gaunt person; φιβλα phibla  brooch; L. fibula  pin); ουρα oura  tail (e.g. "φιβαλος, slender, ουρα, a tail" (Ashmolean 1836)); "PHIBALURE, Phibalura.  Bec très-court, épais, robuste, conico-convexe; mandibule supérieure un peu arquée, échancrée. — Queue grêle, très-longue, fourchue.   Esp. nouv. (D)   ...   (D) PHIBALURE A BEC JAUNE, Phibalura flavirostris." (Vieillot 1816); "Phibalura Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 31. Type, by monotypy, Phibalura flavirostris Vieillot." (Snow in Peters 1979, VIII, 283).
Var. Phybalura.
Synon. Chelidis, Dicranura, Prochelidon, Psalidura, Psaliurus, Schizura.

flavirostre / flavirostris
L. flavus  yellow, golden-yellow; -rostris  -billed  < rostrum  beak.
● ex “Pato pico amarillo y negro” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 439 (Anas).
● "98. FRINGILLA.  ...  flavirostris.  21. F. fusca, rostro flavicante. Faun. svec. 204.  Habitat in Europa." (Linnaeus 1758) (Linaria).
● ex “Favorite de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 897, “Favorite” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Favourite Gallinule” of Latham 1785 (Porphyrio).

SUBSPECIES

Swallow-tailed Cotinga (Palkachupa)
SCI Name: Phibalura flavirostris boliviana
boliviae / boliviana / bolivianum / bolivianus / boliviensis
Bolivia (named after Simón Bolívar (1783-1830) "The Liberator", Venezuelan revolutionary, who helped to expel the Spaniards from their South American empire).

Swallow-tailed Cotinga (Swallow-tailed)
SCI Name: Phibalura flavirostris flavirostris
flavirostre / flavirostris
L. flavus  yellow, golden-yellow; -rostris  -billed  < rostrum  beak.
● ex “Pato pico amarillo y negro” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 439 (Anas).
● "98. FRINGILLA.  ...  flavirostris.  21. F. fusca, rostro flavicante. Faun. svec. 204.  Habitat in Europa." (Linnaeus 1758) (Linaria).
● ex “Favorite de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 897, “Favorite” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Favourite Gallinule” of Latham 1785 (Porphyrio).