Turquoise-browed Motmot

SCI Name:  Eumomota superciliosa
Protonym:  Pyronites superciliosus Athenaeum no.517 p.69
Taxonomy:  Coraciiformes / Momotidae / Eumomota
Taxonomy Code:  tubmot1
Type Locality:  Mexico = Campeche.
Author:  Sandbach
Publish Year:  1837
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

EUMOMOTA
(Momotidae; Ϯ Turquoise-browed Motmot E. superciliosa) Gr. ευ eu  fine, beauty; genus Momotus Brisson 1760, motmot; "Genus IV. EUMOMOTA, gen. nov.  Rostrum Prionorhynchi sed minus carinatum et dilatatum, paulum incurvum, mandibularum marginum media solum parte serrata: caudæ rectricibus decem, harum quinque utrinque extimæ graduatæ, ad apicem quadriformes; mediæ duæ ceteris duplo longiores, magna parte denudatæ et spatulis terminatæ.    1. EUMOMOTA SUPERCILIARIS.  ...  This beautiful bird, with the peculiar incurved bill—the serration of which is confined to the middle of the mandibles—and comparatively short tail, with the two medial rectrices far projecting and denuded to a much greater extent than in other Motmots, seems to present characters quite as distinctive as Hylomanes or Prionirhynchus, and I have accordingly proposed for it the new generic name Eumomota." (P. Sclater 1858); "Eumomota Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, pt. 25, 1857 (1858), p. 257. Type, by monotypy, Prionites superciliaris Jardine and Selby = Pyronites superciliosus Sandbach." (Peters, 1945, V, p. 223).  
Var. Eumomotus.
Synon. Spathophorus.

superciliosa / superciliosum / superciliosus
L. superciliosus  supercilious, haughty, eye-browed  < supercilium  eyebrow.
● ex “Supercilious Duck” of Latham 1785 (Anas).
● ex “Little Green and Orange-coloured Kingfisher” of Edwards 1758 (syn. Chloroceryle aenea).
● ex “Gorge-jaune de Saint-Domingue” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 686, fig. 1 (syn. Dendroica dominica).
● ex “Rousseau” of Levaillant 1800, pl. 66 (Lanius).
● ex “Apiaster madagascariensis” or “Guespier de Madagascar” of Brisson 1760 (Merops).
● ex “Yellow-browed Warbler” of Latham 1783 (syn. Phylloscopus humei).
● ex “Supercilious Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (unident.).

SUBSPECIES

Turquoise-browed Motmot (bipartita)
SCI Name: Eumomota superciliosa bipartita
bipartita / bipartitus
L. bipartitus  divided in two parts, bisected  < bi-  two-  < bis  twice; partitus  divided  < partire  to divide.

Turquoise-browed Motmot (superciliosa)
SCI Name: Eumomota superciliosa superciliosa
superciliosa / superciliosum / superciliosus
L. superciliosus  supercilious, haughty, eye-browed  < supercilium  eyebrow.
● ex “Supercilious Duck” of Latham 1785 (Anas).
● ex “Little Green and Orange-coloured Kingfisher” of Edwards 1758 (syn. Chloroceryle aenea).
● ex “Gorge-jaune de Saint-Domingue” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 686, fig. 1 (syn. Dendroica dominica).
● ex “Rousseau” of Levaillant 1800, pl. 66 (Lanius).
● ex “Apiaster madagascariensis” or “Guespier de Madagascar” of Brisson 1760 (Merops).
● ex “Yellow-browed Warbler” of Latham 1783 (syn. Phylloscopus humei).
● ex “Supercilious Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (unident.).

Turquoise-browed Motmot (vanrossemi)
SCI Name: Eumomota superciliosa vanrossemi
vanrossemi
Adriaan Joseph Van Rossem (1892-1949) US ornithologist, Curator of Dickey Collection UCLA 1940-1949 (subsp. Aramides albiventris, subsp. Cantorchilus modestus, syn. Chloroceryle americana septentrionalis, subsp. Eumomota superciliosa, subsp. Gelochelidon nilotica, subsp. Momotus mexicanus, syn. Myiarchus nuttingi inquietus, subsp. Polioptila albiloris, subsp. Vireo flavoviridis).

Turquoise-browed Motmot (sylvestris)
SCI Name: Eumomota superciliosa sylvestris
sylvestris
L. silvestris  belonging to the woods, rural, wild  < silva  woodland, forest.
● ex “Paloma montés” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 319 (subsp. Patagioenas cayennensis).

Turquoise-browed Motmot (apiaster)
SCI Name: Eumomota superciliosa apiaster
apiaster
L. apiastra  bee-eater, bird that lies in wait for bees  < apis  bee.
● "57. MEROPS.  ...  Apiaster.  1. M. dorso ferrugineo, abdomine caudaque viridi-cærulescente, rectricibus duabus longioribus.  Merops. Bell. av. 16. Gesn. av. 599. Aldr. ornith. l. 12. c. 45. Will. ornith. 102. t. 24. Raj. av. 49. Alb. av. 2. p. 40. t. 44. Charl. onom. 87. t. 87.  Merops galilæus. Hasselq. iter. 247.  Ispida. Fn. Svec. 86.  Habitat in Europa australi, Oriente.  Gregaria victitat Cicadis, Apibus." (Linnaeus 1758) (Merops).

Turquoise-browed Motmot (euroaustris)
SCI Name: Eumomota superciliosa euroaustris
euroaustris
L. eurus  east, east wind; auster, austri  south, south wind.

Turquoise-browed Motmot (australis)
SCI Name: Eumomota superciliosa australis
australe / australis
L. australis  southern  < auster, austri  south.
● Tierra del Fuego; ex “Thorn-tailed Warbler” of Latham 1783 (syn. Aphrastura spinicauda).
● Cayenne; ex “Southern Sandpiper” of Latham 1785 (?syn. Calidris canutus).
● Erroneous TL "Friendly Islands" (= Tasmania); ex "South-Sea Raven" of Latham 1781 (syn. Corvus coronoides).
● Erroneous TL. New Guinea (= Luzon, Philippines); ex “Manikor de la Nouvelle Guinée” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Dicaeum).
● Australia; ex “New Holland Snipe” of Latham 1801 (syn. Gallinago hardwickii).
● Australia; ex “Pacific Paroquet (var.)” of Phillip 1789 (syn. Glossopsitta concinna).
● Australia; ex “New Holland Pelican” of Latham 1824 (syn. Pelecanus conspicillatus).
● Australia; ex “Cold-river Goatsucker” of Latham 1823 (syn. Podargus strigoides).
● Australia; ex “New Holland Quail” of Latham 1802 (Synoicus).
● Tasmania; ex Brown MS (syn. Lathamus discolor).
● Dusky Sound, New Zealand (syn. Nestor meridionalis).
● Staten I., off Tierra del Fuego (= Isla de los Estados, Argentina); ex “Statenland Eagle” of Latham 1781 (Phalcoboenus).
● Christmas I.; ex "Southern Tern" of Latham 1785 (syn. Procelsterna caerulea) (so identified by Stresemann 1950).
● Kerguelen I.; ex “Southern Tern” of Latham 1785 (?syn. Sterna vittata).
● Madagascar; ex “Palumbus viridis Madagascariensis” of Brisson 1760 (Treron).
● Erroneous TL. Sandwich Is. (= Samoa); ex “Blue-crested Parrakeet” of Latham 1781 (Vini).
● Tierra del Fuego; ex “Rusty-collared Finch” of Latham 1783 (subsp. Zonotrichia capensis).