Turquoise Dacnis / Dacnis hartlaubi
WBN 
Turquoise Dacnis
SCI Name:
Protonym: Dacnis hartlaubi Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1854) (1854), Pt22 no.275 p.251
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Dacnis
Taxonomy Code: turdac1
Type Locality: Nova Grenada [= Colombia]; La Cumbre, Dept. Valle, suggested as type locality by Carriker, 1955, Noved. Colombianas, no. 2, p. 61.
Author: Sclater, PL
Publish Year: 1855
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
DACNIS
(Thraupidae; Ϯ Blue Dacnis D. cayana) Gr. δακνις daknis type of bird from Egypt, otherwise unidentified, mentioned by Hesychius and Pompeius Festus; "LES PIT-PITS. Buff. (DACNIS. Cuv.) Représentent en petit les carouges [Icterus] par leur bec conique et aigu. Ils les lient avec les figuiers (1). ... (1) Motacilla Cayana, Gm. enl. 669." (Cuvier 1817); "Dacnis Cuvier, 1816, Règne Animal, 1 ("1817"), p. 395. Type, by virtual monotypy, Motacilla cayana Linnaeus." (Storer in Peters, 1970, XIII, p. 387).
Var. Dacuis, Dachnis.
Synon. Cyanodacnis, Eudacnis, Hemidacnis, Mellisuga, Polidacnis, Pseudodacnis.
hartlaubi
Carl Johann Gustav Hartlaub (1814-1900) German ornithologist, collector (syn. Calidris falcinellus, Cercotrichas, syn. Corythornis cristatus cyanostigma, syn. Coua coquereli, Dacnis, Euplectes, syn. Euplectes gierowii ansorgei, syn. Hemicircus concretus, Horizocerus, syn. Lamprotornis chalybaeus, syn. Loriculus philippensis apicalis, syn. Neafrapus cassini, Otus, Pternistis, Tauraco).
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)
