Violaceous Euphonia / Euphonia violacea
Violaceous Euphonia
SCI Name:
Protonym: Fringilla violacea Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.182
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Fringillidae / Euphonia
Taxonomy Code: vioeup1
Type Locality: in Calidis regionibus ; Surinam designated by Berlepsch and Hartert, 1902, Novit. Zool, 9, p. 18.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1758
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
EUPHONIA
(Fringillidae; Ϯ White-vented Euphonia E. minuta) Gr. ευφωνια euphōnia goodness of voice, excellence of tone, euphony < ευφωνεω euphōneō to have a good voice < ευ eu good; φωνη phōnē voice; "Some [Tanagrinae] possess considerable vocal powers; and the notes of the subgenus Euphonia, as its name implies, are said to be particularly musical" (Swainson 1837); "LA seconde, ou celle des Tangaras Euphones, renferme les espèces dont la bec est court et assez semblable à celui des Manakins, dont les doigts sont divisés comme ceux des Tangaras, et dont les pates sont aussi longues que la queue. Exemples: l'Organiste (T. musica), le Téité (T. violacea), le Tangara chlorotique (T. chlorotica), et le Nègre (T. cayennensis): ces oiseaux doivent former un genre particulier. ... EUPHONE ORGANISTE Pipra musica. GMEL. ... Sa voix est très étendue et très variée; et ce qui est fort remarquable, c'est qu'elle est susceptible de prendre successivement tous les tons de l'octave en montant du grave à l'aigu. Cette particularité a fait donner à cet oiseau le nom qu'il porte, et même, dans quelques cantons de Saint-Domingue, celui de Musicien. ... 27. [EUPHONE] olive. . . . .(Euphonia olivacea. NOB.)" (Desmarest 1806); "Euphonia Desmarest, 1806, Hist. Nat. Tangaras, livr. 10, table [pl. 27]. Type, by monotypy, Euphonia olivacea Desmarest = Euphonia minuta Cabanis.2 ... 2 The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has suppressed the name olivacea Desmarest, 1806 (published as the binomen Euphonia olivacea) for the purposes of the Law of Priority, but not for those of the Law of Homonymy, and has placed the name minuta Cabanis, 1849 (published as the binomen Euphonia minuta) on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology, 1968, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 25, p. 74." (Storer in Peters, 1970, XIII, p. 340).
Var. Euphona (Gr. ευφωνος euphōnos musical, sweet voiced).
Synon. Acroleptes, Cyanophonia, Euphone, Hypophaea, Iliolopha, Phonasca, Pyrrhuphonia, Tanagra.
euphonia
Gr. ευφωνια euphōnia goodness of voice, excellence of tone < ευφωνεω euphōneō to have a good voice < ευ eu good; φωνη phōnē voice.
violacea
L. violaceus violet-coloured, violaceous < viola violet.
● ex “Grand Traquet des Phillippines” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 185, fig. 2 (syn. Agropsar philippensis).
● ex “Fringilla violacea, fronte subtusque flavissima” of Linnaeus 1746 (Euphonia).
● "76. ARDEA. ... violacea. 12. A. crista flava, corpore nigro-cærulescente, fascia temporali alba. Ardea stellaris cristata americana. Catesb. car. 1. p. 79. t. 79. Habitat in America septentrionali." (Linnaeus 1758) (Nyctanassa).
● ex “Hirondelle de la Louisiane” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 722 (syn. Progne subis).
● ex "Coccothraustes purpurea. Purple Gross-beak" of Catesby 1731 (Pyrrhulagra).
SUBSPECIES
Violaceous Euphonia (rodwayi)
SCI Name: Euphonia violacea rodwayi
rodwayi
James Rodway (1848-1926) British botanist, Curator of Georgetown Mus., British Guiana 1900-1925 (subsp. Euphonia violacea).
Violaceous Euphonia (violacea)
SCI Name: Euphonia violacea violacea
violacea
L. violaceus violet-coloured, violaceous < viola violet.
● ex “Grand Traquet des Phillippines” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 185, fig. 2 (syn. Agropsar philippensis).
● ex “Fringilla violacea, fronte subtusque flavissima” of Linnaeus 1746 (Euphonia).
● "76. ARDEA. ... violacea. 12. A. crista flava, corpore nigro-cærulescente, fascia temporali alba. Ardea stellaris cristata americana. Catesb. car. 1. p. 79. t. 79. Habitat in America septentrionali." (Linnaeus 1758) (Nyctanassa).
● ex “Hirondelle de la Louisiane” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 722 (syn. Progne subis).
● ex "Coccothraustes purpurea. Purple Gross-beak" of Catesby 1731 (Pyrrhulagra).
Violaceous Euphonia (aurantiicollis)
SCI Name: Euphonia violacea aurantiicollis
aurantiicollis
Late Med. L. aurantius orange-coloured < aurantia orange; Mod. L. -collis -necked, -throated < L. collum neck.
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)