White-eared Conebill

SCI Name:  Conirostrum leucogenys
Protonym:  Dacnis leucogenys Rev.Mag.Zool.(2), 4 p.470
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Conirostrum
Taxonomy Code:  whecon1
Type Locality:  Colombia ; restricted to Bogota, by Hellmayr, 1935, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 8, p. 317.
Author:  Lafresnaye
Publish Year:  1852
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CONIROSTRUM
(Thraupidae; Ϯ Cinereous Conebill C. cinereum) L. conus  cone; rostrum  bill; "G. CONIROSTRUM. Nob.   Hoc novum genus a duobus præcedentibus [Serrirostrum, Coereba], rostro rectissimo, conico, compresso valde discrepans, attamen pedibus, alis, moribusque mellivoris illis affine videtur generisque Dacnis æque vicinum est.   1. Conirostrum cinereum, Nob.  ...  Rostrum rectissimum compresso-conicum acutissimum  ...  Habit. Yungas, rep. Boliviana; Tacna, rep. Peruviana." (d'Orbigny & de La Fresnaye 1838); "Conirostrum Lafresnaye and d'Orbigny, 1838, Mag. Zool. [Paris], 8, cl. 2, p. 25. Type, by monotypy, Conirostrum cinereum Lafresnaye and d'Orbigny." (Lowery & Monroe in Peters, 1968, XIV, p. 82).
Var. Conirostra.
Synon. Ateleodacnis, Oreomanes.

leucogenis / leucogenus / leucogenys
Gr. λευκος leukos  white; γενυς genus, γενυος genuos  jaw, chin, cheek.
● ex “Turdus leucogenys” of Lichtenstein MS (Cichlopsis).

SUBSPECIES

White-eared Conebill (panamense)
SCI Name: Conirostrum leucogenys panamense
panama / panamense / panamensis
Panama (said to be the name of a fishing village meaning "plenty of fish").

White-eared Conebill (leucogenys)
SCI Name: Conirostrum leucogenys leucogenys
leucogenis / leucogenus / leucogenys
Gr. λευκος leukos  white; γενυς genus, γενυος genuos  jaw, chin, cheek.
● ex “Turdus leucogenys” of Lichtenstein MS (Cichlopsis).

White-eared Conebill (cyanochroum)
SCI Name: Conirostrum leucogenys cyanochroum
cyanochroum / cyanochrus
Gr. κυανοχροος kuanokhroos  dark in hue, dark-blue hued  < κυανος kuanos  dark-blue; χροα khroa, χροας khroas  colour, appearance  < χρως khrōs, χρωτος khrōtos  complexion.