White-faced Nunbird

SCI Name:  Hapaloptila castanea
Protonym:  Malacoptila castanea Rev.Mag.Zool.(2), 18 p.355 pl.19
Taxonomy:  Galbuliformes / Bucconidae / Hapaloptila
Taxonomy Code:  whfnun2
Type Locality:  Bogota; region of Frontino, Antioquia, Colombia, substituted by Cory, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Sen, 13, pt. 2, no. 2, 1919, p. 405, note b.
Author:  Verreaux, J
Publish Year:  1866
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

HAPALOPTILA
(Bucconidae; Ϯ White-faced Nunbird H. castanea) Gr. ἁπαλος hapalos  delicate; πτιλον ptilon  feather; "HAPALOPTILA ², gen. nov. Genus generi Monachæ affine, sed rostro latiore, fortiter uncinato, setis omnino obsito, necnon cauda breviore distinguendum.   Sp. typ. H. castanea (Malacoptila castanea, Verreaux).   ...   ²  ἁπαλος, tener, et πτιλον, penna." (P. Sclater 1881); "Hapaloptila P. Sclater, 1881, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 777.  Type, by original designation, Malacoptila castanea J. Verreaux, 1866." (JAJ 2020). 

castanea
L. castaneus  chestnut-coloured, chestnut-brown  < castanea  chestnut  < Gr. καστανον kastanon  chestnut.
● ex Ardea ralloides Scopoli, 1769, and “Castaneous Heron” of Latham 1785 (syn. Ardeola ralloides).
● ex “Merle doré de Madagascar” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 539, fig. 2 (Philepitta).
● (Kuhl 1820) ex “Gobe-mouche huppé du Cap de Bonne Espérance” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 234, fig. 1 (syn. Terpsiphone paradisi).
● (Temminck 1835) ex “Tchitrec bé varié” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 146 (syn. Terpsiphone paradisi).
● ex “Pigeon de la Martinique” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Zenaida aurita).