Yellow-billed Cotinga

SCI Name:  Carpodectes antoniae
Protonym:  Carpodectes antoniae Ibis p.27 pl.2
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Cotingidae / Carpodectes
Taxonomy Code:  yebcot1
Type Locality:  Pirris, southwestern Costa Rica.
Author:  Ridgway
Publish Year:  1884
IUCN Status:  Endangered

DEFINITIONS

CARPODECTES
(Cotingidae; Ϯ Snowy Cotinga C. nitidus) Gr. καρπος karpos  fruit; δηκτης dēktēs  biter  < δακνω daknō  to bite; "12. CARPODECTES NITIDUS, gen. et sp. n.   Carpodectes genus novum ex familia Cotingidarum, affinis generi Ampelioni ex America meridionali.  Rostrum robustum, altum, paulo brevius quam dimidium capitis, culmine alto, versus apicem mandibulæ superioris a fronte gradatim decurvante: nares patulæ, depressæ: alæ longæ, rotundatæ, remigibus tertio, quarto et quinto fere æqualibus, sexto breviore quam secundus, primo longiore quam reliqui: cauda brevis: tarsi et pedes robusti, illorum phalangibus primis externe paulo conjunctis.   Typus CARPODECTES NITIDUS, sp. n. et spec. unicum!   ...   A very distinct and remarkable bird, differing considerably from its nearest allies in the genus Ampelion, the most obvious distinctions being the strong beak and long wings of Carpodectes.  ...  The development of white, so remarkable in the plumage of the present bird, is not unusual in other members of the family; we find it in Chasmorhynchus, in the wings and tail of Xipholena lamellipennis, and in the wings of X. atropurpurea and X. pompadora." (Salvin 1865); "Carpodectes SALVIN, P. Z. S. Lond., "1864," p. 583, pub. April, 1865—type [by original designation and monotypy] Carpodectes nitidus SALVIN." (Hellmayr, 1929, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. VI, p. 111).

antoniae
● Antonia de Araya Zeledón (1834-1883) sister of Costa Rican collector José Zeledón (Carpodectes).
● Antoinette Perroud née Buyet (1811-1893) wife of French advocate, entomologist and vice-president of Société Linnéenne de Lyon, Benoît Philibert Perroud (syn. Threnetes niger).