Yellow-billed Kingfisher / Syma torotoro
Yellow-billed Kingfisher
SCI Name:
Protonym: Syma torotoro Bull.Univ.Sci.Ind. 11 sect.2(Sci.Nat.Geol.) p.443
Taxonomy: Coraciiformes / Alcedinidae / Syma
Taxonomy Code: yebkin1
Type Locality: Dorey [now Manokwari] New Guinea.
Author: Lesson
Publish Year: 1827
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
SYMA
(Alcedinidae; Ϯ Yellow-billed Kingfisher S. torotoro) Gr. myth. Syma, a sea nymph; "Ce genre, voisin de l'Alcedo, doit prendre place après celui nommé Dacelo par Leach. Genre SYMÉ (1) (Syma) Lesson. ... Cet oiseau habite le bord de la mer, le long des palétuviers. ... (1) Nom mythologique d'une nymphe de la mer" (Lesson 1827).
Var. Lyma.
syma
Genus Syma Lesson, 1827, kingfisher (used as a replacement name for torotoro) (syn. Syma torotoro).
torotoro
New Guinea aboriginal name Torotoro for the Yellow-billed Kingfisher; "Les Papous le nomment torotoro, sans doute par analogie avec son cri" (Lesson 1827) (Syma).
SUBSPECIES
Yellow-billed Kingfisher (torotoro)
SCI Name: Syma torotoro torotoro
torotoro
New Guinea aboriginal name Torotoro for the Yellow-billed Kingfisher; "Les Papous le nomment torotoro, sans doute par analogie avec son cri" (Lesson 1827) (Syma).
Yellow-billed Kingfisher (flavirostris)
SCI Name: Syma torotoro flavirostris
flavirostre / flavirostris
L. flavus yellow, golden-yellow; -rostris -billed < rostrum beak.
● ex “Pato pico amarillo y negro” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 439 (Anas).
● "98. FRINGILLA. ... flavirostris. 21. F. fusca, rostro flavicante. Faun. svec. 204. Habitat in Europa." (Linnaeus 1758) (Linaria).
● ex “Favorite de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 897, “Favorite” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Favourite Gallinule” of Latham 1785 (Porphyrio).
Yellow-billed Kingfisher (ochracea)
SCI Name: Syma torotoro ochracea
ochracea
Mod. L. ochraceus ochraceous, ochreous < L. ochra ochre < Gr. ωχρα ōkhra yellow-ochre.
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)