Yellow-billed Nunbird / Monasa flavirostris
Yellow-billed Nunbird
SCI Name:
Protonym: Monasa flavirostris Contrib.Orn.[Jardine] p.47 pl.48
Taxonomy: Galbuliformes / Bucconidae / Monasa
Taxonomy Code: yebnun1
Type Locality: Peru.
Author: Strickland
Publish Year: 1850
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
MONASA
(Bucconidae; Ϯ Black Nunbird M. atra) Gr. μονας monas, μοναδος monados female hermit, nun < μονος monos solitary < μοναχοω monakhoō to make single; "35. MONASE, Monasa. Cuculus, Gm. Bucco, Lath. Bec garni de soies à la base, plus long que la tête, comprimé par les côtés, entier; mandibules courbées en en base. Esp. Coucou noir de Cayenne, Buff. ... Monasa [μονασης, qui solus vivit]." (Vieillot 1816); "Monasa Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 27. Type, by monotypy, Coucou noir de Cayenne of Buffon = Cuculus ater Boddaert." (Peters 1948, VI, 21).
Var. Monassa, Monasta, Monacha, Monesa, Monaca.
Synon. Barbacou, Barbaculus, Monadon, Monastes, Scotocharis.
monasa
Gr. μονας monas, μοναδος monados female hermit, nun < μονος monos solitary < μοναχοω monakhoō to make single.
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).
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)