Yellow-shouldered Grosbeak / Parkerthraustes humeralis
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Yellow-shouldered Grosbeak
SCI Name:
Protonym: Pytilus (Caryothraustes) humeralis Ann.Lyc.Nat.Hist.N.Y. 8 p.467
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Parkerthraustes
Taxonomy Code: yesgro2
Type Locality: Bogota, Colombia.
Author: Lawrence
Publish Year: 1867
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PARKERTHRAUSTES
(Thraupidae; Ϯ Yellow-shouldered Grosbeak P. humeralis) Portmanteau of surname Parker (after Theodore 'Ted' Albert Parker III (1953-1993) US field ornithologist) and genus Caryothraustes Reichenbach, 1850, grosbeak; "Parkerthraustes, new genus Type species.- Pitylus humeralis Lawrence, 1867. ... The evidence for creation of a new genus for humeralis is largely molecular and morphometric ... I am pleased to name this genus in honor of my friend and colleague, the late Theodore A. Parker III. Long ago Ted pointed out to me the distinctive nature of this species and how different it was behaviorally from true Caryothraustes. Its generic separation symbolizes one of Ted's favorite themes, namely the importance of detailed natural history observations and the clues that they provide for elucidating the systematic relationships of birds" (J. V. Remsen, Jr. 1997).
humeralis
Late L. humeralis of the shoulders < L. umerus shoulders.
● ex “Perruche Banks” of Levaillant 1801 (syn. Lathamus discolor).
● ex “Fringilla humeralis” of Lichtenstein MS (Peucaea).
● ex “Waalia Pigeon” of Bruce 1790 (syn. Treron waalia).
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)
