Antrostomus Cubanensis Bird

Antrostomus Cubanensis Bird
English Name:  
Latin Name:  
Protonym:  Antrostomus Cubanensis Ann.Lyc.Nat.Hist.N.Y. 7 p.260
Taxonomy:  Caprimulgiformes / Caprimulgidae / Antrostomus
Taxonomy Code:  granig1
Type Locality:  Cienega de Zapata and coast of Manzanillo, Cuba.
Author:  Lawrence
Publish Year:  1861
IUCN Status:  
DEFINITIONS
ANTROSTOMUS
(Caprimulgidae; Ϯ Chuck-will's-widow A. carolinensis) Gr. αντρον antron  cavern; στομα stoma, στοματος stomatos  mouth. "Son bec depuis son bout jusqu'aux coins de la bouche a un pouce sept lignes de long  ...  Les bords de la mâchoire supérieure sont garnis de longs poils noirs, tournés en-devant & roides comme des soyes  ...  Il se nourrit d'Insectes" (Brisson 1760); "Gen. 38. ANTROSTOMUS, Gould.    42. ANTROSTOMUS CAROLINENSIS, Nob. (Caprimulgus Carolinensis, Gm.) Aud. pl. 52.  Southern parts" (Bonaparte 1838); "Antrostomus Bonaparte, Geog. & Comp. List, 1838, p. 8  (Type, fixed by Gray, 1840, Caprimulgus carolinensis Gmel.)." (Cory, 1918, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. II (1), p. 131).
Var. Androstomus, Anthrostomus, Anthrostumus.
Synon. Annamornus, Setochalcis.
cuba / cubae / cubana / cubanensis / cubanus / cubeensis / cubensis
Cuba (from a Taino word, the meaning of which is disputed, e.g. great place, fertile place).
• Erroneous TL. Cuba (= ?China); ex “Maia de Cuba” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 102. fig. 2 (syn. Lonchura sp?).
SUBSPECIES
Greater Antillean Nightjar (Cuban)
Latin Name: Antrostomus cubanensis cubanensis/insulaepinorum
ANTROSTOMUS
(Caprimulgidae; Ϯ Chuck-will's-widow A. carolinensis) Gr. αντρον antron  cavern; στομα stoma, στοματος stomatos  mouth. "Son bec depuis son bout jusqu'aux coins de la bouche a un pouce sept lignes de long  ...  Les bords de la mâchoire supérieure sont garnis de longs poils noirs, tournés en-devant & roides comme des soyes  ...  Il se nourrit d'Insectes" (Brisson 1760); "Gen. 38. ANTROSTOMUS, Gould.    42. ANTROSTOMUS CAROLINENSIS, Nob. (Caprimulgus Carolinensis, Gm.) Aud. pl. 52.  Southern parts" (Bonaparte 1838); "Antrostomus Bonaparte, Geog. & Comp. List, 1838, p. 8  (Type, fixed by Gray, 1840, Caprimulgus carolinensis Gmel.)." (Cory, 1918, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. II (1), p. 131).
Var. Androstomus, Anthrostomus, Anthrostumus.
Synon. Annamornus, Setochalcis.
Greater Antillean Nightjar (Hispaniolan)
Latin Name: Antrostomus cubanensis ekmani
ekmani
	Dr Erik Leonard Ekman (1883-1931) Swedish botanist, collector in the West Indies 1914-1931 (Antrostomus).
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)
      










