Threnetes Leucurus Bird
Threnetes Leucurus Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Trochilus leucurus Syst.Nat.ed.12 ed.12 p.190
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Threnetes
Taxonomy Code: patbar1
Type Locality: South America = Surinam, ex Edwards, pi. 256, f. 1.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1766
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
THRENETES
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Pale-tailed Barbthroat T. leucurus) Gr. θρηνητης thrēnētēs mourner (i.e. sombre) < θρηνος thrēnos lament < θρεομαι threomai to shriek; "THRENETES LEUCURUS. White-tailed Barbed-throat. ... THRENETES CERVINICAUDA, Gould. Fawn-tailed Barbed-throat. ... THRENETES ANTONIÆ. Sooty Barbed-throat. ... ALTHOUGH this species has been long known to ornithologists, it was only in the year 1846 that it received a scientific appellation, M. Bourcier then assigning to it the name of Antoniæ in honour of Madame Antonia Perroud, the wife of a learned entomologist. Since then it has been transferred to the genus Polytmus by Mr. G. R. Gray, and to Lampornis by the Prince of Canino. That it does not belong to either of those genera, or to any other at present established, is certain, and I have therefore been necessitated to propose a new generic term for it and its near ally T. leucurus. The circumstance of its having remained so long undescribed by Lesson and others, who have professed to give complete monographs of this group of birds, is doubtless due to its being unadorned by any brilliant or metallic colouring; its sombre plumage, however, does not, in my opinion, detract from its interest as a species; for in the economy of nature, this dull-coloured bird plays a part of equal consequence with those of its most gaily attired allies" (Gould 1852); "Threnetes Gould, Monogr. Trochil, pt. 4, 1852, pls. [14 and 15] [= 1, pl. 13 and 15 of volume]. Type, by subsequent designation, Trochilus leucurus Linné. (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 20)." (Peters 1945, V, 5).
Synon. Dnophera, Heteroglaucis.
● (syn. Cisticola Ϯ Red-faced Cisticola C. erythrops) "The remaining three subgenera all have the tail with a subterminal black bar, the outermost primary not more than two-thirds of the length of the second. Of these C. erythrops (Hartlaub) has the back uniform, not striped, and I propose to place it in a new subgenus, THRENETES." (A. Roberts 1922) (see Threnolais).
leucurum / leucurus
Gr. λευκουρος leukouros white-tailed < λευκος leukos white; -ουρος -ouros -tailed < ουρα oura tail.
● ex “Aguila coliblanca” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 10 (Buteo).
● ex “Alcon blanco” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 36 (Elanus).
● ex “Comaltecatl” of Hernandez 1651 (syn. Himantopus mexicanus).
● ex “Mellivora cauda alba” of Edwards 1751, and “Polytmus surinamensis” of Brisson 1760 (subsp. Threnetes niger).
SUBSPECIES
Pale-tailed Barbthroat (leucurus)
Latin Name: Threnetes leucurus leucurus
leucurum / leucurus
Gr. λευκουρος leukouros white-tailed < λευκος leukos white; -ουρος -ouros -tailed < ουρα oura tail.
● ex “Aguila coliblanca” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 10 (Buteo).
● ex “Alcon blanco” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 36 (Elanus).
● ex “Comaltecatl” of Hernandez 1651 (syn. Himantopus mexicanus).
● ex “Mellivora cauda alba” of Edwards 1751, and “Polytmus surinamensis” of Brisson 1760 (subsp. Threnetes niger).
Pale-tailed Barbthroat (cervinicauda)
Latin Name: Threnetes leucurus cervinicauda
cervinicauda
L. cervinus stag-coloured < cervus stag; cauda tail.
Pale-tailed Barbthroat (rufigastra)
Latin Name: Threnetes leucurus rufigastra
rufigaster / rufigastra
Mod. L. rufigaster, rufigastri red-bellied < L. rufus red, rufous; gaster, gasteris belly.
● ex “Red-breasted Shoveler” of Pennant 1761, and “Red-breasted Duck” of Latham 1785 (syn. Spatula clypeata).
● ex “Figuier du Sénégal” and “Figuier à ventre gris du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 582, figs. 1, 3 (unident.).
● ex “Pie à Culotte de Peau” of Levaillant 1800, pl. 55 (artefact).
Pale-tailed Barbthroat (medianus)
Latin Name: Threnetes leucurus medianus
medianum / medianus
L. medianus middle < medius middle (e.g. between two other forms; in the middle of a country).
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)