Black-throated Mango / Anthracothorax nigricollis

Black-throated Mango / Anthracothorax nigricollis

Black-throated Mango

SCI Name:  Anthracothorax nigricollis
Protonym:  Trochilus nigricollis Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 7 p.349
Taxonomy:  Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae /
Taxonomy Code:  bltman1
Type Locality:  Brazil.
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Publish Year:  1817
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DEFINITIONS

ANTHRACOTHORAX
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Green-throated Mango A. viridigula) Gr. ανθραξ anthrax, ανθρακος anthrakos  coal, carbuncle (i.e. black); θωραξ thōrax, θωρακος thōrakos  chest; "Anthracothorax.  a. weder Holle noch Abzeichen.  b. untere Theile des Körpers sammetschwarz.  c. Schnabel lang und gebogen.  d. Schwanz kupferviolet und  e. abgerundet.    Arten.  1. Troch. mango.   2. — holosericeus Gm.   3. — violaceus Gm.   4. — gramineus Gm." (Boie 1831); "Anthracothorax Boie, Isis von Oken, 1831, col. 545. Type, by subsequent designation, Trochilus violicauda Boddaert [♀] = Trochilus gramineus Gmelin [= Trochilus viridigula Boddaert [imm.♂]]. (Elliot, Classif. Syn. Trochil., 1879, p. 37.)" (Peters, 1945, V, p. 24).   
Var. Anthrocorax.   
Synon. Colubris, Endoxa, Floresia, Hypophania, Lampornis, Margarochrysis, Smaragdites.

nigricollis
L. niger  black; Mod. L. -collis  -necked, -throated  < L. collum  neck.
● ex “Plastron noir” of Audebert & Vieillot 1801 (Anthracothorax).
● ex “Blacknecked Falcon” of Latham 1787 (Busarellus).
● ex “Coliou Rayé à Gorge Noire” of Levaillant 1808, pl. 259 (Colius).
● ex “Blacknecked Swan” of Latham 1785 (syn. Cygnus melancoryphus).
● ex “Black-necked Thrush” of Latham 1783 (syn. Gracupica nigricollis).
● ex “Tangara olive à gorge noire de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 720, fig. 1, “Tangara à gorge noire” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Black-throated Tanager” of Latham 1783 (syn. Hemithraupis guira nigrigula).
● ex Ampelis carnifex von Spix, 1825 (Phoenicircus).
● ex “Coturnix madagascariensis” of Brisson 1760, “Caille de Madagascar” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 171, and “Blacknecked Quail” of Latham 1783 (Turnix).
● ex “Black-throated Manakin” of Latham 1783 (unident.).
● ex “Blacknecked Warbler” of Latham 1787 (unident.; ?Timaliidae).