Chestnut-backed Tanager / Stilpnia preciosa
WBN 
Chestnut-backed Tanager
SCI Name:
Protonym: C.[allispiza] preciosa Mus.Hein. 1 p.27
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Stilpnia
Taxonomy Code: chbtan1
Type Locality: Rio Grande [do Sul, Brazil].
Author: Cabanis
Publish Year: 1851
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
Stilpnia
(syn. Tangara Ϯ Black-headed Tanager T. cyanoptera) Gr. στιλπνος stilpnos glistening, glittering < στιλπνοω stilpnoō to polish; "32. Stilpnia, new genus (Fig. 5). Type species. Aglaia cyanoptera Swainson, 1834 (currently recognized as Tangara cyanoptera). ... Etymology. The name, feminine in gender, is derived from the Greek στιλπνη, the feminine form of the adjective meaning "glittering" or "glistening," alluding to the glossiness of the plumage of these colorful tanagers. Comments. Euschemon Sclater, 1851 (type species Tanagra flava Gmelin, 1789, currently Tangara cayana flava), is preoccupied by Euschemon Doubleday, 1846, the name of an Australian butterfly, and so not available" (Burns et al. 2016) (OD per Richard Klim).
preciosa
L. pretiosus precious, costly < pretium value.
● ex “Lindo précieux” of de Azara (ed. Sonnini) 1809 (Tangara).
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)
