Hispaniolan Trogon / Priotelus roseigaster
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Hispaniolan Trogon
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Protonym: Trogon roseigaster Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 8 p.314
Taxonomy: Trogoniformes / Trogonidae / Priotelus
Taxonomy Code: histro1
Type Locality: Santo Domingo and Mexico.
Author: Vieillot
Publish Year: 1817
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PRIOTELUS
(Trogonidae; Ϯ Cuban Trogon P. temnurus) Gr. πριων priōn, πριονος prionos saw; τελος telos fulfilment, celebration (cf. τεληεις telēeis perfect); "Unmistakable; readily identified by deeply excised tips to tail-feathers with outer edges curving outwards." (Forshaw & Gilbert 2009); "PRIOTELUS, n. Temnurusa, Swains. P. temnurus, (Temm.) n., Pl. col. 326. T. albicollis, Sw. ... aPreviously used in Ornithology." (G. Gray 1840); "Priotelus G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 10. New name for Temnurus Swainson, 1837, not of Lesson, 1831. Type, by monotypy, T. albicollis Pl. col. 326 = Trogon temnurus Temminck." (Peters 1945, V, 150).
Var. Prionotelus.
Synon. Temnurus.
roseigaster
L. roseus rosy < rosa rose; gaster, gasteris belly.
● ex “Couroucou Damoiseau” of Levaillant 1806 (Temnotrogon).
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)
