Long-billed Starthroat

SCI Name:  Heliomaster longirostris
Protonym:  Trochilus longirostris Ois.Dores[Audebert & Vieillot] 1 p.107 pl.59
Taxonomy:  Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Heliomaster
Taxonomy Code:  lobsta1
Type Locality:  West Indies, i.e. Trinidad.
Author:  Audebert & Vieillot
Publish Year:  1801
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

HELIOMASTER
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Blue-tufted Starthroat H. furcifer) Gr. ἡλιος hēlios  sun; μαστηρ mastēr, μαστηρος mastēros  searcher  < μαιομαι maiomai  to seek after; "*157. Heliomaster, Bp. (Mellisuga et Calothorax, p. Gr.)   America m.  5.   1. ORNISMYA angelae, Less.   ...   2. TROCHILUS longirostris, Vieill.   ...   3. TROCHILUS mesoleucus, Temm.   ...   4. TROCHILUS rubineus, Lath.   ...   5. TROCHILUS rubinoides, Bourcier." (Bonaparte 1850); "Heliomaster Bonaparte, Consp. Av., 1, Mar. 1850, p. 70. Type, by subsequent designation, Orn. angel. = Ornismya angelae Lesson = Trochilus furcifer Shaw. (Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, 30, 8 Apr., 1850, p. 382.)" (Peters, 1945, V, p. 128).
Var. Heliomastes.   
Synon. Anthoscenus, Callipedia, Calliperidia, Corinnes, Floricola, Lepidolarynx, Lepidothorax.

longirostris
L. longus  long; -rostris  -billed  < rostrum  beak. Var. Longirostra.
● ex “Long-billed Thrush” of Latham 1783 (‡Acrocephalus).
● ex “Manchot de la Nouvelle Guinée” of Sonnerat 1776 (syn. Aptenodytes patagonicus).
● ex “Troupiale” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 532 (syn. Icterus icterus).
● ex “Grimpar Nasican” of Levaillant 1807 (Nasica).
● ex “Râle à long bec de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 849, and “Long-billed Rail” of Latham 1785 (Rallus).

Longirostris
(syn. Limnodromus Ϯ Short-billed Dowitcher L. grisea) L. longus  long; -rostris 
-billed  < rostrum  beak; "Longirostris is, I think, preferable to Macroramfus [sic] for the genus Longbeak" (C. T. Wood 1836).    Var. Longirostra (Wood 1837: "Brown Longbeak. Macroramfe ponctue, - Roth M[acroramfe].  Longirostra grisea, Wood.  .. Longbeak, Longirostris, Wood").

SUBSPECIES

Long-billed Starthroat (pallidiceps)
SCI Name: Heliomaster longirostris pallidiceps
pallidiceps
L. pallidus  pale  < pallere  to be pale; -ceps  -headed  < caput, capitis  head.

Long-billed Starthroat (longirostris)
SCI Name: Heliomaster longirostris longirostris
longirostris
L. longus  long; -rostris  -billed  < rostrum  beak. Var. Longirostra.
● ex “Long-billed Thrush” of Latham 1783 (‡Acrocephalus).
● ex “Manchot de la Nouvelle Guinée” of Sonnerat 1776 (syn. Aptenodytes patagonicus).
● ex “Troupiale” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 532 (syn. Icterus icterus).
● ex “Grimpar Nasican” of Levaillant 1807 (Nasica).
● ex “Râle à long bec de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 849, and “Long-billed Rail” of Latham 1785 (Rallus).

Long-billed Starthroat (albicrissa)
SCI Name: Heliomaster longirostris albicrissa
albicrissa
L. albus white; Mod. L. crissum vent, lower tail-coverts < L. crissare to copulate.