Magenta-throated Woodstar / Philodice bryantae
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Magenta-throated Woodstar
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Protonym: Doricha bryantae Ann.Lyc.Nat.Hist.N.Y. 8 p.483
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Philodice
Taxonomy Code: matwoo1
Type Locality: Costa Rica.
Author: Lawrence
Publish Year: 1867
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
Philodice
(syn. Calliphlox Ϯ Purple-throated Woodstar C. mitchellii) Gr. myth. Philodice, wife of Leucippus and daughter of Inachus; "[Key] Genre AMATHUSIA, Amathusie. ... d. Rectrices externes et subexternes presque égales: les intermédiaires notablement plus courtes. (S.-g. Philodice.) Mitchelli, BOURCIER. Eq., Nouv.-Gren.. >> Class. de M. Gould Calliphlox 180." (Mulsant et al. 1866); "Philodice Mulsant, Verreaux and Verreaux, Mém. Soc. Imp. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg, 12, 1866, p. 230 [Essaie Classif. Méth. Trochil., p. 86.] Type, by monotypy, Trochilus mitchellii Bourcier." (Peters 1945, V, 132). Var. Philodoce.
bryantae
Elizabeth Brimmer Bryant née Sohier (1823-1916) wife of US ornithologist Dr Henry Bryant (Calliphlox).
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)
