Red-bellied Grackle

SCI Name:  Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster
Protonym:  Cassicus pyrohypogaster Rev.Zool. 10 p.252
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Icteridae / Hypopyrrhus
Taxonomy Code:  rebgra1
Type Locality:  Colombia.
Author:  de Tarragon
Publish Year:  1847
IUCN Status:  Vulnerable

DEFINITIONS

HYPOPYRRHUS
(Icteridae; † Red-bellied Grackle H. pyrohypogaster) Gr. ὑπο hupo  beneath; πυρρος purrhos  flame-coloured, red  < πυρ pur, πυρος puros  flame;  "This singular bird is easily recognized by its scarlet abdominal band and under tail coverts, and plain black general plumage" (Cassin 1867); "*916. Hypopyrrhus, Bp. (Agelaius, p. Gr.)   America m.  1.    CASSICUS pyrrhogaster, Tarragon. (Agelaius pyrrhogaster, Gr.) Rev. Zool. 1837. p. 252. ex Bogota.  Nigerrimus; capitis plumis rigidis, angustissimis: abdomine latissime coccineo: cauda valde rotundata." (Bonaparte 1850); "Hypopyrrhus Bonaparte, 1850, Conspectus Generum Avium, I (II), p. 425.  Type, by monotypy, Cassicus pyrrhogaster Tarragon, i.e. Cassicus pyrohypogaster de Tarragon, 1847." (JAJ 2021).

hypopyrrhus
Gr. ὑπο hupo  beneath; πυρρος purrhos  flame-coloured, red  < πυρ pur, πυρος puros  fire.

pyrohypogaster
Gr. πυρ pur, πυρος puros  fire; ὑπο hupo  beneath; γαστηρ gastēr,  γαστρος gastros  belly.