Red-necked Aracari / Pteroglossus bitorquatus
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Red-necked Aracari
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Protonym: Pteroglossus bitorquatus Zool.J. 2 p.481 Suppl. pl.17
Taxonomy: Piciformes / Ramphastidae / Pteroglossus
Taxonomy Code: renara1
Type Locality: No locality = northeastern Brazil.
Author: Vigors
Publish Year: 1826
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
PTEROGLOSSUS
(Ramphastidae; Ϯ Black-necked Araçari P. aracari) Gr. πτερον pteron feather; γλωσσα glōssa tongue; "GENUS 4. PTEROGLOSSUS (πτερον penna γλωσσα lingua) (Federzüngler Germ. Aracari Gall.) Rostrum capite longius, crassum, tenue, inane, cultratum, basi margine incrassato, maxillae angulo frontali obtuso. Tomia serrata. Nares superae, in maxillae basi. Lingua mediocris, angusta, pennacea. Cauda gradata. Pedes scansorii. Digiti externi internis longiores. Acropodia scutulata. Species: Ramphastos Aracari, viridis Lin." (Illiger 1811); "Pteroglossus Illiger, Prodromus, 1811, p. 202. Type, by subsequent designation, Ramphastos aracari Linné. (G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 50.)" (Peters 1948, VI, 74).
Synon. Aracari, Baillonius, Beauharnaisius, Grammarhynchus, Pyrosterna, Rhagoborus, Ulocomus.
bitorquata / bitorquatus
Mod. L. bitorquatus double-banded, double-collared < L. bi- two-, double- < bis twice; torquatus banded, collared < torquis or torques collar, neck-chain < torquere to twist.
SUBSPECIES
Red-necked Aracari (Western)
SCI Name: Pteroglossus bitorquatus sturmii
sturmii
Johann Heinrich Christian Friedrich Sturm (1805-1862) German bird artist, collector (Ixobrychus, Pteroglossus).
Red-necked Aracari (Eastern)
SCI Name: Pteroglossus bitorquatus bitorquatus/reichenowi
PTEROGLOSSUS
(Ramphastidae; Ϯ Black-necked Araçari P. aracari) Gr. πτερον pteron feather; γλωσσα glōssa tongue; "GENUS 4. PTEROGLOSSUS (πτερον penna γλωσσα lingua) (Federzüngler Germ. Aracari Gall.) Rostrum capite longius, crassum, tenue, inane, cultratum, basi margine incrassato, maxillae angulo frontali obtuso. Tomia serrata. Nares superae, in maxillae basi. Lingua mediocris, angusta, pennacea. Cauda gradata. Pedes scansorii. Digiti externi internis longiores. Acropodia scutulata. Species: Ramphastos Aracari, viridis Lin." (Illiger 1811); "Pteroglossus Illiger, Prodromus, 1811, p. 202. Type, by subsequent designation, Ramphastos aracari Linné. (G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 50.)" (Peters 1948, VI, 74).
Synon. Aracari, Baillonius, Beauharnaisius, Grammarhynchus, Pyrosterna, Rhagoborus, Ulocomus.
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)
