Scrub Tanager / Stilpnia vitriolina

Scrub Tanager / Stilpnia vitriolina

Scrub Tanager

SCI Name:  Stilpnia vitriolina
Protonym:  C.[allispiza] vitriolina Mus.Hein. 1 p.28
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Thraupidae /
Taxonomy Code:  scrtan1
Type Locality:  Colombia.
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Publish Year:  1851
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DEFINITIONS

Stilpnia
(syn. Tangara Ϯ Black-headed Tanager T. cyanoptera) Gr. στιλπνος stilpnos  glistening, glittering  < στιλπνοω stilpnoō  to polish; "32. Stilpnia, new genus (Fig. 5).   Type species. Aglaia cyanoptera Swainson, 1834 (currently recognized as Tangara cyanoptera).  ...  Etymology. The name, feminine in gender, is derived from the Greek στιλπνη, the feminine form of the adjective meaning "glittering" or "glistening," alluding to the glossiness of the plumage of these colorful tanagers.  Comments. Euschemon Sclater, 1851 (type species Tanagra flava Gmelin, 1789, currently Tangara cayana flava), is preoccupied by Euschemon Doubleday, 1846, the name of an Australian butterfly, and so not available" (Burns et al. 2016) (OD per Richard Klim).

vitriolina
Mod. L. vitriolinus  vitrioline, sulphuric  < L. vitreolus  of glass  < vitreus  vitreous, bright, shining, brilliant  < vitrum  glass.
● ex “Tanagra vitriolina” of Lichtenstein MS (Tangara).