Versicolored Barbet / Eubucco versicolor
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Versicolored Barbet
SCI Name:
Protonym: Bucco versicolor Natursyst.Suppl. Suppl. p.88
Taxonomy: Piciformes / Capitonidae / Eubucco
Taxonomy Code: verbar1
Type Locality: Maynas, Peru.
Author: Statius Muller
Publish Year: 1776
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
EUBUCCO
(Capitonidae; Ϯ Lemon-throated Barbet E. richardsoni) Gr. ευ eu fine, beautiful; genus Bucco Temminck, 1820, barbet (see Bucco ●); "*280. Eubucco, Bp. (Capito, p. Gr.) America m. 6. 1. CAPITO richardsoni, Gray et Mitch. Gen. B. t. 106. ex Columbia. 2. MICROPOGON hartlaubi, Lafr. 1845. (Capito hartlaubi, Gr.) Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1849. t. 6 - Mus. Lugd. Mas et faem. ex Columbia, S.ta Fe de Bogota. 3. MICROPOGON bourcieri, Lafr. 1845. (Capito bourcieri, Gr.) Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1849. t. 4. - Mus. Lugd. ex Columb. 4. BUCCO elegans, Gm. (maynanensis, Briss. - pictus, Bodd. - Capito maynanensis, Gr.) Pl. enl. 330. - Lev. Barb. t. 34. ex Brasil. 5. BUCCO aurovirens, Cuv. (Capito aurovirens, Gr. ex Bp.) Lev. Barb. t. Suppl. E. ex Brasil. 6. CAPITO aurifrons, Vig. (Capito aurifrons, Gr.) Proc. Zool. Soc. 1832. p. 3. ex Chili." (Bonaparte 1850); "Eubucco Bonaparte, Consp. Av., 1, 1850, p. 142. Type, by subsequent designation, Capito richardsoni G. R. Gray (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 91.)" (Peters, 1948, VI, p. 27).
Synon. Abelterus.
versicolor
L. versicolor, versicoloris of various colours < vertere to change; color, coloris colour.
● ex “Perroquet de La Havane” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 360 (Amazona).
● ex “Barbu des Maynas” of Brisson 1760 (Eubucco).
● ex “Perruche à gorge tachetée de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 144, “Perruche, no. 2” of Fermin 1769, “Perruche à gorge variée” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Wave-breasted Parrakeet” of Latham 1781 (syn. Pyrrhura picta).
● ex "Pato pico de tres colores" of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 440 (Spatula).
● ex “Variable Crow” of Latham 1801 (Strepera).
SUBSPECIES
Versicolored Barbet (Blue-cowled)
SCI Name: Eubucco versicolor steerii
steerei / steerii
Prof. Joseph Beal Steere (1842-1940) US ornithologist, zoologist, palaeontologist, anthropologist, explorer, collector in Brazil, Peru and Ecuador 1870-1873, 1901, Taiwan 1873-1874, the Philippines and Moluccas 1874-1875, 1887-1888 (Centropus, syn. Ceyx cyanopectus, Eubucco, Liocichla, Oriolus, syn. Otus manadensis, Pernis, Pitta, subsp. Pyrrhula leucogenis, Sarcophanops).
Versicolored Barbet (Blue-chinned)
SCI Name: Eubucco versicolor glaucogularis
glaucogularis
L. glaucus glaucous < Gr. γλαυκος glaukos glaucous; Mod. L. gularis throated < L. gula throat.
Versicolored Barbet (Blue-moustached)
SCI Name: Eubucco versicolor versicolor
versicolor
L. versicolor, versicoloris of various colours < vertere to change; color, coloris colour.
● ex “Perroquet de La Havane” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 360 (Amazona).
● ex “Barbu des Maynas” of Brisson 1760 (Eubucco).
● ex “Perruche à gorge tachetée de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 144, “Perruche, no. 2” of Fermin 1769, “Perruche à gorge variée” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Wave-breasted Parrakeet” of Latham 1781 (syn. Pyrrhura picta).
● ex "Pato pico de tres colores" of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 440 (Spatula).
● ex “Variable Crow” of Latham 1801 (Strepera).
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)
