White-bearded Helmetcrest / Oxypogon lindenii
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White-bearded Helmetcrest
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Protonym: Ornysmia Lindenii Rev.Zool. 8 p.253
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Oxypogon
Taxonomy Code: whbhel1
Type Locality: State of MeVida, Venezuela.
Author: Parzudaki
Publish Year: 1845
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
OXYPOGON
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Green-bearded Helmetcrest O. guerinii) Gr. οξυς oxus sharp, pointed; πωγων pōgōn, πωγωνος pōgōnos beard; "Genus OXYPOGON. Gen. char.— Rostrum capite brevius, debile et rectum. Genæ supra subtusque rostrum plumis elongatis ornatæ; illis supra erectis, his subtus pendentibus. Alæ paululo longæ. Cauda ampla et occlusa, furcata. Pedes ampli et validi. Tarsi nudi. Hallux cum ungue longior digito, cum ungue intermedio. ... Types, Trochilus Guerinii and T. Lindenii." (Gould 1848); "Oxypogon Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, pt. 16, 1848, p. 14. Type, by subsequent designation, Ornismya guerinii Boissoneau. (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 22.)" (Peters 1945, V, 122).
lindeni / lindenii
● Prof. Charles Linden (1832-1888) US naturalist, collector (syn. Coccyzus euleri).
● Jean Jules Linden (1817-1898) Luxembourgish botanist, horticulturalist, collector (Oxypogon).
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)
