White-throated Hummingbird

SCI Name:  Leucochloris albicollis
Protonym:  Trochilus albicollis Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 23 p.426
Taxonomy:  Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Leucochloris
Taxonomy Code:  whthum2
Type Locality:  Brazil; restricted to Sao Paulo by Pinto, Rev. Mus. Paulista, 22, 1938, p. 277.
Author:  Vieillot
Publish Year:  1818
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

LEUCOCHLORIS
(Trochilidae; Ϯ White-throated Hummingbird L. albicollis) Gr. λευκος leukos  white, pale, light (in comp. with other colour terms); χλωρος khlōros  green; "Agyrtria   ...   *γ. Leucochloris albicollis (Tr. — VIEILL. 1818.) RCHB. — Bras. N.-Gran." (Reichenbach 1854); "Agyrtria γ Leucochloris Reichenbach, Journ. f. Orn., 1, 1854, Beil. zu Extrah., p. 10. Type, by monotypy, Trochilus albicollis Vieillot." (Peters 1945, V, 57).

albicolle / albicollis
L. albus white; Mod. L. -collis -necked, -throated < L. collum neck.
● ex “Gavilan de estero chorreado” (= ☼) of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 12 (syn. Circus buffoni).
● ex “South-Sea Raven” of Latham 1787 (Corvus).
● ex “Ficedula dominicensis. Figuier de S. Domingue” of Brisson 1760, “Figuier à gorge blanche” of de Buffon 1760-1783, and “St Domingo Warbler” of Latham 1783 (subsp. Dendroica petechia).
● ex “Suirirí chorreado sin roxo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 186 (syn. Legatus leucophaius).
● ex “Guêpier à Gorge Blanche” or “Guêpier Cuvier”of Levaillant 1807 (Merops).
● ex “White-throated Goatsucker” of Latham 1783 (Nyctidromus).
● ex “Cravatte Blanche” of Levaillant 1804, pl. 115 (syn. Pachycephala pectoralis).
● ex “Ypacahá aplomado y pardo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 374 (Porzana).
● ex “White-necked Falcon” of Latham 1787 (Pseudastur).
● ex “Cravatte Blanche” of Levaillant 1802 (Streptocitta).
● ex “Courlis à col blanc de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 976, “Grand Courlis de Cayenne” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “White-necked Ibis” of Latham 1785 (syn. Theristicus caudatus).
● ex “White-throated Sparrow” of Edwards 1760 (Zonotrichia).