Yellow-hooded Blackbird

SCI Name:  Chrysomus icterocephalus
Protonym:  O.lriolus} icterocephalus Syst.Nat.ed.12 ed.12 p.163
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Icteridae / Chrysomus
Taxonomy Code:  yehbla2
Type Locality:  Cayenne.
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1766
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CHRYSOMUS
(Icteridae; † Yellow-hooded Blackbird C. icterocephalus) Gr. χρυσωμα​ khrusōma, χρυσωματος  khrusōmatos  wrought gold, that which is made of gold, gold plate  < χρυσος khrusos  gold; σωμα  sōma, σωματος sōmatos  body; "CHRYSOMUS, Sw.  ...  Bill resembling Zanthornis; but the margin of both mandibles inflexed. Wings moderate; the first quill rather shorter than the second. Tail rounded. Feet formed for walking. Toes large, very long, and slender  ...  Claws long, very slender, and but slightly curved.    icterocephalus. Edw. pl. 323.  zanthopygius. Part 5. No. 190." (Swainson 1837); based on “Yellow-headed Starling” of Edwards 1764; "Chrysomus (not Chrysoma Risso, 1826) Swainson, Nat. Hist. & Classif. Bds., 2, p. 274, July, 1837—type, by monotypy, ¹ Oriolus icterocephalus Linnaeus.   ...   ¹ The second species mentioned by Swainson, C. zanthopygius, is a nomen nudum here, and was not characterized until six months later (Anim. Menag., p. 345, Dec. 31, 1837)." (Hellmayr, 1937, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. X, p. 159).     
Var. Chrysocomus, Crhysomus.   
Synon. Cornix, Erythropsar, Xanthosomus.

chrysomus
Gr. χρυσωμα khrusōma, χρυσωματος khrusōmatos  wrought gold, that which is made of gold, gold plate  < χρυσος khrusos  gold; σωμα sōma, σωματος sōmatos  body.

icterocephala / icterocephalus
Gr. ικτερος ikteros  jaundice-yellow; -κεφαλος -kephalos  -headed  < κεφαλη kephalē  head.
● ex “Verdin icterocephale” of Temminck 1830 (Chloropsis).
● ex “Carouge à teste jaune de Cayenne” of Brisson 1760 (Chrysomus).
● ex “Yellow-headed Woodpecker” of Latham 1783 (syn. Piculus flavigula).
● "114. MOTACILLA.  ...  icterocephala.  25. M. grisea, subtus albida, pileo luteo, fscia ocularinigra, duabusque alaribus flavis.  Ficedula canadensis icterocephala. Briss. av. 3. p. 517. t. 27. f. 2.  Habitat in Canada." (Linnaeus 1766) (syn. Setophaga pensylvanica).

SUBSPECIES

Yellow-hooded Blackbird (bogotensis)
SCI Name: Chrysomus icterocephalus bogotensis
bogotense / bogotensis
Bogotá (formerly Santa Fé de Bogotá), Colombia. In early ornithology “Bogotá” was used to designate a species of unknown provenance but, from the distinctive way in which the trade-skin had been prepared, presumed to be from the Spanish Main (= Spanish-held Mainland), the hinterland of north-western tropical America.

Yellow-hooded Blackbird (icterocephalus)
SCI Name: Chrysomus icterocephalus icterocephalus
icterocephala / icterocephalus
Gr. ικτερος ikteros  jaundice-yellow; -κεφαλος -kephalos  -headed  < κεφαλη kephalē  head.
● ex “Verdin icterocephale” of Temminck 1830 (Chloropsis).
● ex “Carouge à teste jaune de Cayenne” of Brisson 1760 (Chrysomus).
● ex “Yellow-headed Woodpecker” of Latham 1783 (syn. Piculus flavigula).
● "114. MOTACILLA.  ...  icterocephala.  25. M. grisea, subtus albida, pileo luteo, fscia ocularinigra, duabusque alaribus flavis.  Ficedula canadensis icterocephala. Briss. av. 3. p. 517. t. 27. f. 2.  Habitat in Canada." (Linnaeus 1766) (syn. Setophaga pensylvanica).