Taphrospilus
Well-known member
Cephaloepis apirati Bertoni, AW 1901 OD Aves nuevas del Paraguay - Biodiversity Heritage Library
Less a question of etymology but I would say syn. Stephanoxis loddigesii as Paraguay (Alto Paraná Department) is the distribution place.
This in accordance with https://www.researchgate.net/profil...f-Stephanoxis-Simon-1897-Aves-Trochilidae.pdf and Rolf Grantsau Die Kolibris Brasiliens.
What I ask myself is the autorship of Stephanoxis loddigesii Stephanoxis loddigesii (Violetthaubenelfe) - Avibase Gould or Hummingbirds – IOC World Bird List Vigors ? Sure Vigors presented the hummingbird pt.1-2 (1830-1832) - Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London - Biodiversity Heritage Library .
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The Key to Scientific Names - Birds of the World
Species accounts for all the birds of the world.
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Güaraní name Maínumbí apí-rati crested hummingbird, for the Plovercrest (syn. Stephanoxis lalandi).
Less a question of etymology but I would say syn. Stephanoxis loddigesii as Paraguay (Alto Paraná Department) is the distribution place.
This in accordance with https://www.researchgate.net/profil...f-Stephanoxis-Simon-1897-Aves-Trochilidae.pdf and Rolf Grantsau Die Kolibris Brasiliens.
What I ask myself is the autorship of Stephanoxis loddigesii Stephanoxis loddigesii (Violetthaubenelfe) - Avibase Gould or Hummingbirds – IOC World Bird List Vigors ? Sure Vigors presented the hummingbird pt.1-2 (1830-1832) - Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London - Biodiversity Heritage Library .
But...
50.2. Authorship of names in reports of meetings
If the name of a taxon is made available by publication in a report or minutes of a meeting, the person responsible for the name, not the Secretary or other reporter of the meeting, is the author of the name.
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