The Key to Scientific Names
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Amblyrhynchus (See: AMBLYRAMPHUS)
AMBLYRAMPHUS (Icteridae; Ϯ Scarlet-headed Blackbird A. holosericeus) Gr. αμβλυς amblus blunt < αμβλυνω amblunō to blunt; ῥαμφος rhamphos bill; "AMBLYRAMPHUS *. CHARACTER GENERICUS. Rostrum rectum, subconicum, apice obtuso, depresso. Pedes simplices, ambulatorii digitis tribus anticis, uno postico. ... This genus differs from Oriolus (Oriole), in having the point of the beak rounded and depressed instead of sharp. The bare spot in the forehead behind the base of the upper mandible terminates in a point, as in the genuine Orioles. I am induced to consider this as a distinct genus, rather from the opinion of others, than from my own judgement; but as all the known species of Oriole have the point of their beaks acute, this distinction of form may prove to be a very natural and important generic character. ... AMBLYRAMPHUS BICOLOR. ... * Ab Aμβλυς, obtusus, (blunt), et ῥαμφος, rostrum, (a beak)." (Leach 1814); "Amblyramphus Leach, 1814, Zool. Misc., 1, p. 81. Type, by monotypy, Amblyramphus bicolor Leach = Xanthornus holosericeus Scopoli." (Blake in Peters, 1986, XIV, p. 182).
Var. Amblyrhamphus, Amblyrhynchus.- Amblyrhynchus
(Scolopacidae; ?syn. Phalaropus Ϯ Grey Phalarope / Red Phalarope P. fulicarius) Gr. αμβλυς amblus blunt < αμβλυνω amblunō to blunt; ῥυγχος rhunkhos bill; "Subgenus.—*AMBLYRHYNCHUS. WITH the BILL slender and depressed, dilated and rounded at the extremity. The FEET more than half palmated, and the toes bordered with a plain or unscolloped membrane. PLAIN PHALAROPE. (Phalaropus glacialis, LATH. Plain Phalarope, PENN. Arct, Zool. No. 415. RICHARD. North. Zool. ii. p. 409. Tringa glacialis, GMEL. Syst. i. p. 675. sp. 32. Phalarope a cou jaune, SONNINI, èdit. de BUFFON, Ois. xxiii. p. 298.)" (Nuttall 1834); "Tringa glacialis Gmelin (Syst. Nat., 1, (2), p. 675, 1789—based on "Plain Phalarope" Pennant, Arct. Zool., 2, p. 495; "in mari glaciali"), while possibly referable to Wilson's Phalarope (cf. Coues, Bds. Northwest, p. 467 [footnote], 1874), is not identifiable with certainty. It is the genotype of Amblyrhynchus (not of Leach, 1816) Nuttall, Man. Orn. U. S. and Canada, Water Birds, p. 247, 1834." (Hellmayr and Conover, 1948, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. I (3), p. 221).
● see Amblyramphus.- CATAMBLYRHYNCHUS
(Thraupidae; Ϯ Plushcap / Plush-capped Finch C. diadema) Gr. καταμβλυνω katamblunō or καταμβλυοω katambluoō to blunt; ρυγχος rhunkhos bill; "Gen. CATAMBLYRHYNCHUS (bec obtus et comprimé). Car. Gen. Rostrum breve, arcuatum, valde compressum, maxillæ carina supera planulata, utrinque linea impressa marginata, apice obtusa, rotundata. Alæ mediocres, rotundæ, quatuor remigibus externis gradatis, quarta et quinta longissimis. Cauda satis elongata, tectricibus totis gradatis, apice acuminatis, quarum pogonio externo angusto, recto, interno autem dilatato, rotundato. Pedes fortes, pollice præcipue elongato, ungulo valido terminato. La forme pour ainsi dire toute anomale du bec de l'espèce de Fringille type de ce genre, nous a empêché de la placer dans aucun de ceux déjà existants, et nous a forcé d'en créer un nouveau pour elle. Son nom exprime autant que possible cette particularité de forme. Catamblyrhynchus diadema. ... Habitat in Colombia." (de La Fresnaye 1842); "Catamblyrhynchus Lafresnaye, 1842, Rev. Zool. [Paris], 5, p. 301. Type, by monotypy, Catamblyrhynchus diadema Lafresnaye." (Paynter in Peters, 1970, XIII, p. 215).
Var. Calamblyrhynchus, Catamblyrhamphus (Gr. ραμφος rhamphos bill).
Synon. Bustamantia.
