The Key to Scientific Names
- chrysolophus / chrysolopos / chrysolopus
Gr. χρυσολοφος khrusolophos with golden crest < χρυσος khrusos gold; λοφος lophos crest.
- CHRYSOLOPHUS
(Phasianidae; Ϯ Golden Pheasant C. pictus) Gr. χρυσολοφος khrusolophos with golden crest < χρυσος khrusos gold; λοφος lophos crest; "[plate 41, fig.] 2. HEAD OF THE COMMON GOLDEN PHEASANT · CHRYSOLOPHUS PICTUS. (Gray.)" (J. Gray 1834); "Chrysolophus J. E. Gray, in Hardwicke's Ill. Ind. Zool., 2, pt. 15-16, 1834, pl. 41, f. 2. Type, by monotypy, Phasianus pictus Linné." (Peters, 1934, II, p. 130).
Synon. Epomia, Thaumalea.
● (Tyrannidae; syn. Machetornis Ϯ Cattle Tyrant M. rixosa) "TYRAN QUERELLEUR ou SUIRIRI, Tyrannus rixosus, Vieill. ... les plumes du sommet de la tête, brunes à leur extrémité, et d'un rouge d'écarlate dans le reste" (Vieillot 1819); "CHRYSOLOPHUS, Sw. Walking Tyrants. Bill lengthened, as long as the head; the sides compressed. Rictus bristled. Wings rounded; the first two quills gradually pointed at their ends; tertials lengthened, nearly as long as the primaries. Feet large, formed for walking. Lateral toes equal. Tail even. Brazil. C. ambulans. Spix, ii. pl. 23." (Swainson 1837); "Chrysolophus Swainson, 1837, Nat. Hist. Classification Birds, II, p. 225 (not of J. Gray, 1834). Type, by monotypy, C. ambulans von Spix, i.e. Tyrannus ambulans Swainson, 1826 = Tyrannus rixosus Vieillot, 1819." (JAJ 2022).