The Key to Scientific Names

Edited by James A. Jobling
1 to 1 of 1 results

Pothinus

(Trogonidae; syn. Trogon Black-throated Trogon T. rufus) Gr. ποθεινος potheinos  desirable, longed for; "Gen. POTHINUS*) nov. gen. — Mädchen-Surucu.   142.—1. P. atricollis Nob.   Yellow-bellied green cuckow Edw. Glean. t. 331 (mas). Couroucou à queue rousse de Cayenne Buff. Pl. enl. t. 736 (fem.) — Trogon curucui var. Gm. Syst. Nat. I. p. 403. 2. var. γ (mas). — Lath. Ind. Orn. I. p. 199. 1. var. δ. — Trogon rufus (!) Gm. Syst. Nat. I. p. 404. 4 (fem.)  ...  Trogon atricollis Vieill. Nouv. Dict. VIII. p. 318.   ...   *) Die Arten dieser Gattung, deren Namen wir von ποθεινος (erwünscht, ersehnt) entlehnten   ...   Dagegen gelten uns als gute Arten, und stellen wir ferner zu Pothinus die folgenden Species:  2. P. tenellus Nob.   ...   3. P. aurantiiventer Nob.   ...   4. P. Sallaei Nob.   ...   5. P. sulphureus Nob." (Cabanis & Heine 1863); "Pothinus Cabanis in Cabanis and Heine, 1863, Museum Heineanum, IV (I), p. 180.  Type, by subsequent designation (Sharpe, 1892, Cat. Birds British Museum, XVII, p. 440), Trogon atricollis Vieillot, 1817 = Trogon rufus Gmelin, 1788." (JAJ 2020).


1 to 1 of 1 results
Birds of the World

Partnerships

A global alliance of nature organizations working to document the natural history of all bird species at an unprecedented scale.