The Key to Scientific Names

Edited by James A. Jobling
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Buccotrogon

(Megalaimidae; syn. Psilopogon Fire-tufted Barbet P. pyrolophus) Portmanteau of genera  Bucco Temminck, 1820, barbet (see Bucco) and Trogon Brisson 1760, trogon; ""5. Buccotrogon torquatus [Kreling 1852; nom. nud.] mas. nov. spec." ist: Psilopogon pyrolophus S. Müll.  Rchb. Syst. t. XLV.  Bucco pyrolophus Temm. col. t. 597." (Reichenbach 1854); "Buccotrogon "Kreling" Reichenbach, 1854, Journal für Ornithologie, II, p. 149.  Type, by monotypy, Psilopogon pyrolophus S. Müller, 1835." (JAJ 2020).


Chrysotrogon

(Trogonidae; syn. Trogon Gartered Trogon T. caligatus) Gr. χρυσος khrusos  gold; genus Trogon Brisson 1760, trogon; "Genus CHRYSOTROGON Ridgway. a     Microtrogon (not of Bertoni, 1901) GOELDI, Bol. Mus. Goeldi, v, no. 1, Feb., 1908, 92, 93, 94, 95. (Type, Trogon ramoniana Deville and Des Murs.)   ...   a New genus.  Type, Trogon caligatus Gould.  From χρυσος, gold + Trogon (τρωγω, I gnaw, I eat)." (Ridgway 1911); "Chrysotrogon Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, V, 1911, p. 784 (Type [by original designation] Trogon caligatus Gould)." (Cory, 1919, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. II (2), p. 329).  If Chrysotrogon Ridgway, 1911, is treated as a new name for Microtrogon Goeldi, 1908, not of Bertoni, 1901, its type would be Trogon ramoniana Deville and des Murs, 1849 (editor's preference).


Heterotrogon

(Trogonidae; syn. Apaloderma  Bar-tailed Trogon A. vittatum) Gr. ἑτερος heteros different, another; genus Trogon Brisson 1760, trogon; "An examination of these specimens, and a careful comparison with the common African trogon (A. narina) leads me to believe this species should be removed from Apaloderma and recognized as representing a distinct genus.   ...   HETEROTROGON, new genus.   ...   Bill small, slender, and much compressed. Tomia of both maxilla and mandible smooth, without signs of serrations posterior to subterminal notch.   ...   Type. —  Hapaloderma vittatum, Shelley" (Richmond 1895); "Heterotrogon Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. xvii, p. 601, 1894.  Type by original designation, Hapaloderma vittatum Shelley." (W. Sclater, 1924, Syst. Av. Aethiop., I, p. 269).


Microtrogon

Gr. μικρος mikros  little; genus Trogon Brisson 1760, trogon.
• (Bucconidae; syn. Nonnula † Rusty-breasted Nunlet N. rubecula) "N.o 19: Microtrogon fulvescens (1) W. Bertoni (gen. nov.)  ...  Se parece mucho á los Trogon en el esqueleto y en su plumaje algodonoso y descompuesto  ...  Sus costumbres y procederes son de Trogónido   ...   N.o 20: Microtrogon galbuloides W. Bertoni   ...   A primeras vista lo creí Galbula  ...   (1) Del gr. micron pequeño y trogónido" (Bertoni 1901); "Microtrogon W. Bertoni, An. Cient. Paraguayos, (1), no. 1, 1901, p. 41. Type, by present designation, Microtrogon fulvescens Bertoni = Bucco rubecula Spix.1   ...   1 Microtrogon Bertoni was published with two contained species. Of these the first is Microtrogon fulvescens Bertoni (= Bucco rubecula Spix) which is described in the fullest detail; the second is Microtrogon galbuloides Bertoni so incompletely described that it has never been satisfactorily identified with any known species, in fact it is not clear whether the description was based on a bird seen but not collected, or from memory of a specimen that had been lost; there is no assurance that it is a bucconid at all." (Peters, 1948, VI, p. 19).
• (Trogonidae; syn. Trogon † Amazonian Trogon T. ramonianus) "MICROTROGON novo nome generico proposto para Trogon ramonianus Des Murs  ...  Eu proponho promover o Trogon ramonianus Des Murs ao grau dum genero novo a ser chamado Microtrogon, um termo que me parece muito acceitavel como sendo bastante significativo duma das feições notaveis" (Goeldi 1908); "Microtrogon (not of Bertoni, 1901) Goeldi, Bol. Mus. Goeldi, V, 1908, p. 92 (Type [by monotypy] Trogon ramonianus Deville and Des Murs)." (Cory, 1919, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. II (2), p. 329).


Paratrogon

(Trogonidaesyn. Apaloderma Ϯ Dawn Trogon A. gallicus) Gr. παρα para  near, beside; genus Trogon Brisson, 1760, trogon.


Pyrotrogon

(Trogonidae; syn. Harpactes Philippine Trogon H. ardens) Gr. πυρ pur, πυρος puros  fire; genus Trogon Brisson 1760, trogon; "5. HARPACTES, Sw.  ...  c. Pyrotrogon, Bp.  -  38. ardens, Temm.  -  39. hodgsoni, Gould.  -  40. flagrans, Müll." (Bonaparte 1854); "Pyrotrogon Bonaparte, 1854, Conspectus Volucrum Zygodactylorum, p. 14. Type, by subsequent designation (Sharpe, 1892, Cat. Birds British Museum, XVII, p. 480), "Pyrotogon" ardens H. ardens = Trogon ardens Temminck, 1826." (JAJ 2020).   
Var. Pyrotogon.


Temnotrogon

(Trogonidae; syn. Priotelus Ϯ Hispaniolan Trogon P. roseigaster) Portmanteau of genera Temnurus Swainson, 1837, trogon, and Trogon Brisson 1760, trogon; "The single species in this subgenus differs from the closely allied Cuban Trogon by lacking outward-curving edges to squarish tips of the tail-feathers and by the sexually dichromatic upper wing-coverts." (Forshaw & Gilbert 2009); "d. Temnotrogon, Bp.  — 31. roseigaster, Vieill. (domicellus, Cuv. — rhodogaster, Temm.)" (Bonaparte 1854); "Temnotrogon Bonaparte, Ateneo Italiano, 2, no. 8, 1854, p. 129. (Separately paged reprint, Consp. Vol. Zygodact., 1854, p. 14.) Type, by monotypy, Trogon roseigaster Vieillot." (Peters, 1945, V, p. 150). 
Var. Temnotrogan.


Tmetotrogon

(Trogonidae; syn. Priotelus † Hispaniolan Trogon P. roseigaster) Gr. τμητος tmētos  cut, shaped by cutting  < τεμνω temnō  to cut; genus Trogon Brisson, 1760, trogon; "Gen. TMETOTROGON* [sic] ) Bp. 1854. —  Perl-Curucu.   Temnotrogon (!) Bp. 1854.  132. — T. rhodogaster Bp.   ...  **) Ganz wie oben Apalharpactes (!) aus Apaloderma (!) und Harpactes bildete Bonaparte sicherlich auch die Benennung Temnotrogon (!) aus Temnurus und Trogon, um die zwischen diesen beiden Gattungen gleichsam vermittelnde Uebergangs-Stellung des Perl-Curucu's anzudenten; doch glückte es ihm hier nicht ganz so wie dort, sogleich einen neuen brauchbaren Namen aus zwei alten zu fabriciren, diesen "schneidenden Trogon" in einen "geschnittenen", in Tmetotrogon von τμητος (geschnitten, gestutzt) τρωγων (Nager) verwandelt, obwohl derselbe eigentlich keinen eben viel auffallender abgestutzten Schwanz zeigt, als manche andere Formen der Familie.  Auch sahen wir uns genöthigt, mit Temminck an Stelle des barbarischen vorn lateinischen und hinten griechischen roseigaster (!) Vieill. das rein griechische gleich-bedeutende rhodogaster treten zu lassen." (Cabanis & Heine 1863); "Tmetotrogon Cabanis and Heine, 1863, Museum Heineanum, IV (1), p. 166.  New name for Temnotrogon Bonaparte, 1854, considered barbarous because of its hybrid bi-generic construction." (JAJ 2020).


TROGON

(Trogonidae; White-tailed Trogon T. viridis) Gr. τρωγων trōgōn  fruit-eating, gnawing  < τρωγω trōgō  to gnaw; “The reason for the name Trogon seems to be because Pliny has such a name after the Picus.” (Pennant 1773); "Rostro brevi, adunco. . .Latitudine crassitiem superante. . . .Trogon. Genus 51.   ...    Le genre du Couroucou (1).   ...   (1) Couroucou, nom formé de Curucui, qui est celui que les Brasiliens donnent à la quatrième espece de ce genre.   ...  Genus Trogonis (1).   ...   (1) Trogon, nomen quartæ hujus generis speciei a Moehringio inditum" (Brisson 1760): based on "Curucui" of Marcgrave 1648, "Tzinitzcan" of Hernandez 1651, and "Trogon" of Moehring 1752; "Linné's T. curucui, der wahre Typus der Gattung Trogon, ist eine nur auf Marcgrave's Beschreibung des Curucui basirende Art, welche wahrscheinlich Linné selbst nie gesehen hat." (Cabanis & Heine 1863); "Trogon Brisson, Orn., 1, 1760, p. 42; 4, p. 164. Type, by subsequent designation, Trogon viridis Linné = Trogon strigilatus Linné (Stone, Auk, 24, 1907, p. 192)." (Peters, 1945, V, p. 150); "For use of the name T. viridis instead of T. strigilatus Linnaeus, 1766, see Zimmer, 1948, Am. Mus. Novit., no.1380, p. 26." (AOU Check-list N. Amer. Birds, 6th ed., 1983, p. 363); "TROGON Brisson, 1760  M—"Trogon" Brisson; type by tautonymy = Trogon viridis Linnaeus, 1766" (Dickinson and Remsen (eds.), H. & M. Complete Checklist, 4th ed., 2013, 1 (Non-passerines), p. 280).
Var. Tragon, Troghon, Trongon.
Synon. Aganus, Chrysotrogon, Curucujus, Eutroctes, Hapalophorus, Harpaleus, Microtrogon, Pothinus, Troctes, Trogonurus.


Trogonurus

(Trogonidae; syn. Trogon Collared Trogon T. collaris) Genus Trogon Brisson 1760, trogon; Gr. ουρα oura  tail; "1212. Trogon, L. —  a. Trogon, L. —  b. Curucujus, Bp. —  c. Trogonurus, Bp. — d. Temnotrogon, Bp." (Bonaparte 1854 (Ann. Sci. Nat., Zool.) (nom. nud.)); "2. TROGON, L.  ...   c. Trogonurus, Bp.  —  18. collaris, Vieill. (rosalba, Cuv.)  —  19. variegatus, Gould, nec Spix.  —  20. puella, Gould.  —  21. ambiguus, Gould.  —  22. elegans, Gould.  —  23. purpuratus, Sw.  —  24. leucurus, Sw.  —  25. melanocephalus, Gould.  —  26. xalapensis, Dubus.  —  27. assimilis, Gould.  —  28. personatus, Gould.  —  29. mexicanus, Sw. (glocitans, Licht.)  —  30? capistratus, Less." (Bonaparte 1854 (Ateneo Italiano)); "Trogonurus Bonaparte, Ateneo Italiano, no. 8, 1854, p. 129. [Consp. Voluc. Zygodact., p. 14.]  Type, by subsequent designation, Trogon collaris Vieillot. (Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 136.)" (Peters, 1945, V, p. 153).


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