Mountain Avocetbill

Mountain Avocetbill / Opisthoprora euryptera

Mountain Avocetbill

Here the details of the Mountain Avocetbill named bird below:

SCI Name:  Opisthoprora euryptera
Protonym:  Trochilus eurypterus Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt2 no.15 p.7
Taxonomy:  Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae /
Taxonomy Code:  mouavo1
Type Locality:  Popayan, Colombia.
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Publish Year:  1832
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

OPISTHOPRORA
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Mountain Avocetbill O. euryptera) Gr. οπισθε opisthe  behind, backwards; πρωρα prōra  prow, forepart (i.e. bill); "rostro brevi, recurvato" (Loddiges 1832); "Gen. STREBLORHAMPHUS   ...  Sehr nahe verwandt ist die Gattung:  Opisthoprora Nob. (Avocettinus Bp. 1854 nec 1849) von οπισθε (rückwärts gebogen) und πρωρα (Vordertheil, Schnabel):   O. euryptera. — Trochilus eurypterus Lodd. P. Z. S. 1832. p. 7. — Trochilus Georginae Bourc. R. Z. 1847. p. 48." (Cabanis & Heine 1860).

euryptera
Gr. ευρυς eurus broad; -πτερος -pteros -winged  < πτερον pteron  wing.