Species of bird
The blue-backed tanager (Cyanicterus cyanicterus ) is a species of South American bird in the tanager family Thraupidae . It is the only member of the genus Cyanicterus .
It is found in Brazil , French Guiana , Guyana , Suriname , and Venezuela . Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests .
Taxonomy
The blue-backed tanager was formally described in 1819 by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot under the binomial name Pyranga cyanicterus .[ 2] The type locality is Cayenne in French Guiana.[ 3] This species is now the only member of the genus Cyanicterus that was introduced by Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1850.[ 4] [ 5] The word cyanicterus is formed from the Ancient Greek kuanos meaning "dark-blue" and ikteros meaning "jaundice-yellow".[ 6] The blue-backed tanager is monotypic : no subspecies are recognised.[ 5]
References
^ BirdLife International (2018). "Cyanicterus cyanicterus " . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 : e.T22722555A132016127. doi :10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22722555A132016127.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021 .
^ Vieillot, Louis Pierre (1819). Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc (in French). Vol. 28. Paris: Deterville. p. 290. doi :10.5962/bhl.title.20211 .
^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World . Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 326.
^ Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1850). Conspectus Generum Avium (in Latin). Vol. 1. Leiden: E.J. Brill. p. 240.
^ a b Gill, Frank ; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela , eds. (July 2020). "Tanagers and allies" . IOC World Bird List Version 10.2 . International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 22 November 2020 .
^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . London: Christopher Helm. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4 .