Asio stygius (Wagler)

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524. Asio stygius (Wagler)

Quaternary – MG

Nyctalops stygius – Winge 1887: 37.

Nyctalops stygius – Goeldi 1894: 76.

Nyctalops stygius – Lambrecht 1933: 773.

Asio stygius – Brodkorb 1971: 227.

Asio stygius [ Nyctalops stygius ] – Mones 1986: 95–96.

Asio stygius – Cuello 1988: 56.

Asio stygius – Nascimento and Silveira 2020: 493.

Winge (1887) associated several bones with at least two individuals from Lapa da Escrivânia V. They are represented by the humerus (proximal and distal ends), carpometacarpus, femur, tibiotarsus (distal end), tarsometatarsus (almost complete), and the first phalanx of the hallux. He noted that only the humeri and femora were determined by comparison, since he had in hands only the skeleton of the torso and the femora and the proximal ends of the humeri of a taxidermied specimen from Lagoa Santa. However, he was almost sure that the other bones belong to the same species and noted that Asio clamator , of which two skeletons were available, is quite distinct.

Trogoniformes AOU Trogonidae Lesson Trogon Brisson 525. Trogon sp.

Quaternary – MG

Trogon sp. indet., praecedente [ Trogon aurantius ] et Tr. viridi major – Winge 1887: 44.

Trogonides [in part] – Goeldi 1894: 248.

Trogon sp. (“cfr. viridus ”) – Lambrecht 1933: 774.

Trogon sp. – Nascimento and Silveira 2020: 494.

Winge (1887) reported the distal end of a tibiotarsus from an unknown locality, possibly from Lapa da Escrivânia V. He noted it is much larger than in Trogon surrucura aurantius and somewhat larger than in Trogon viridis , from which it also differs slightly in shape.

526. Trogon surrucura Vieillot

Quaternary – MG

Trogon aff. violaceo – Lund (in Winge 1887): 44.

Trogon aurantius – Winge 1887: 44.

[ Trogon ] aurantius – Goeldi 1894: 248.

Trogon aurantius – Lambrecht 1933: 774.

Trogon surrucura – Brodkorb 1971: 247.

Trogon surrucua [ Trogon aurantius ] – Mones 1986: 97. Trogon surrucua – Cuello 1988: 58.

Trogon surrucura aurantius – Nascimento and Silveira 2020: 494.

Winge (1887) reported a humerus (“ Trogon aff. violaceo ” in Lund’s catalog) from “a cave near Sumidouro” (other than Lapa da Lagoa do Sumidouro). It corresponds well to that of several specimens of Trogon surrucura aurantius and is considerably smaller than in Trogon viridis .

It was erroneously attributed to Lapa da Lagoa do Sumidouro by Brodkorb (1971) and Sick (1984a, 1993, 1997). This is also present in Lambrecht (1933) and Cuello (1988).

Coraciiformes Forbes

Momotidae Gray