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Cyanoptila comes from
Ancient Gr****: "kuanos"
meaning dark-blue; and "
ptilon" – plumage. It
contains the
following species: Blue-and-white flycatcher...
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ptilosis "arrangement of
feathers in
definite areas" from the Gr**** πτίλον
ptilon "feather"), schizotrichia, and
informally split ends, is the
splitting or...
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while its
specific epithet habroptilus comes from
habros ("soft"), and
ptilon ("feather"). In 1955 the
International Commission on
Zoological Nomenclature...
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Crossoptilon is a
combination of the Gr****
words krossoi,
meaning "fringe" and
ptilon,
meaning "feather"— a name
Hodgson felt
particularly applied to the white...
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genus name
combines the
Ancient Gr****
phalaina meaning "moth" and
ptilon meaning "plumage". Six
subspecies are recognised: P. n.
nutalli (Audubon...
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Thaumaptilon is said to be
derived from the Gr**** thauma, "wonderful", +
ptilon, "soft feather". In
ancient Gr****,
thauma (θαῦμα)
however means "wonder"...
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combines the
Ancient Gr****
leptos meaning "delicate" or "slender" with
ptilon meaning "feather". The
genus contains the
following 11 species: White-tipped...
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genus combines the
Ancient Gr****
words πολιος
polios "grey" and πτιλον
ptilon "plumage". The
genus contains 18 species: Rio
Negro gnatcatcher, Polioptila...
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Robert Gray. The name
combines the
Ancient Gr****
malakos meaning "soft" with
ptilon meaning "plumage" or "feather". The type
species is the white-chested puffbird...
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combines the
Ancient Gr****
leptos meaning "delicate" or "slender" with
ptilon meaning "feather". The type
species was
subsequently designated as the greater...
