| Etymology | Probably named after Claude Marie Jules Bourcier (1797-1873), French ornithologist and Consul in Ecuador (1849-1850), but misspelled. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024)
The genus was named after Greek saphenes (σαφηνής), the plain truth + Greek ophis (ὄφις), a serpent, snake. [“...From the Greek saphenes (evident truth, clear) + ophis (a serpent), meaning ‘clearly a snake’..."] |
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