Phrygilus Atriceps Bird

Phrygilus Atriceps Bird

Phrygilus Atriceps Bird

English Name:  Black-hooded Sierra-Finch
Latin Name:  Phrygilus atriceps
Protonym:  Emberiza atriceps Mag.Zool. 7 cl.2 p.76
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Phrygilus
Taxonomy Code:  bhsfin1
Type Locality:  in Peruvia, in summis Andibus, prope Tacora [=Tacora, Arica (Tarapaca), Chile].
Author:  d''Orbigny & Lafresnaye
Publish Year:  1837
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

PHRYGILUS
(Thraupidae; Ϯ Grey-hooded Sierrafinch P. gayi) Gr. φρυγιλος phrugilos  unidentified bird mentioned by Aristophanes, perhaps some sort of finch or sparrow; "Gen. Phrygilus 1) Cab.  Genus inter Euspizas et Fringillas (Struthus Boje) locum habens. Differt ab illis statura graciliore, rostro longiore, magis compresso, maxilla basi parum sinuata, ab his vero maxilla minus sinuata, tuberculo palati nullo; alis brevioribus; cauda breviore, minus emarginata, rectricibus emarginatis.   Typus: Fr. Gayi Eyd. Gerv. — Emberiza guttata Meyen.    ...   1φρυγιλος Aristotel." (Cabanis 1844).
● (syn. Pyrrhula Ϯ Eurasian Bullfinch P. pyrrhula) "Phrygilus vulgaris, Bullfinch.   Phrygilus enucleator, Pine Bullfinch." (Morris 1837) (OD per Björn Bergenholtz).

atriceps
L. ater  black; -ceps  -capped, -headed  < caput, capitis  head.