Spinus Atriceps Bird
Spinus Atriceps Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Chrysomitris atriceps Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt2 p.190
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Fringillidae / Spinus
Taxonomy Code: blcsis1
Type Locality: near Quetzaltenango, 8,000 ft., Guatemala.
Author: Salvin
Publish Year: 1863
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
SPINUS
(Fringillidae; Ϯ Eurasian Siskin S. spinus) Gr. σπινος spinos unidentified bird mentioned by Aristophanes, Dionysius, Hesychius, and others, usually treated as a type of finch < σπιζω spizō to chirp (cf. specific names Fringilla Spinus J. Gmelin, 1789, and Emberiza Spinus von Schrank, 1798); "SYS, in 't Latyn Spinus. Hy is by LINNÆUS. Syst. Nat. [ed. 9, 1756] gesl. 80. oder de Vinken gebracht" (Moehring 1758); "LV. Gattung. Zeisig. Spinus. ... Die Zeisige sind sehr zierliche muntere Vögelchen. ... Ihre Nahrung besteht in kleinen Saamen. Sie nisten auf Bäume. Vier Arten. 146. Distel-Zeisig. Spinus carduelis. ... 147. Lein-Zeisig. Spinus Linaria. ... 148. Citronen-Fink. Spinus Citrinella. ... 149. Erlen-Zeisig. Spinus viridis. ... Fringilla Spinus. Gmel. Linn. S. I. p. 194. n. 25." (Koch 1816); "Spinus Koch, 1816, Syst. Baierischen Zool., Säug. Vögel, 1, p. 232. Type, by tautonymy, Fringilla spinus Linnaeus." (Howell & Paynter in Peters 1968, XIV, 234).
Synon. Acanthilis, Acanthis, Astragalinus, Chrysomitris, Loximitris, Melanomitris, Pseudomitris, Pyrrhomitris, Sporagra.
• (Emberizidae; syn. Emberiza † Corn Bunting E. calandra) "SPINUS Mœhr. (1752). Cynchramus, (Antiq.) Bonap. (1838). Miliaria b, Brehm. (1831). Emberiza, L. S. miliarius, (L.) G. R. Gray. Pl. enl. 233. M. europæa, Swains. ... b Employed in Botany." (G. Gray 1841); "Spinus "Moehr." G. Gray, 1841, List Genera Birds, 2nd ed., p. 61 (not of Koch, 1816). Type, by original designation, S. miliarius (L.), i.e. Emberiza miliaria Linnaeus, 1766 = Emberiza calandra Linnaues, 1758." (JAJ 2021).
spinus
Gr. σπινος spinos unidentified bird mentioned by Aristophanes, Dionysius, Hesychius, and others, usually treated as a type of finch < σπιζω spizō to chirp.
● "98. FRINGILLA. ... Spinus. 19. F. remigibus medio luteis: primis quatuor immaculatis, rectricibus basi flavis apice nigris. Fn. svec. 203. Acanthus avicula. Gesn. av. I. Spinus s. Ligurinus. Aldr. orn. l. 18. c. 4. Will. orn. 192. t. 46. Raj. av. 91. n. 1. Alb. av. 3. p. 71. t. 76. Frisch. av. 2. t. 11. f. 1. 2. Olin. av. 15. Habitat in Europæ juniperetis.” (Linnaeus 1758) (Spinus).
atriceps
L. ater black; -ceps -capped, -headed < caput, capitis head.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)