Phonipara Canora Bird

English Name:  Cuban Grassquit
Latin Name:  Phonipara canora
Protonym:  Loxia canora Syst.Nat. 1 pt2 p.858
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Phonipara
Taxonomy Code:  cubgra
Type Locality:  'New Spain [= Mexico ; error, Cuba] .
Author:  Gmelin, JF
Publish Year:  1789
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

PHONIPARA
(Thraupidae; † Cuban Grassquit P. canora) Gr. φωνη phōnē  sound, tone; παρα para  beside, near; "10. Phonipara, BP., comprenant six a sept petites espèces des Antilles et du Mexique, aussi pétulantes que jolies: son type est la Loxia canora, GM., à face et poitrine noires, à sourcils et gorge jaune d'or." (Bonaparte 1850 (Monogr. Loxiens, iii)); "5. PHONIPARA, Bp., pour les Loxia canora, Fringilla lepida, etc., des Antilles." (Bonaparte 1850 (Comptes Rend., 31, 424)); "*1023. Phonipara, Bp. (Fringilla et Spermophila, p. Gr.)  Rostrum breve, valde compressum: pedes debiles: alae brevissimae: cauda modica, subemarginata.   Amer. calid.  5.    1. LOXIA canora, Gm.   ...   2. FRINGILLA lepida, L.   ...   3. FRINGILLA bicolor, L.   ...   4. FRINGILLA gutturalis, Licht.   ...   5. LINARIA caniceps, Sagra   ...   Quid Spermophila anoxantha et Sperm. adoxa, Gosse, Ill. Jam. tab. 63, et 65?" (Bonaparte 1850 (Conspectus, 494)); "Phonipara Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Av., 1, (2), p. 494, end of 1850—type, by subs. desig. (Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., p. 82, 1855), Loxia canora Gmelin." (Hellmayr, 1938, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. XI, p. 114).  This small tanager was formerly treated in Tiaris.

canora
L. canorus melodious < canere to sing.
● ex “Grimpereau verd du Cap de Bonne Espérance” of Sonnerat 1782 (syn. Cinnyris afer).
● ex “Xiuhtototl” of Hernandez 1651, and “Tangara caerulea novae Hispaniae” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Cotinga amabilis).
● ex “Brown-cheeked Grosbeak” (= ♀) of Brown 1776 (Phonipara).
● ex “Brown Indian Thrush” of Edwards 1751, and “Merle de Bengale” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Turdoides striata).