Porphyrospiza Carbonaria Bird
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Porphyrospiza Carbonaria Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Emberiza carbonaria Mag.Zool. 7 cl.2 p.79
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Porphyrospiza
Taxonomy Code: casfin1
Type Locality: Patagonia!!
Author: d''Orbigny & Lafresnaye
Publish Year: 1837
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PORPHYROSPIZA
(Thraupidae; Ϯ Blue Finch P. caerulescens) Gr. πορφυρα porphura purple; σπιζα spiza finch < σπιζω spizō to chirp; "GENUS XXI. PORPHYROSPIZA GEN. NOV. III. 1. cyanella (Sparm.) ex Bras. int. ... III. PORPHYROSPIZA, gen. nov. p. 30 (πορφυρα, purpur, et σπιζα, fringilla). A Cyanospiza, cujus coloribus gaudet, rostro graciliore, longiore, sicut in genere Coryphospingo formato, diversa, et huic generi magis approximanda. Typus, P. CYANELLA, i.e. Cyanospiza cyanella, Pelzeln, Orn. Bras. p. 227, ex Brasilia" (P. Sclater & Salvin 1873); "Porphyrospiza P. L. Sclater and Salvin, 1873, Nomen. Av. Neotrop., pp. 30, 155. Type, by original designation, Cyanospiza cyanella Pelzeln (not Emberiza cyanella Sparrman) = Tanagra caerulescens Wied." (Paynter in Peters 1970, XIII, 238).
Var. Porphyriospiza.
carbonaria / carbonarium
L. carbonarius charcoal-burner (i.e. black, blackened) < carbo, carbonis charcoal.
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)
