Mitrospingus Cassinii Bird
Mitrospingus Cassinii Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Tachyphonus Cassinii Ann.Lyc.Nat.Hist.N.Y. 7 p.297
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Mitrospingidae / Mitrospingus
Taxonomy Code: duftan1
Type Locality: Panama Railroad; type from Lion Hill, fide Berlepsch, 1912, Verh. V Intern. Ornith. Kongr., Berlin, 1911, p. 1080.
Author: Lawrence
Publish Year: 1861
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
MITROSPINGUS
(Mitrospingidae; Ϯ Dusky-faced Tanager M. cassinii) Gr. μιτρα mitra cap, head-dress; σπιγγος spingos finch < σπιζω spizō to chirp; "Genus Mitrospingus. (Type, Tachyphonus cassini Lawrence.) Related to Eucometis Sclater, but bill much longer (nearly as long as head), nostrils very different, wing more rounded, tarsus relatively longer, claws stronger, occipital feathers very short (instead of the reverse), and style of coloration very different." (Ridgway 1898).
cassinii
John Cassin (1813-1869) US ornithologist (syn. Archilochus alexandri, syn. Asio flammeus, syn. Branta canadensis minima, Haemorhous, Leptotila, Mitrospingus, syn. Numenius arquata, Peucaea, syn. Phaethornis longirostris cephalus, syn. Ptychoramphus aleuticus, subsp. Pyrrhula pyrrhula, syn. Sterna hirundinacea, syn. Tyrannus vociferans, Vireo) (see cassini).
SUBSPECIES
Dusky-faced Tanager (costaricensis)
Latin Name: Mitrospingus cassinii costaricensis
costaricanum / costaricensis
Costa Rica (Spanish costa rica rich coast, from its supposed gold resources).
Dusky-faced Tanager (cassinii)
Latin Name: Mitrospingus cassinii cassinii
cassinii
John Cassin (1813-1869) US ornithologist (syn. Archilochus alexandri, syn. Asio flammeus, syn. Branta canadensis minima, Haemorhous, Leptotila, Mitrospingus, syn. Numenius arquata, Peucaea, syn. Phaethornis longirostris cephalus, syn. Ptychoramphus aleuticus, subsp. Pyrrhula pyrrhula, syn. Sterna hirundinacea, syn. Tyrannus vociferans, Vireo) (see cassini).
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)