Emberiza Cia Bird

English Name:  Rock Bunting
Latin Name:  Emberiza cia
Protonym:  Emberiza cia Syst.Nat.ed.12 ed.12 p.310
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Emberizidae / Emberiza
Taxonomy Code:  rocbun1
Type Locality:  southern Europe; lower Austria accepted as type locality, vide Hartert, 1904, Vogel pal. Fauna, p. 183.
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1766
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

EMBERIZA
(Emberizidae; Ϯ Yellowhammer E. citrinella) Old Swiss German name Embritz for a bunting  < Old German Ammer  bunting. "97. EMBERIZA.  Rostrum conicum.  Mandibulæ basi deorsum a se invicem discedentes: inferiore lateribus inflexo-coarctata; superiore angustiore." (Linnaeus 1758); "Emberiza Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, p. 177. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1840, List Genera Birds, ed. 1, p. 47), Emberiza citrinella Linnaeus." (Paynter in Peters, 1970, XIII, p. 5). Linnaeus's Emberiza comprised fourteen species (E. nivalis, E. Calandra, E. Hortulana, E. Citrinella, E. Orix, E. Quelea, E. militaris, E. atrata, E. familiaris, E. flaveola, E. psittacea, E. paradisæa, E. Ciris, E. Alario).  
Var. Emberyza, Emberitza, Embritza, Embriza, Emberisa, Emeberiza.   
Synon. Buscarla, Chrysophrys, Cia, Cirlus, Citrinella, Cosmospina, Cristemberiza, Crithophaga, Cynchramus, Fringillaria, Fringilloides, Glycyspina, Granativora, Hortulana, Hortulanus, Hylaespiza, Hypocentor, Latoucheornis, Melophus, Miliaria, Ocyris, Onychospina, Orospina, Pityornis, Polymitra, Pyrrhulorhyncha, Schaenicola, Schoeniclus, Spina, Spodiospina, Tisa.

cia
Local Italian name Cia for the Rock Bunting < zirlare to chirp.
● ex “Bruant de prez” of Brisson 1760 (Emberiza).

Cia
(Emberizidae; syn. Emberiza † Rock Bunting E. cia) Specific name Emberiza cia Linnaeus, 1766; "11. Emberiza cia.   ...   11.  Zippammer.  Cia.   E[ntwickelung]. Die Körpertheile werden gestreckter; der Schnabel wird zum Ammerschnabel, indem sich der Unterschnabel stärker, als der Oberschnabel ausbildet; in der Zeichnung des Kopfs wiederholt sich der Specht, in dem gefleckten Rücken und der grauen Brust die Braunelle.   Ch[arakter]. Ammern mit schiefergrauer Kehle.   L[ebensart]. Hierin gleichen sie den Uebrigen; sie wohnen in Hecken." (Kaup 1829); "Cia Kaup, 1829, Skizz. Entwick.-Gesch. Natürliches System Europ. Thierwelt, p. 138.  Type, by monotypy, Emberiza cia Linnaeus, 1766." (JAJ 2021).

SUBSPECIES

Rock Bunting (cia)
Latin Name: Emberiza cia cia
cia
Local Italian name Cia for the Rock Bunting < zirlare to chirp.
● ex “Bruant de prez” of Brisson 1760 (Emberiza).

Rock Bunting (par)
Latin Name: Emberiza cia par
par
L. par, paris  equal, like.

Rock Bunting (stracheyi)
Latin Name: Emberiza cia stracheyi
stracheyi
Lt.-Gen. Sir Richard Strachey (1817-1908) British Army, engineer in India 1836-1875, explorer in Himalayas and Tibet 1847-1848, botanist, geologist, President of Royal Geographical Society 1887-1889 (subsp. Emberiza cia).

Rock Bunting (flemingorum)
Latin Name: Emberiza cia flemingorum
flemingorum
Dr Robert Leland Fleming, Sr. (1905-1987) and his son Prof. Robert Leland Fleming, Jr. (fl. 2000) US field-naturalists in Nepal (subsp. Emberiza cia).