Emberiza Fucata Bird
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Emberiza Fucata Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Emberiza fucata ReiseVersch.Provin.Russ.Reichs 3 p.698
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Emberizidae / Emberiza
Taxonomy Code: chebun2
Type Locality: at Onon and Ingoda rivers, near Shilka, Chita, southeastern Siberia.
Author: Pallas
Publish Year: 1776
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.
fucata / fucatus
L. fucatus painted < fucare to paint red.
SUBSPECIES
Chestnut-eared Bunting (arcuata)
Latin Name: Emberiza fucata arcuata
arcuata / arcuatum / arcuatus
L. arcuatus bow-shaped, curved < arcuare to shape like a bow < arcus bow.
● ex “Croissant” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Crescent Finch” of Latham 1783 (syn. Passer melanurus).
● ex “Crescent Thrush” of Latham 1783 (unident.).
Chestnut-eared Bunting (fucata)
Latin Name: Emberiza fucata fucata
fucata / fucatus
L. fucatus painted < fucare to paint red.
Chestnut-eared Bunting (kuatunensis)
Latin Name: Emberiza fucata kuatunensis
kuatunensis
Kuatun, north-western Fohkien (= Kuan-t’un, Fujian), China.
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)
