Crithagra Melanochroa Bird

English Name:  Tanzania Seedeater
Latin Name:  Crithagra melanochroa
Protonym:  Serinus melanochrous Orn.Monatsb. 8 p.122
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Fringillidae / Crithagra
Taxonomy Code:  tansee1
Type Locality:  Ukinga.
Author:  Reichenow
Publish Year:  1900
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CRITHAGRA
(Fringillidae; Ϯ Brimstone Canary C. sulphurata) Gr. κριθη krithē  barley; αγρα agra  hunting  < αγρεω agreō  to hunt; "CRITHAGRA.  Rostrum breve, sub-conicum, crassum, integrum; culmine arcuato; tomio curvato.  Alæ subelongatæ; remigibus 1^ma, 2^da, 3^tia, et 4^ta æqualibus, longissimis.  Cauda mediocris, subfurcata. ...  Types. Lox. sulphurata, flaviventris. Lath.  Africa only?" (Swainson 1827); "Crithagra Swainson, 1827, Zool. Journ., 3, p. 348. Type, by subsequent designation (Sharpe, 1888, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 12, p. 348), Loxia sulphurata Linnaeus." (Rand in Peters, 1968, XIV, p. 208).
Var. Chrithagra, Grithagra.
Synon. Bolbospiza, Buserinus, Dendrospiza, Lormarinsia, Menellia, Microserinus, Neospiza, Ochrospiza, Phaeospiza, Poliospiza, Psammospiza, Pseudochloroptila, Serinops, Spodiospina, Tephrospiza.

melanochroa / melanochrous
Gr. μελανοχρους melanokhrous  swarthy  < μελας melas, μελανος melanos  black; χροα khroa, χροας khroas  colour, appearance  < χρως khrōs,  χρωτος khrōtos  complexion.