Sporophila Melanogaster Bird
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Sporophila Melanogaster Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Spermophila melanogaster Orn.Brasil. Abth.3 p.225,332
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Sporophila
Taxonomy Code: blbsee2
Type Locality: Itarare and Resacca (Borda do Mato) Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Author: von Pelzeln
Publish Year: 1870
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
SPOROPHILA
(Thraupidae; Ϯ Temminck's Seedeater S. falcirostris) Gr. σπορος sporos seed < σπειρω speirō to sow; φιλος philos lover; "62. Gen. Sporophila 1) Cab. Pyrrhula Tem. part. Spermophila Swains. 1827. ... 1) σπορος sperma." (Cabanis 1844); "Sporophila Cabanis, 1844, Archiv f. Naturg., 10 (1), p. 291. New name for Spermophila Swainson, 1827, preoccupied by Spermophila Richardson, 1825." (Paynter in Peters 1970, XIII, 133) (see Spermophila).
Var. Sporofila, Sporoptula, Sporophilus.
Synon. Amazonica, Callyrhynchus, Dolospingus, Drepanorhynchus, Gyrinorhynchus, Microphila, Neorhynchus, Oryzoborus, Spermophila, Spermophilopsis.
melanogaster / melanogastra / melanogastris / melanogastrus
Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos black; γαστηρ gastēr, γαστρος gastros belly.
● ex “Black-bellied Grosbeak” of Latham 1783 (syn. Euplectes afer).
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)
