Sporophila Nigrorufa Bird
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Sporophila Nigrorufa Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Pyrrhula nigro-rufa Mag.Zool. 7 cl.2 p.87
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Sporophila
Taxonomy Code: batsee2
Type Locality: Chiquitos, Bolivia.
Author: d''Orbigny & Lafresnaye
Publish Year: 1837
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
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.
nigrorufa / nigrorufus
L. niger black; rufus red.
● ex “Coucal Noirou” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 220 (Centropus).
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)
