Camarhynchus Pauper Bird

Camarhynchus Pauper Bird

Camarhynchus Pauper Bird

English Name:  Medium Tree-Finch
Latin Name:  Camarhynchus pauper
Protonym:  Camarhynchus pauper Proc.U.S.Natl.Mus. 12(1889) p.111
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Camarhynchus
Taxonomy Code:  metfin1
Type Locality:  Charles, Galapagos Islands.
Author:  Ridgway
Publish Year:  1890
IUCN Status:  Critically Endangered

DEFINITIONS

Camarhynchus
(Thraupidaesyn. Geospiza Ϯ Large Tree-finch G. psittacula) Gr. καμαρα kamara  arch, vault; ῥυγχος rhunkhos  bill; "CAMARHYNCHUS (subgenus).   CAMARHYNCHUS differt a genere Geospiza, rostro debiliore, margine mandibulæ superioris minus indentato; culmine minus elevato in frontem et plus arcuato; lateribus tumidioribus; mandibula inferiore minus in genas tendente.   CAMARHYNCHUS PSITTACULA.  (Spec. typ.)" (Gould 1837);  "Camarhynchus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 5, p. 6, Oct. 3, 1837—type, by orig. desig., Camarhynchus psittacula Gould." (Hellmayr, 1938, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. XI, p. 137) (see Geospiza).
Var. Camarynchus, Camarorhynchus.   

pauper / paupera
L. pauper, pauperis  poor, meagre (e.g. plain, dull).