Spizella Pusilla Bird
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Spizella Pusilla Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Fringilla pusilla Am.Orn. 2 p.121 pl.16 fig.2
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Passerellidae / Spizella
Taxonomy Code: fiespa
Type Locality: Pennsylvania ; type from Philadelphia, fide Amer. Ornith. Union, 1931, Check-list North Amer. Birds, ed. 4, p. 349.
Author: Wilson, A
Publish Year: 1810
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
SPIZELLA
(Passerellidae; Ϯ Field Sparrow S. pusilla) Dim. < Gr. σπιζα spiza finch < σπιζω spizō to chirp; "FIELD SPARROW. FRINGILLA PUSILLA. ... THIS is the smallest of all our Sparrows, and in Pennsylvania is generally migratory. ... It is more frequently found in the middle of fields and orchards than any of the other species, which usually lurk along hedge rows." (A. Wilson 1810); "3. Spizella, Nob. (typ. Fr. pusilla, Wils.)" (Bonaparte 1831).
Synon. Spinites.
pusilla
L. pusillus very little, very small < dim. pusus little boy < puer boy.
● ex “Cinclus dominicensis minor” of Brisson 1760 (Calidris).
● ex “Small Nuthatch” of Catesby 1731, “Petit Torchepot de la Caroline” of Brisson 1760, and “Petite Sittelle à tête brune” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Sitta).
● ex “Little Sparrow” of Catesby 1731 (Spizella).
● "59. CERTHIA. ... pusilla. 2. C. supra grisea, subtus alba, rectricibus fuscis: extimis apice albis. Certhia fusca minor. Edw. av. 26. l. 26. Habitat in India." (Linnaeus 1758) (unident.; nom. dub.).
SUBSPECIES
Field Sparrow (pusilla)
Latin Name: Spizella pusilla pusilla
pusilla
L. pusillus very little, very small < dim. pusus little boy < puer boy.
● ex “Cinclus dominicensis minor” of Brisson 1760 (Calidris).
● ex “Small Nuthatch” of Catesby 1731, “Petit Torchepot de la Caroline” of Brisson 1760, and “Petite Sittelle à tête brune” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (Sitta).
● ex “Little Sparrow” of Catesby 1731 (Spizella).
● "59. CERTHIA. ... pusilla. 2. C. supra grisea, subtus alba, rectricibus fuscis: extimis apice albis. Certhia fusca minor. Edw. av. 26. l. 26. Habitat in India." (Linnaeus 1758) (unident.; nom. dub.).
Field Sparrow (arenacea)
Latin Name: Spizella pusilla arenacea
arenacea / arenaceus
L. arenaceus sandy < arena (properly harena) sand.
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)
