Crithagra Reichardi Bird

English Name:  Reichard's Seedeater
Latin Name:  Crithagra reichardi
Protonym:  Poliospiza reichardi J.Orn. 30 p.209
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Fringillidae / Crithagra
Taxonomy Code:  reisee1
Type Locality:  Kakoma, near Tabora, Tanganyika.
Author:  Reichenow
Publish Year:  1882
IUCN Status:  

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.

reichardi
Paul Reichard (1845-1938) German engineer, geographer, collector in East Africa 1880-1884 (Crithagra, Ploceus).

SUBSPECIES

Reichard's Seedeater (Stripe-breasted)
Latin Name: Crithagra reichardi striatipectus
striatipecta / striatipectus
L. striatus  striated  < striare  to striate  < stria  furrow; pectus, pectoris  breast.

Reichard's Seedeater (Reichard's)
Latin Name: Crithagra reichardi reichardi
reichardi
Paul Reichard (1845-1938) German engineer, geographer, collector in East Africa 1880-1884 (Crithagra, Ploceus).