Crithagra Symonsi Bird

Crithagra Symonsi Bird

Crithagra Symonsi Bird

English Name:  Drakensberg Siskin
Latin Name:  Crithagra symonsi
Protonym:  Spinus symonsi Ann.TransvaalMus. 5 suppl. p.1
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Fringillidae / Crithagra
Taxonomy Code:  drasis2
Type Locality:  with type locality as Sangebetu Valley.
Author:  Roberts
Publish Year:  1916
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

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 1ma, 2da, 3tia, et 4ta 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. ChrithagraGrithagra.
Synon. Bolbospiza, Buserinus, Dendrospiza, Lormarinsia, Menellia, Microserinus, Neospiza, Ochrospiza, Phaeospiza, Poliospiza, Psammospiza, Pseudochloroptila, Serinops, Spodiospina, Tephrospiza.

symonsi
Roden Edward Symons (1884-1972) South African forester, hunter, game-conservator, collector (Crithagra, syn. Guttera edouardi).