Bridled Sparrow
Bridled Sparrow
Here the details of the Bridled Sparrow named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Zonotrichia mystacalis Rev.Mag.Zool.(2), 4 p.3 dP
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Passerellidae / Peucaea
Taxonomy Code: brispa1
Type Locality: Rio Frio, between Puebla and Ciudad Mexico, Mexico.
Author: Hartlaub
Publish Year: 1852
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PEUCAEA
(Passerellidae; Ϯ Bachman's Sparrow P. aestivalis bachmani) Gr. πευκη peukē pine-tree; "GENUS VI. PEUCÆA, AUD. PINEWOOD-FINCH. Bill of moderate length, rather stout, straight, considerably compressed, acute; upper mandible with the dorsal line somewhat convex, the ridge rather narrow, the sides convex, the edges inflected, with the notches obsolete, the tip acute; lower mandible with the angle short and rounded, the dorsal line ascending and slightly convex, the ridge rounded, the sides convex, the edges involute, the tip acute. Nostrils small, roundish, partially concealed by the plumage. ... Name from Πευκη, a pine. 176. 1. Peucæa Bachmanii, AUD. Bachman's Pinewood-Finch. ... 177. 2. Peucæa Lincolnii, AUD. Lincoln's Pinewood-Finch." (Audubon 1839); "Peucaea Audubon, Syn. Bds. N. Amer., p. 112, 1839—type, by subs. desig. (Gray, List Gen. Bds., p. 60, 1841), Peucaea bachmanii Audubon." (Hellmayr 1938, XIII, 516).
mystacale / mystacalis
Mod. L. mystacalis moustached < Gr. μυσταξ mustax, μυστακος mustakos moustache < μασταξ mastax, μαστακος mastakos jaws, mouth < μασαομαι masaomai to chew.
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)