White-throated Canary
White-throated Canary
Here the details of the White-throated Canary named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Crithagra albogularis S.Afr.Q.J.(2) -2 p.48
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Fringillidae / Crithagra
Taxonomy Code: whtcan1
Type Locality: South Africa ; restricted to Widow Smit''s farm near northern extremity of Piquetberg, by Roberts, 1936, Ann. Transvaal Mus., 18, p. 315.
Author: Smith, A
Publish Year: 1833
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. Chrithagra, Grithagra.
Synon. Bolbospiza, Buserinus, Dendrospiza, Lormarinsia, Menellia, Microserinus, Neospiza, Ochrospiza, Phaeospiza, Poliospiza, Psammospiza, Pseudochloroptila, Serinops, Spodiospina, Tephrospiza.
albogulare / albogularis
L. albus white; Mod. L. gularis throated, of the throat < L. gula throat.
SUBSPECIES
White-throated Canary (crocopygia)
SCI Name: Crithagra albogularis crocopygia
crocopygia / crocopygius
Gr. κροκος krokos saffron, yellow; -πυγιος -pugios -rumped < πυγη pugē rump.
White-throated Canary (sordahlae)
SCI Name: Crithagra albogularis sordahlae
sordahlae
Margaret G. Froiland Sordahl (1906-1995) US biologist, collector in Namaqualand 1929-1931, wife of astronomer Louis O. Sordahl (subsp. Crithagra albogularis).
White-throated Canary (albogularis)
SCI Name: Crithagra albogularis albogularis
albogulare / albogularis
L. albus white; Mod. L. gularis throated, of the throat < L. gula throat.
White-throated Canary (orangensis)
SCI Name: Crithagra albogularis orangensis
orangensis
Orange Free State (= Free State Province), South Africa.
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)