Plain-tailed Warbling-Finch
Plain-tailed Warbling-Finch
Here the details of the Plain-tailed Warbling-Finch named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Poospiza alticola Novit.Zool. 2 p.7
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Microspingus
Taxonomy Code: ptwfin1
Type Locality: Huamachuco, 10,400 ft., Libertad, Peru.
Author: Salvin
Publish Year: 1895
IUCN Status: Endangered
DEFINITIONS
MICROSPINGUS
(Thraupidae; Ϯ Three-striped Hemispingus M. trifasciatus) Gr. μικρος mikros small; genus Chlorospingus Cabanis, 1851, chlorospingus (cf. σπιγγος spingos finch < σπιζω spizō to chirp); "MICROSPINGUS, n. g. Ce genre sera intermédiaire entre les Nemosia et Chlorospingus; l'oiseau pour lequel je le propose a la bec aussi mince que les espèces du premier de ces genres, mais plus court, et ressemblant plus par sa forme générale à ceux du second. En général il a les formes plus sveltes que les Chlorospingus, un pareil mode de coloration, la queue plus longue, à rectrices égales, excepté les externes, qui sont plus courtes que les autres, les ailes plus longues et moins obtuses à 3e, 4e, et 5e remiges les plus longues et presque égales entre elles. 5. MICROSPINGUS TRIFASCIATUS, Jelski, in litt. (Plate XIX. fig. 1.) ... Il ressemble le plus à Chlorospingus castaneicollis, Sclater, mais il a le bec beaucoup plus mince." (Taczanowski 1874); "Microspingus Taczanowski, 1874, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 132. Type, by monotypy, Microspingus trifasciatus Taczanowski." (Storer in Peters 1970, XIII, 263).
alticola
L. altus high (i.e. highland, mountain) < alere to nourish; -cola dweller < colere to inhabit.
● Erroneous TL. Fife, N.E. Rhodesia, near Nyasaland border (= Isoka, Northern Rhodesia / Zambia); "Cisticola alticola ... Not a Cisticola (cf. steeply graduated tail of long narrow feathers; broad-based, fine-pointed first primary; lores coloured with head-top, &c.), but nearer Apalis and allies." (Lynes 1930) (Apalis).
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)