Tamarugo Conebill

Tamarugo Conebill / Conirostrum tamarugense

Tamarugo Conebill

Here the details of the Tamarugo Conebill named bird below:

SCI Name:  Conirostrum tamarugense
Protonym:  Conirostrum tamarugense Suppl.BirdsChileArgent.Boliv.Peru p.6
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Thraupidae /
Taxonomy Code:  tamcon1
Type Locality:  
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Publish Year:  1972
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DEFINITIONS

CONIROSTRUM
(Thraupidae; Ϯ Cinereous Conebill C. cinereum) L. conus  cone; rostrum  bill; "G. CONIROSTRUM. Nob.   Hoc novum genus a duobus præcedentibus [Serrirostrum, Coereba], rostro rectissimo, conico, compresso valde discrepans, attamen pedibus, alis, moribusque mellivoris illis affine videtur generisque Dacnis æque vicinum est.   1. Conirostrum cinereum, Nob.  ...  Rostrum rectissimum compresso-conicum acutissimum  ...  Habit. Yungas, rep. Boliviana; Tacna, rep. Peruviana." (d'Orbigny & de La Fresnaye 1838); "Conirostrum Lafresnaye and d'Orbigny, 1838, Mag. Zool. [Paris], 8, cl. 2, p. 25. Type, by monotypy, Conirostrum cinereum Lafresnaye and d'Orbigny." (Lowery & Monroe in Peters, 1968, XIV, p. 82).
Var. Conirostra.
Synon. Ateleodacnis, Oreomanes.

tamarugense
Tamarugo Prosopis tamarugo, drought-resistant native tree of Chile.
● Tamarugo plantations on either side of the Panamerican Highway in Lat. 20º 30´ S, Chile (Conirostrum).