Dotted Tanager

Here the details of the Dotted Tanager named bird below:

SCI Name:  Ixothraupis varia
Protonym:  Tanagra varia Natursyst.Suppl. Suppl. p.158
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Ixothraupis
Taxonomy Code:  dottan1
Type Locality:  Cayenne.
Author:  Statius Muller
Publish Year:  1776
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

Ixothraupis
(syn. Tangara Ϯ Spotted Tanager T. punctata) Gr. ιξος ixos  mistletoe; θταυπις thraupis  unknown small bird, perhaps some sort of finch. In ornithology thraupis signifies tanager. "C'est ici que doit trouver place notre groupe IXOTHRAUPIS.   1.[sic] IXOTHRAUPIS PUNCTATA, Bp.   ...   12. I. GUTTULATA, Bp.   ...   *13. I. CHRYSOGASTER, Bp.   ...   *14. I. PUSILLA, Bp." (Bonaparte 1851); "Ixothraupis Bonaparte, Rev. Mag. Zool., (2), 3, p. 143, 1851—type, by subs. desig. (Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., p. 73, 1855), Tanagra punctata Linnaeus." (Hellmayr, 1936, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. IX, p. 81).

varia
L. varius  various, diverse, variegated.
● ex “Ispida ex albo et nigro varia” of Brisson 1760, and “Martin-pêcheur huppé du Cap de Bonne Espérance” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 716 (syn. Ceryle rudis).
● ex “Roi des Fourmiliers de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 702 (Grallaria).
● ex “Martin-pêcheur huppé du Cap de Bonne Espérance” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 716 (syn. Megaceryle maxima).
● "114. MOTACILLA.  ...  varia.  23. M. albo nigroque maculata, fasciis alarum duabus albis, cauda bifida.  Ficedula  dominicensis varia. Briss. av. 3. p. 529. t. 27. f. 5.  Muscicapa fusco & albo varia. Sloan. jam. 2. p. 309. t. 265. f. 1. Raj. av. 186.  Habitat in Jamaica, Dominica." (Linnaeus 1766) (Mniotilta).
● ex “Pardali bellonii congener” of Aldrovandus 1599-1603, and “Vanellus varius” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Pluvialis squatarola).
● ex “Motacilla velia” of Desmarest 1805 (syn. Tangara velia).
● ex “Tangara tacheté de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 301, fig. 1 (Tangara).
● ex “Varied Parrakeet” of Latham 1785 (syn.Vini peruviana).