Cinereous Finch

Here the details of the Cinereous Finch named bird below:

SCI Name:  Piezorina cinerea
Protonym:  Guiraca cinerea Mag.Zool.(ser.2) (ser.2), 5 cl.2 pl.30
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Piezorina
Taxonomy Code:  cinfin1
Type Locality:  Galapagos Islands ; emended to arid coastal regions of northwestern Peru by Bangs, 1930, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 70, p. 370.
Author:  Lafresnaye
Publish Year:  1843
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

PIEZORINA
(Thraupidae; Ϯ Cinereous Finch P. cinerea) Gr. πιεζω piezō  to crush; ῥις rhis, ῥινος rhinos  nose; "G[UIRACA]. CENDRÉ. C[occoborus]. cinerea. De Lafr.  ... Ce bec, effectivement aussi élevé que celui des Guiracas, en diffère en ce qu'il est très arqué en dessus et beaucoup plus comprimé  ... On peut dire, enfin, que notre nouvelle espèce est un Gros-bec ou Guiraca à bec de Père-noir [Loxigilla noctis] et à pattes de Psittacin [Psittirostra psittacea]  ... Je proposerais alors, pour nom de genre, dont il deviendrait le type, celui de Piezorina (bec comprimé)" (de La Fresnaye 1843).
Var. Piezorhina ("As noted by Hellmayr, 1938, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 11, p. 169, "Piezorina" is doubtless a lapsus for Piezorhina." (Paynter in Peters 1970, XIII, 115)).

cinerea
L. cinereus  ash-grey, ash-coloured  < cinis, cineris  ashes.
● ex “Cinereous Creeper” of Latham 1781 (??syn. Anthobaphes violacea).
● "76. ARDEA.  ...  cinerea.  10. A. occipite crista pendula, dorso cærulescente, subtus albida, pectore maculis oblongis nigris.  Ardea crista dependente. Fn. svec. 133.  Ardea cinerea major. Aldr. orn. l. 20. c. 9. Gesn. av. 212. Jonst. av. 151. t. 50. Will. orn. 203. t. 49. Raj. av. 98. Mars. danub. 5. p. 8. t. 2. Alb. av. 1. p. 64. t. 67. & 3. p. . . t. 78.  Habitat in Europa; nidificant in arboribus plures simul." (Linnaeus 1758) (Ardea).
● ex “Cendrille” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Cinereous Lark” of Latham 1783 (Calandrella).
● ex “Tractrac” of Levaillant 1806, pl. 184, fig. 1 (syn. Cercomela tractrac).
● ex “Grand Gobe-mouche cendré de Madagascar” of Brisson 1760 (Coracina).
● ex “Cinereous Coot” of Latham 1785 (syn. Fulica americana).
● ex “Crested Gallinule” of Latham 1785 (Gallicrex).
● ex “Cotinga Cendré” of Levaillant 1801 (syn. Lipaugus vociferans).
● ex “Cinereous Finch” of Latham 1783, and Pennant 1785 (syn. Melospiza insignis).
● (Tunstall 1771) ex “Hoche-queue” or “Bergeronette jaune” of Brisson 1760, and “Gray Water Wagtail” of Pennant 1766 (Motacilla).
● (J. Gmelin 1789) ex “Motacilla cinerea” of Brisson 1760, “Bergeronnette grise” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 674, fig. 1, and de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Cinereous Wagtail” of Latham 1783 (syn. Motacilla cinerea).
● ex “Hirondelle du Pérou” of Brisson 1760, “Petite Hirondelle noire à ventre cendré” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Ash-bellied Swallow” of Latham 1783 (syn. Notiochelidon murina).
● ex "Pétrel cendré" of de Buffon 1770-1783, and "Cinereous Fulmar" of Latham 1785 (Procellaria).
● ex “Hirondelle de rivage” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 543, fig. 2 (syn. Riparia riparia).
● ex “Cinereous Owl” of Latham 1781, and “Sooty Owl” of Pennant 1785 (syn. Strix nebulosa).
● ex “Pie-griesche grise” of Brisson 1760, and “Pie-griêche grise de Cayenne” (= ♂) and “Pie-griêche tachetée de Cayenne” (= ♀) of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pll. 304, 377 (syn. Tityra cayana).
● ex “Lanius nengeta var. β” of J. Gmelin 1788, “Cotinga gris de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 699, and “Variété du Guirarou” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (?syn. Xipholena punicea).
● ex “Larus niger fidipes alter, alis brevioribus” of Ray 1713, “Sterna cinerea” of Brisson 1760, and “Cinereous Tern” of Latham 1785 (unident.).
● ex “Muscicapa cayennensis rufa” of Brisson 1760, and “Rufous-bellied Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (unident.).