Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch
Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch
Here the details of the Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Sylvia herbicola Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 11 p.192
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Emberizoides
Taxonomy Code: wtgfin1
Type Locality: Paraguay.
Author: Vieillot
Publish Year: 1817
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
EMBERIZOIDES
(Thraupidae; † Wedge-tailed Grassfinch E. herbicola) Genus Emberiza Linnaeus, 1758, bunting; Gr. -οιδης -oidēs resembling; "EMBÉRIZOIDE LONGIBANDE. EMBERIZOIDES MARGINALIS. TEMM. EN attendant que nous puissions donner l'index des espèces qui paraissent destinées à composer ce nouveau genre, voisin de celui sous l'indication de Bruant (emberiza), nous publions deux espèces qui pourront servir de type pour toutes celles qu'il faudra réunir dans ce groupe, auquel viennent se joindre un nombre assez considérable d'espèces nouvelles trouvées au Brésil et au Mexique. L'embérizoide de cet article est indiquée dans le système de Latham, sous le nom de Fringilla macroura, Ind. Ornith., vol. 1, pag. 460, sp. 90. ... EMBÉRIZOÏDE OREILLON. EMBERIZOIDES MELANOTIS. TEMM. D'AZARA décrit cette espèce sous le nom de Chipiu oreillon-blanc, Esp. 140." (Temminck 1822); "Emberizoides Temminck, 1822, Pl. Col., livr. 19, text to pl. 114. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1840, List. Genera Birds, ed. 1, p. 43), Emberizoides marginalis Temminck = Sylvia herbicola Vieillot." (Paynter in Peters, 1970, XIII, p. 129).
Synon. Chlorion, Tardivola.
• (Icteridae; syn. Agelaius † Red-winged Blackbird A. phoeniceus) "Emberizoides, some species of which Vieillot refers to his genus PASSERINA, they form the passage to FRINGILLA. This subgenus is so closely allied to the preceding [Xanthornus] that it would be perhaps better to unite them; the bill is only less acuminate" (Bonaparte 1825).
• (Passerellidae; syn. Chondestes † Lark Sparrow C. grammacus) It is not obvious from the text (Bonaparte 1831, Giornale Arcadico, 49, 51) that this is a replacement name for Chondestes (which precedes Emberizoides in his list of subgenera). However, in a later issue (Bonaparte 1832, Giornale Arcadico, 52, 206) is listed, "Chondestes, Swains. (Spiza Emberizoides, Nob.) Am. s.".
• (?Passeridae; syn. Passer † House Sparrow P. domesticus) "154. Fringilla, L. Cosmop. 1. Tardivola, Sw. (Emberizoides? Temm.) Am. m. 2. Spiza, Nob. (Passerina, Vieill. partim. Cynchramus, Boie. part.) Cosm. 1. Ammodramus, Sw. Am. 2. Megalotis, Sw. Am. Oc. 3. Chondestes, Sw. Am. 4. Emberizoides, Nob Cosm. 5. Tanagroides, Nob. Am." (Bonaparte, 1831, Saggio distrib. metodica animali vertebrati, p. 52). The identification here is speculative, and, considering the absence of Passer elsewhere in his classification, based solely on the cosmopolitan distribution of Bonaparte's new genus.
emberizoides
Genus Emberiza Linnaeus, 1758, bunting; Gr. -οιδης -oidēs resembling.
● "Chondestes, Swains. (Spiza Emberizoides, Nob.) Am. s." (Bonaparte 1832) (syn. Chondestes grammacus).
● "XXVII. TROUPIALE BRUANTIN. ICTERUS EMBERIZOIDES. Bosc. Troupiale de la Caroline. BUFFON, pl. enl. 606. fig. 2. Oriolus fuscus. GMELIN, Syst. nat. Headed Oriole. Arct. Zool. ... Il a entièrement la forme et les habitudes des Troupiales; mais il s'en éloigne cependant par son bec semblable à celui des Bruans. C'est ce caractère qui a déterminé le Cen. Bosc à changer le nom de Fuscus, donné par Gmélin, parce qu'il ne convient qu'à la femelle." (Daudin 1800) (syn. Molothrus ater).
herbicola
L. herba grass; -cola dweller < colere to dwell.
● ex “Cola aguda encuentro amarillo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 230 (Emberizoides).
Herbicola
(Acrocephalidae; syn. Acrocephalus † Blyth's Reed Warbler A. dumetorum) L. herba grass; -cola dweller < colere to inhabit; "Rod. Herbicola Balatzki, gen. n. ... Tipovoy vit Acrocephalus dumetorum Blyth, 1849, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 18, p. 815" (Balatskiy 1995); "Herbicola Balatskiy, 1995, Russkiy Ornitologicheskiy Zhurnal, IV (1/2), p. 33. Type, by original designation, Acrocephalus dumetorum Blyth, 1849." (JAJ 2021).
SUBSPECIES
Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch (lucaris)
SCI Name: Emberizoides herbicola lucaris
lucaris
L. lucaris belonging to a grove < lucar grove, wood < lucere to shine.
Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch (hypochondriacus)
SCI Name: Emberizoides herbicola hypochondriacus
hypochondriaca / hypochondriacum / hypochondriacus
Gr. ὑποχονδριακος hupokhondriakos of the abdomen < ὑποχονδριον hupokhondrion abdomen.
Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch (floresae)
SCI Name: Emberizoides herbicola floresae
floresae
Cerro Flores, eastern Chiriquí, Panama.
Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch (apurensis)
SCI Name: Emberizoides herbicola apurensis
apurensis
Río Apuré, Apuré State, Venezuela.
Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch (sphenurus)
SCI Name: Emberizoides herbicola sphenurus
sphenurus
Gr. σφην sphēn, σφηνος sphēnos wedge; -ουρος -ouros -tailed < ουρα oura tail.
● ex “Cinereous Eagle” of Latham 1801 (Haliastur).
Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch (herbicola)
SCI Name: Emberizoides herbicola herbicola
herbicola
L. herba grass; -cola dweller < colere to dwell.
● ex “Cola aguda encuentro amarillo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 230 (Emberizoides).
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)