Streaky-headed Seedeater
Streaky-headed Seedeater
Here the details of the Streaky-headed Seedeater named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Linaria gularis Rep.Exped.Centr.Afr. p.49
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Fringillidae / Crithagra
Taxonomy Code: sthsee2
Type Locality: 'Inhabits the colony [i.e. Cape Colony] and country as far as Latakoo.'' Restricted to Latakoo, near Kuruman, Bechuanaland (i.e. northern Cape Province), by W. L. Sclater and Mackworth-Praed, 1918, Ibis, p. 468. Subsequent restriction to Grahamstown, eastern Cape Province, by Clancey, 1966, Durban Mus. Novit., 7, p. 611, is not accepted.
Author: Smith, A
Publish Year: 1836
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CRITHAGRA
(Fringillidae; Ϯ Brimstone Canary C. sulphurata) Gr. κριθη krithē barley; αγρα agra hunting < αγρεω agreō to hunt; "CRITHAGRA. Rostrum breve, sub-conicum, crassum, integrum; culmine arcuato; tomio curvato. Alæ subelongatæ; remigibus 1ma, 2da, 3tia, et 4ta æqualibus, longissimis. Cauda mediocris, subfurcata. ... Types. Lox. sulphurata, flaviventris. Lath. Africa only?" (Swainson 1827); "Crithagra Swainson, 1827, Zool. Journ., 3, p. 348. Type, by subsequent designation (Sharpe, 1888, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 12, p. 348), Loxia sulphurata Linnaeus." (Rand in Peters, 1968, XIV, p. 208).
Var. Chrithagra, Grithagra.
Synon. Bolbospiza, Buserinus, Dendrospiza, Lormarinsia, Menellia, Microserinus, Neospiza, Ochrospiza, Phaeospiza, Poliospiza, Psammospiza, Pseudochloroptila, Serinops, Spodiospina, Tephrospiza.
gulare / gularis
Mod. L. gularis of the throat, -throated, gular < L. gula throat.
● ex “Coucou Vulgaire d’Afrique” of Levaillant 1806, pl. 200 (Cuculus).
● ex “Gobe-mouche à gorge blanche” of Quoy & Gaimard 1830 (syn. Eopsaltria griseogularis).
● ex “Petit Rolle Violet à Gorge Bleue” of Levaillant 1806 (Eurystomus).
● ex “Cardinal d’Amérique” of Brisson 1760 (Paroaria).
● ex “Colombi-Caille” of Levaillant 1810, pl. 283, and Columba hottentotta Temminck, 1813 (artefact).
SUBSPECIES
Streaky-headed Seedeater (benguellensis)
SCI Name: Crithagra gularis benguellensis
benguelae / benguelensis / benguellensis
Benguella (= Benguela), Angola.
Streaky-headed Seedeater (mendosa)
SCI Name: Crithagra gularis mendosa
mendosa / mendosus
L. mendosus faulty, blemished < mendum fault.
Streaky-headed Seedeater (gularis)
SCI Name: Crithagra gularis gularis
gulare / gularis
Mod. L. gularis of the throat, -throated, gular < L. gula throat.
● ex “Coucou Vulgaire d’Afrique” of Levaillant 1806, pl. 200 (Cuculus).
● ex “Gobe-mouche à gorge blanche” of Quoy & Gaimard 1830 (syn. Eopsaltria griseogularis).
● ex “Petit Rolle Violet à Gorge Bleue” of Levaillant 1806 (Eurystomus).
● ex “Cardinal d’Amérique” of Brisson 1760 (Paroaria).
● ex “Colombi-Caille” of Levaillant 1810, pl. 283, and Columba hottentotta Temminck, 1813 (artefact).
Streaky-headed Seedeater (endemion)
SCI Name: Crithagra gularis endemion
endemion
Gr. ενδημιος endēmios native, dwelling in a place, endemic < εν en in, of; δημιος dēmios of the people < δημος dēmos country, land, inhabitants.
Streaky-headed Seedeater (humilis)
SCI Name: Crithagra gularis humilis
humilis
L. humilis lowly, small, humble, on the ground, of the plain < humus, humi ground.
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)