Bar-breasted Firefinch
Bar-breasted Firefinch
Here the details of the Bar-breasted Firefinch named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Estrilda rufopicta Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt11 no.121 p.27
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Estrildidae / Lagonosticta
Taxonomy Code: babfir1
Type Locality: Cape Coast Castle, Gold Coast.
Author: Fraser
Publish Year: 1843
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
LAGONOSTICTA
(Estrildidae; Ϯ African Firefinch L. rubricata) Gr. λαγων lagōn, λαγονος lagonos flank; στικτος stiktos spotted < στιζω stizō to tattoo; "Gen. LAGONOSTICTA n. gen. ***) Blut-Astrild. 843. 1. L. rubricata Nob. — Fringilla rubricata Licht. Doubl. p. 27. No. 277. — Estrelda rufopicta Fras. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1843. p. 27.? Estrelda rubricata Gray Gen. B. No. 15 et E. rufopectus l. c. No. 12. ... 844. 2. L. minima Nob. — Petit Senegali rouge Vieill. Ois. chant. tab. 10. — Fringilla minima Vieill. Encycl. méth. p. 991. No. 137. Fringilla senegala Licht. Doubl. p. 27. No. 275. 276. Estrilda minima Rüpp. Syst. Uebers. Vög. N. O. Afr. pag. 77. No. 276. Estrelda minima Gray Gen. B. No. 39. ... ***) Von λαγων, ονος, ἡ die Weichen und στικτος, punktirt. Die Gruppe unterscheidet sich von Habropyga durch gestreckteren, verhältnissmässig längeren, seitlich zusammengedrückten Schnabel und den nicht stufigen, sondern abgerundeten Schwanz und nähert sich in diesen Beziehungen der folgenden Gattung [Zonogastris]. Das Gefieder oder wenigstens der Schwanz trägt einen röthlichen Anflug; die Weichen sind fein weiss punktirt Hierher, nicht zu Habropyga, gehört: L. coerulescens. — Fringilla coerulescens Vieill." (Cabanis 1853); "Lagonosticta Cabanis, 1851 [= 1853], Mus. Heineanum, 1, p. 171. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds, p. 76), Fringilla rubricata Lichtenstein." (Traylor in Peters 1968, XIV, 325).
Var. Lagonsticta.
Synon. Hypargoides, Lychnidospiza, Mormolycia, Rhodopyga.
rufopicta / rufopictus
L. rufus red; pictus painted < pingere to paint.
SUBSPECIES
Bar-breasted Firefinch (rufopicta)
SCI Name: Lagonosticta rufopicta rufopicta
rufopicta / rufopictus
L. rufus red; pictus painted < pingere to paint.
Bar-breasted Firefinch (lateritia)
SCI Name: Lagonosticta rufopicta lateritia
lateritia
L. latericius or lateritius made of bricks < later brick, tile (cf. Mod. L. latericius dark brick colour).
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)