White-bellied Canary
White-bellied Canary
Here the details of the White-bellied Canary named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Crithagra dorsostriata J.Orn. 35 p.72
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Fringillidae / Crithagra
Taxonomy Code: whbcan1
Type Locality: Kagehi, Wembaere, Niansa and Schasche ; type from Wembere, Tabora, Tanganyika, fide W. L. Sclater, 1930, Syst. Av. Aethiop., p. 815.
Author: Reichenow
Publish Year: 1887
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.
dorsostriata / dorsostriatus
L. dorsum back; striatus striated < striare to striate < stria furrow.
SUBSPECIES
White-bellied Canary (maculicollis)
SCI Name: Crithagra dorsostriata maculicollis
maculicollis
L. macula spot; Mod. L. -collis -throated, -necked < L. collum neck.
White-bellied Canary (dorsostriata)
SCI Name: Crithagra dorsostriata dorsostriata
dorsostriata / dorsostriatus
L. dorsum back; striatus striated < striare to striate < stria furrow.
White-bellied Canary (taruensis)
SCI Name: Crithagra dorsostriata taruensis
taruensis
Taru Desert, south-eastern Kenya.
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)