Tanzania Seedeater

Tanzania Seedeater / Crithagra melanochroa

Tanzania Seedeater

Here the details of the Tanzania Seedeater named bird below:

SCI Name:  Crithagra melanochroa
Protonym:  Serinus melanochrous Orn.Monatsb. 8 p.122
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Fringillidae /
Taxonomy Code:  tansee1
Type Locality:  Ukinga.
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Publish Year:  1900
IUCN Status:  

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. ChrithagraGrithagra.
Synon. Bolbospiza, Buserinus, Dendrospiza, Lormarinsia, Menellia, Microserinus, Neospiza, Ochrospiza, Phaeospiza, Poliospiza, Psammospiza, Pseudochloroptila, Serinops, Spodiospina, Tephrospiza.

melanochroa / melanochrous
Gr. μελανοχρους melanokhrous  swarthy  < μελας melas, μελανος melanos  black; χροα khroa, χροας khroas  colour, appearance  < χρως khrōs,  χρωτος khrōtos  complexion.