Jameson’s Firefinch
Jameson's Firefinch
Here the details of the Jameson's Firefinch named bird below:
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Protonym: E.[strelda] rhodopareia J.Orn. 16 p.16
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Estrildidae / Lagonosticta
Taxonomy Code: jamfir1
Type Locality: Keren, Bogosland [Eritrea] .
Author: von Heuglin
Publish Year: 1868
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.
rhodopareia
Gr. ῥοδον rhodon rose; παρεια pareia cheek.
SUBSPECIES
Jameson's Firefinch (rhodopareia)
SCI Name: Lagonosticta rhodopareia rhodopareia
rhodopareia
Gr. ῥοδον rhodon rose; παρεια pareia cheek.
Jameson's Firefinch (jamesoni)
SCI Name: Lagonosticta rhodopareia jamesoni
jamesoni / jamesonii
● Dr William Jameson (1815-1882) British botanist, Superintendent of Saharunpur Botanic Gardens, Punjab 1842-1875, collector (syn. Cursorius cursor, syn. Saxicola macrorhynchus).
● James Sligo Jameson (1856-1888) Irish explorer, hunter, naturalist (Dyaphorophyia, subsp. Lagonosticta rhodopareia, Parmoptila, syn. Ploceus xanthops).
● Prof. William Jameson (1796-1873) Scottish academician, botanist, zoologist, collector in Quito, Ecuador 1826-1873 (Gallinago, subsp. Oreotrochilus chimborazo).
● Prof. Robert Jameson (1774-1854) Scottish zoologist, Professor of Natural History at Edinburgh University, founder of the Wernerian Natural History Society (syn. Larus novaehollandiae).
● See: jamersoni
● See: jamiesoni
Jameson's Firefinch (ansorgei)
SCI Name: Lagonosticta rhodopareia ansorgei
ansorgeanus / ansorgei / ansorgii
Prof. Dr William John Ansorge (1850-1913) British physician in Mauritius, Uganda and Nigeria, zoologist, collector, explorer in tropical Africa (subsp. Acrocephalus rufescens, subsp. Anthoscopus caroli, subsp. Anthus leucophrys, syn. Apalis rufogularis angolensis, syn. Apus caffer, subsp. Calendulauda sabota, syn. Chlorophoneus bocagei, syn. Cinnyris reichenowi, subsp. Cisticola rufilatus, subsp. Criniger barbatus, Dyaphorophyia, syn. Eremomela atricollis, syn. Erythropygia leucophrys munda, subsp. Euplectes gierowii, syn. Euplectes progne delacouri, Eurillas, subsp. Indicator willcocksi, subsp. Lagonosticta rhodopareia, syn. Melaenornis infuscatus benguellensis, syn. Myioparus griseigularis, Nesocharis, syn. Numida meleagris reichenowi, subsp. Ortygospiza atricollis, subsp. Parisoma subcaeruleum, subsp. Parmoptila woodhousei, subsp. Plocepasser mahali, subsp. Prinia flavicans, subsp. Pterocles bicinctus, syn. Sarothrura rufa, subsp. Sylvia abyssinica, syn. Sylvia subcoerulea iohannis, subsp. Sylvietta rufescens, subsp. Tchagra australis, subsp. Treron calvus, subsp. Tricholaema hirsuta, Xenocopsychus).
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)