Black Rosy-Finch
Black Rosy-Finch
Here the details of the Black Rosy-Finch named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Leucosticte atrata Am.Sportsman 4 p.241
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Fringillidae / Leucosticte
Taxonomy Code: bkrfin
Type Locality: Canon City, Colorado.
Author: Ridgway
Publish Year: 1874
IUCN Status: Endangered
DEFINITIONS
LEUCOSTICTE
(Fringillidae; Ϯ Grey-crowned Rosy Finch L. tephrocotis) Gr. λευκοστικτος leukostiktos white-speckled, grizzled < λευκος leukos white; στικτος stiktos spotted < στιζω stizō to tattoo; "[79.] 1. LINARIA (LEUCOSTICTE) TEPHROCOTIS. (Swainson.) Grey-crowned Linnet. SUB-FAMILY, Coccothraustinæ, SWAINS. Genus, Linaria, AUCT. Sub-genus, Leucosticte, Sw. CH. SP. LINARIA (Leucosticte) TEPHROCOTIS, castanea, vertice nigrescenti, occipite cinereo-albescenti, tectricibus alarum minoribus tectricibusquæ caudæ et hypochondriis apicibus roseis. ... This new and striking species, of which only a single specimen was obtained, is obviously an aberrant form in the genus Linaria; but as we know not, at present, the remaining types, its more immediate affinities must remain unexplained. The vertical breadth of the bill and the arched commissure bring it into comparison with the Bullfinches." (Swainson 1831); "Leucosticte Swainson, 1832, in Swainson and Richardson, Fauna Bor. Amer., 2 (1831), p. 265. Type, by monotypy, Linaria (Leucosticte) tephrocotis Swainson." (Howell in Peters 1968, XIV, 257).
Var. Tephrocotis.
Synon. Fringalauda, Hypolia.
leucosticte / leucostictos / leucostictus
Gr. λευκοστικτος leukostiktos white-speckled, white-spotted < λευκος leukos white; στικτος stiktos spotted < στιζω stizō to tattoo.
atrata / atratus
L. atratus clothed in mourning < ater black.
● ex “Black Vulture or Carrion Crow” of Bartram 1791 (Coragyps).
● ex “Black Swan” of Phillip 1789 (Cygnus).
● ex “Black Red-tail” of Latham 1783 (?syn. Phoenicurus ochruros).
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)