Bolivian Warbling-Finch
Bolivian Warbling-Finch
Here the details of the Bolivian Warbling-Finch named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Poospiza boliviana Cat.BirdsBrit.Mus. 12 p.635 pl.14
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Poospiza
Taxonomy Code: bowfin1
Type Locality: Bolivia.
Author: Sharpe
Publish Year: 1888
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
POOSPIZA
(Thraupidae; Ϯ Black-and-rufous Warblingfinch P. nigrorufa) Gr. ποα poa, ποας poas grass, meadow; σπιζα spiza finch < σπιζω spizō to chirp; "Poospiza nov. gen. Einige der Chipiu Azara's, welche bisher, wie die folgenden Synonyme zeigen, bald hier bald dort untergebracht wurden, bilden die hier zu begründende Gattung Poospiza. ... Ausser einigen in Bezug auf die Synonymie noch nicht gehörig festgestellten Arten stellen wir zu Poospiza: 1. P. nigrorufa. ... 2. P. thoracica. ... 3. P. lateralis." (Cabanis 1847); "Poospiza Cabanis, 1847, Archiv. f. Naturg., 13, p. 349. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds, p. 75), Emberiza nigrorufa d'Orbigny and Lafresnaye." (Paynter in Peters 1970, XIII, 117).
Var. Paospiza, Poaspiza, Poespiza.
Synon. Compsospiza, Orospingus.
boliviae / boliviana / bolivianum / bolivianus / boliviensis
Bolivia (named after Simón Bolívar (1783-1830) "The Liberator", Venezuelan revolutionary, who helped to expel the Spaniards from their South American empire).
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)