African Firefinch
African Firefinch
Here the details of the African Firefinch named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: F.[ringilla] rubricata Verz.Doubl.Zool.Mus.Berlin p.27
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Estrildidae / Lagonosticta
Taxonomy Code: afffin
Type Locality: terra Caff rorum ; restricted to Uitenhage, Cape Province, fide Stresemann, 1954, Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool., new ser. (in quarto), 1, p. 81.
Author: Lichtenstein, MHC
Publish Year: 1823
IUCN Status:
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.
rubricata / rubricatum / rubricatus
L. rubricatus red-ochred, ruddy < rubrica red-ochre < ruber, rubra red, ruddy.
● ex “Sénégali rouge” of Vieillot 1805 (Lagonosticta).
● ex “Ruddy Warbler” of Latham 1801 (syn. Origma solitaria).
SUBSPECIES
African Firefinch (polionota)
SCI Name: Lagonosticta rubricata polionota
polionota / polionotum / polionotus
Gr. πολιος polios grey; -νωτος -nōtos -backed < νωτον nōton back.
African Firefinch (congica)
SCI Name: Lagonosticta rubricata congica
congica / congicus / congo / congoensis
Congo or Belgian Congo / DR Congo.
African Firefinch (haematocephala)
SCI Name: Lagonosticta rubricata haematocephala
haematocephala / haematocephalus
Gr. αἱμα haima, αἱματος haimatos blood; -κεφαλος -kephalos -headed < κεφαλη kephalē head.
African Firefinch (rubricata)
SCI Name: Lagonosticta rubricata rubricata
rubricata / rubricatum / rubricatus
L. rubricatus red-ochred, ruddy < rubrica red-ochre < ruber, rubra red, ruddy.
● ex “Sénégali rouge” of Vieillot 1805 (Lagonosticta).
● ex “Ruddy Warbler” of Latham 1801 (syn. Origma solitaria).
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)