Black-crested Finch
Black-crested Finch
Here the details of the Black-crested Finch named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Gubernatrix pusilla J.Orn. 8 p.254
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Lophospingus
Taxonomy Code: blcfin1
Type Locality: Tucuman, Argentina.
Author: Burmeister
Publish Year: 1860
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
LOPHOSPINGUS
(Thraupidae; Ϯ Black-crested Finch L. pusillus) Gr. λοφος lophos crest; σπιγγος spingos finch < σπιζω spizō to chirp; "6. Lophospingus pusillus. — Gubernatrix pusilla Burm. Journ. f. Orn. 1860, p. 254. Männchen von Cordova. Der Vogel passt nach Färbung und Grössenverhältnissen nicht zu den Arten von Gubernatrix, steht dieser aber sonst näher als der Gattung Lophospiza Bon. nec Kaup, und scheint mir den Typus einer eigenen Gruppe zu bilden, welche ich mit dem Namen Lophospingus belegen möchte." (Cabanis 1878).
Synon. Schistospiza.
pusillum / pusillus
L. pusillus tiny, very small < dim. pusus little boy < puer boy.
● ex “Chevechette” of Levaillant 1799, pl. 46 (syn. Glaucidium passerinum).
● ex “Petit Guêpier du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 318 (Merops).
● ex “Barbion” of Levaillant 1806 (Pogoniulus).
● ex "Lesser Black Promerops" of Latham 1822 (syn. Scoptelus aterrimus).
● ex “Sucrion” of Levaillant 1812, pl. 298 (Cinnyris artefact).
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)