Brown Firefinch
Brown Firefinch
Here the details of the Brown Firefinch named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Lagonosticta nitidula Bull.Mus.R.Hist.Nat.Belg. 4 p.145 pl.4 fig.2
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Estrildidae / Lagonosticta
Taxonomy Code: brnfir1
Type Locality: near Lake Tanganyika [= Mpala, see Chapin, 1954. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist, 75B, p. 531.]
Author: Hartlaub
Publish Year: 1886
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.
nitidula / nitidulus
L. nitidulus somewhat spruce, rather trim < nitidus beautiful, brilliant < nitere to shine.
Nitidula
(Muscicapidae; syn. Ficedula † Pygmy Blue Flycatcher F. hodgsoni) L. nitidulus somewhat spruce, rather trim < nitidus glittering < nitere to shine; "Genus NITIDULA, Jerd. & Blyth. Resembles Muscicapula, Blyth, but has a slender undepressed bill, like that of Phylloscopus. NITIDULA CAMPBELLI, Jerd. & Blyth. Colour bright dark-indigo-blue above, passing to ultramarine on the crown ... throat, breast, and belly clear bright ferruginous" (Jerdon & Blyth 1861); "Nitidula Jerdon and Blyth, 1861, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 201. Type, by monotypy, Nitidula campbelli Jerdon and Blyth [= Nemura hodgsoni Moore, 1854]." (Watson in Peters, 1986, XI, p. 355) (see Briania).
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)