Band-tailed Sierra-Finch
Band-tailed Sierra-Finch
Here the details of the Band-tailed Sierra-Finch named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Fringilla alaudina Kupfer.Nat.Vog. 2 p.18 pl.23 fig.2
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Porphyrospiza
Taxonomy Code: btsfin1
Type Locality: Chile [-Valparaiso, by implication] .
Author: von Kittlitz
Publish Year: 1833
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PORPHYROSPIZA
(Thraupidae; Ϯ Blue Finch P. caerulescens) Gr. πορφυρα porphura purple; σπιζα spiza finch < σπιζω spizō to chirp; "GENUS XXI. PORPHYROSPIZA GEN. NOV. III. 1. cyanella (Sparm.) ex Bras. int. ... III. PORPHYROSPIZA, gen. nov. p. 30 (πορφυρα, purpur, et σπιζα, fringilla). A Cyanospiza, cujus coloribus gaudet, rostro graciliore, longiore, sicut in genere Coryphospingo formato, diversa, et huic generi magis approximanda. Typus, P. CYANELLA, i.e. Cyanospiza cyanella, Pelzeln, Orn. Bras. p. 227, ex Brasilia" (P. Sclater & Salvin 1873); "Porphyrospiza P. L. Sclater and Salvin, 1873, Nomen. Av. Neotrop., pp. 30, 155. Type, by original designation, Cyanospiza cyanella Pelzeln (not Emberiza cyanella Sparrman) = Tanagra caerulescens Wied." (Paynter in Peters 1970, XIII, 238).
Var. Porphyriospiza.
alaudina / alaudinus
Mod. L. alaudinus lark-like, of a lark < L. alauda lark.
SUBSPECIES
Band-tailed Sierra-Finch (bipartita)
SCI Name: Porphyrospiza alaudina bipartita
bipartita / bipartitus
L. bipartitus divided in two parts, bisected < bi- two- < bis twice; partitus divided < partire to divide.
Band-tailed Sierra-Finch (humboldti)
SCI Name: Porphyrospiza alaudina humboldti
humboldti / humboldtii
Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Heinrich Alexander Freiherr von Humboldt (1769-1859) Prussian scientist, explorer (Amazilia, subsp. Corydospiza alaudina, subsp. Pternistis afer, Pteroglossus, Spheniscus).
Band-tailed Sierra-Finch (bracki)
SCI Name: Porphyrospiza alaudina bracki
bracki
Dr Antonio José Brack Egg (1940-2014) Peruvian agronomist, environmentalist, Minister of the Environment 2008-2011 (subsp. Corydospiza alaudina).
Band-tailed Sierra-Finch (excelsa)
SCI Name: Porphyrospiza alaudina excelsa
excelsa
L. excelsus distinguished, lofty, eminent < ex from; celsus lofty, eminent < obsolescent cellere to elevate.
Band-tailed Sierra-Finch (alaudina)
SCI Name: Porphyrospiza alaudina alaudina
alaudina / alaudinus
Mod. L. alaudinus lark-like, of a lark < L. alauda lark.
Band-tailed Sierra-Finch (venturii)
SCI Name: Porphyrospiza alaudina venturii
venturiana / venturii
Santiago Venturi (d. 1930) Argentinian naturalist, oologist, plant-collector (syn. Columba picazuro, subsp. Corydospiza alaudina, syn. Thinocorus rumicivorus).
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)