Puerto Rican Bullfinch
Puerto Rican Bullfinch
Here the details of the Puerto Rican Bullfinch named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Loxia portoricensis TraitedOrn.[Daudin] 2 p.411
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Melopyrrha
Taxonomy Code: purbul1
Type Locality: Puerto Rico.
Author: Daudin
Publish Year: 1800
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
Melopyrrha
(syn. Pyrrhulagra Ϯ Cuban Bullfinch P. nigra) Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos black; dim. < genus Pyrrhula Brisson 1760, bullfinch; "Réservant le nom de Sporophila à ma seconde section de ce genre, j'adopte le genre Oryzoborus, de Cabanis, pour la prétendue Loxia angolensis, de Linné (torrida, Gm.), et je crée le genre Melopyrrha pour les soi-disant Bouvreuils noirs d'Amérique non encore déterminés d'une manière satisfaisante." (Bonaparte 1853); "Melopyrrha Bonaparte, 1853, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, 37, p. 924. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds, p. 82), Loxia nigra Linnaeus." (Paynter in Peters 1970, XIII, 151).
portoricensis
Porto Rico / Puerto Rico.
SUBSPECIES
Puerto Rican Bullfinch (portoricensis)
SCI Name: Melopyrrha portoricensis portoricensis
portoricensis
Porto Rico / Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rican Bullfinch (grandis)
SCI Name: Melopyrrha portoricensis grandis
grandis
L. grandis large.
● ex “Lori de la Nouvelle Guinée” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 683, “Purpur-roode Lori” of Vosmaer 1769, “Grand Lori” of de Buffon 17770-1783, and “Grand Lory” of Latham 1781 (syn. Eclectus roratus).
● ex “Great Jacamar” of Latham 1782 (syn. Jacamerops aurea).
● ex “Ibijau” or “American Goatsucker” of Ray 1713, “Grand Tette-chèvre tacheté du Brésil” of Brisson 1760, “Grand Crapaud volant de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 325, “Grand Ibijau” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Grand Goatsucker” of Latham 1783 (Nyctibius).
● ex “Grand Barbu de la Chine” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 871, “Grand Barbu” of de Buffon 1770-1786, and “Grand Barbet” of Latham 1783 (syn. Psilopogon virens).
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)