Pine Siskin
Pine Siskin
Here the details of the Pine Siskin named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Fringilla pinus Am.Orn. 2 p.133 pl.17 fig.1
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Fringillidae / Spinus
Taxonomy Code: pinsis
Type Locality: Bush-hill, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Author: Wilson, A
Publish Year: 1810
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
SPINUS
(Fringillidae; Ϯ Eurasian Siskin S. spinus) Gr. σπινος spinos unidentified bird mentioned by Aristophanes, Dionysius, Hesychius, and others, usually treated as a type of finch < σπιζω spizō to chirp (cf. specific names Fringilla Spinus J. Gmelin, 1789, and Emberiza Spinus von Schrank, 1798); "SYS, in 't Latyn Spinus. Hy is by LINNÆUS. Syst. Nat. [ed. 9, 1756] gesl. 80. oder de Vinken gebracht" (Moehring 1758); "LV. Gattung. Zeisig. Spinus. ... Die Zeisige sind sehr zierliche muntere Vögelchen. ... Ihre Nahrung besteht in kleinen Saamen. Sie nisten auf Bäume. Vier Arten. 146. Distel-Zeisig. Spinus carduelis. ... 147. Lein-Zeisig. Spinus Linaria. ... 148. Citronen-Fink. Spinus Citrinella. ... 149. Erlen-Zeisig. Spinus viridis. ... Fringilla Spinus. Gmel. Linn. S. I. p. 194. n. 25." (Koch 1816); "Spinus Koch, 1816, Syst. Baierischen Zool., Säug. Vögel, 1, p. 232. Type, by tautonymy, Fringilla spinus Linnaeus." (Howell & Paynter in Peters 1968, XIV, 234).
Synon. Acanthilis, Acanthis, Astragalinus, Chrysomitris, Loximitris, Melanomitris, Pseudomitris, Pyrrhomitris, Sporagra.
• (Emberizidae; syn. Emberiza † Corn Bunting E. calandra) "SPINUS Mœhr. (1752). Cynchramus, (Antiq.) Bonap. (1838). Miliaria b, Brehm. (1831). Emberiza, L. S. miliarius, (L.) G. R. Gray. Pl. enl. 233. M. europæa, Swains. ... b Employed in Botany." (G. Gray 1841); "Spinus "Moehr." G. Gray, 1841, List Genera Birds, 2nd ed., p. 61 (not of Koch, 1816). Type, by original designation, S. miliarius (L.), i.e. Emberiza miliaria Linnaeus, 1766 = Emberiza calandra Linnaues, 1758." (JAJ 2021).
spinus
Gr. σπινος spinos unidentified bird mentioned by Aristophanes, Dionysius, Hesychius, and others, usually treated as a type of finch < σπιζω spizō to chirp.
● "98. FRINGILLA. ... Spinus. 19. F. remigibus medio luteis: primis quatuor immaculatis, rectricibus basi flavis apice nigris. Fn. svec. 203. Acanthus avicula. Gesn. av. I. Spinus s. Ligurinus. Aldr. orn. l. 18. c. 4. Will. orn. 192. t. 46. Raj. av. 91. n. 1. Alb. av. 3. p. 71. t. 76. Frisch. av. 2. t. 11. f. 1. 2. Olin. av. 15. Habitat in Europæ juniperetis.” (Linnaeus 1758) (Spinus).
pinus
L. pinus pine-tree.
● ex "Parus americanus lutescens" of Catesby 1731, and "Certhia Pinus" of Edwards 1760 (Setophaga).
● ex “Pine-Creeper” of Edwards 1760 (mistakenly ex Catesby 1731) (syn. Vermivora cyanoptera).
SUBSPECIES
Pine Siskin (Northern)
SCI Name: Spinus pinus pinus/macropterus
SPINUS
(Fringillidae; Ϯ Eurasian Siskin S. spinus) Gr. σπινος spinos unidentified bird mentioned by Aristophanes, Dionysius, Hesychius, and others, usually treated as a type of finch < σπιζω spizō to chirp (cf. specific names Fringilla Spinus J. Gmelin, 1789, and Emberiza Spinus von Schrank, 1798); "SYS, in 't Latyn Spinus. Hy is by LINNÆUS. Syst. Nat. [ed. 9, 1756] gesl. 80. oder de Vinken gebracht" (Moehring 1758); "LV. Gattung. Zeisig. Spinus. ... Die Zeisige sind sehr zierliche muntere Vögelchen. ... Ihre Nahrung besteht in kleinen Saamen. Sie nisten auf Bäume. Vier Arten. 146. Distel-Zeisig. Spinus carduelis. ... 147. Lein-Zeisig. Spinus Linaria. ... 148. Citronen-Fink. Spinus Citrinella. ... 149. Erlen-Zeisig. Spinus viridis. ... Fringilla Spinus. Gmel. Linn. S. I. p. 194. n. 25." (Koch 1816); "Spinus Koch, 1816, Syst. Baierischen Zool., Säug. Vögel, 1, p. 232. Type, by tautonymy, Fringilla spinus Linnaeus." (Howell & Paynter in Peters 1968, XIV, 234).
Synon. Acanthilis, Acanthis, Astragalinus, Chrysomitris, Loximitris, Melanomitris, Pseudomitris, Pyrrhomitris, Sporagra.
• (Emberizidae; syn. Emberiza † Corn Bunting E. calandra) "SPINUS Mœhr. (1752). Cynchramus, (Antiq.) Bonap. (1838). Miliaria b, Brehm. (1831). Emberiza, L. S. miliarius, (L.) G. R. Gray. Pl. enl. 233. M. europæa, Swains. ... b Employed in Botany." (G. Gray 1841); "Spinus "Moehr." G. Gray, 1841, List Genera Birds, 2nd ed., p. 61 (not of Koch, 1816). Type, by original designation, S. miliarius (L.), i.e. Emberiza miliaria Linnaeus, 1766 = Emberiza calandra Linnaues, 1758." (JAJ 2021).
Pine Siskin (Chiapas)
SCI Name: Spinus pinus perplexus
perplexa / perplexus
L. perplexus confused, obscure, ambiguous < plexus plaited, interwoven.
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)