Black-bellied Firefinch

SCI Name:  Lagonosticta rara
Protonym:  Habropyga rara Cat.Descr.Coll.Uccel.Int.Affr.Centr.Nord. p.72
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Estrildidae / Lagonosticta
Taxonomy Code:  blbfir1
Type Locality:  between White Nile and Bahr el Ghazal.
Author:  Antinori
Publish Year:  1864
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.

rara
● L. rarus  rare, infrequent (Bostrychia, syn. Dendroica cerulea, Lagonosticta, subsp. Phalaenopsis griseiceps).
● Chilean onomatopoeic name Rara for the Rufous-tailed Plantcutter (Phytotoma).

SUBSPECIES

Black-bellied Firefinch (forbesi)
SCI Name: Lagonosticta rara forbesi
forbesi
● William Alexander Forbes (1855-1883) British zoologist, collector in tropical Africa and Brazil (Anumara, syn. Aplopelia simplex, Charadrius, syn. Emberiza affinis, subsp. Halcyon malimbica, subsp. Lagonosticta rara, Leptodon).
● "This new geographical race of the Striped Owl is named for Mr. Dyfrig McH. Forbes, of Potrero Viejo, Veracruz, who, along with his family, has contributed greatly to scientific knowledge by making extensive collections of natural history objects and by assisting personnel connected with various museum expeditions. In the latter regard, the Hacienda Potrero has served as headquarters or temporary abode for numerous field parties of diverse zoological interest" (Lowery & Dalquest 1951) (subsp. Asio clamator).
● Sir Victor Courtenay Walter Forbes (1889-1958) British diplomat in Mexico, Spain and Peru (Atlapetes).
● Henry Ogg Forbes (1851-1932) Scottish botanist, ethnologist, explorer in the East Indies and New Guinea, Director of the Canterbury Mus., New Zealand, 1890-1893, Director of the Liverpool Museums 1894-1911 (Cyanoramphus, syn. Erythrura tricolor, Lonchura, subsp. Myzomela nigrita, Ninox, Rallicula).
● William Cameron Forbes (1870-1959) US banker, diplomat, Commissioner of Philippine Commerce & Police 1904-1908, Vice-Gov. and Gov.-Gen. of the Philippines 1908-1913, Ambassador to Japan 1930-1932 (subsp. Megalurus palustris, syn. Zosterops everetti basilanicus).

Black-bellied Firefinch (rara)
SCI Name: Lagonosticta rara rara
rara
● L. rarus  rare, infrequent (Bostrychia, syn. Dendroica cerulea, Lagonosticta, subsp. Phalaenopsis griseiceps).
● Chilean onomatopoeic name Rara for the Rufous-tailed Plantcutter (Phytotoma).