Black-thighed Grosbeak / Pheucticus tibialis
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Black-thighed Grosbeak
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Protonym: Pheucticus tibialis Ann.Lyc.Nat.Hist.N.Y. 8 p.478
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Cardinalidae / Pheucticus
Taxonomy Code: bltgro1
Type Locality: Eervantes [= Cervantes] , Costa Rica.
Author: Lawrence
Publish Year: 1867
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PHEUCTICUS
(Cardinalidae; Ϯ Black-backed Grosbeak P. aureoventris) Gr. φευκτικος pheuktikos shy, inclined to avoid < φευγω pheugō to flee. Reichenbach's 1850, plate LXXVIII, labelled Passerinae: Pyrrhulinae Coccothraustinae, shows a variety of heavy-billed finches, but gives no clue as to the reasoning behind this generic tag; doubtless a clue will be found in earlier species accounts. "Pheucticus Reichenbach, 1850, Av. Syst. Nat., pl. 78. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds, p. 75), Pitylus aureoventris." (Paynter in Peters 1970, XIII, 217).
Var. Pheuticus.
Synon. Habia, Hedymeles, Zamelodia.
tibialis
L. tibialis pertaining to the shin, tibial < tibia shin-bone, tibia.
● ex “Faucon à Culotte Noire” of Levaillant 1798, pl. 29 (unident.).
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)
