Chestnut-breasted Mountain-Finch / Poospizopsis caesar
WBN 
Chestnut-breasted Mountain-Finch
SCI Name:
Protonym: Poospiza caesar Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt1 p.152 pl.13
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Poospizopsis
Taxonomy Code: cbmfin1
Type Locality: Tinta, Cuzco, Peru.
Author: Sclater & Salvin
Publish Year: 1869
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
POOSPIZOPSIS
(Thraupidae; Ϯ Chestnut-breasted Mountainfinch P. caesar) Genus Poospiza Cabanis, 1847, warblingfinch; Gr. οψις opsis appearance; "COMPSOSPIZA GARLEPPI ... When I first received this bird I was much perplexed regarding its systematic position. I am now of opinion that it belongs to a new genus which ought to be placed next to Poospiza. Its nearest ally is apparently Poospiza cæsar, Scl. & Salv., from Southern Peru, which in my opinion ought also to be separated generically from Poospiza*. ... * POOSPIZOPSIS, mihi, gen. nov., generi Poospizæ affinis, sed differt rostro pedibusque multo fortioribus et alis caudaque longioribus. Typ. Poospiza cæsar, Scl. & Salv." (von Berlepsch 1893).
caesar
L. caesar, caesaris crown-prince, emperor.
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)
