Cirl Bunting

SCI Name:  Emberiza cirlus
Protonym:  Emberiza cirlus Syst.Nat.ed.12 ed.12 p.311
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Emberizidae / Emberiza
Taxonomy Code:  cirbun1
Type Locality:  southern Europe.
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1766
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

EMBERIZA
(Emberizidae; Ϯ Yellowhammer E. citrinella) Old Swiss German name Embritz for a bunting  < Old German Ammer  bunting. "97. EMBERIZA.  Rostrum conicum.  Mandibulæ basi deorsum a se invicem discedentes: inferiore lateribus inflexo-coarctata; superiore angustiore." (Linnaeus 1758); "Emberiza Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, p. 177. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1840, List Genera Birds, ed. 1, p. 47), Emberiza citrinella Linnaeus." (Paynter in Peters, 1970, XIII, p. 5). Linnaeus's Emberiza comprised fourteen species (E. nivalis, E. Calandra, E. Hortulana, E. Citrinella, E. Orix, E. Quelea, E. militaris, E. atrata, E. familiaris, E. flaveola, E. psittacea, E. paradisæa, E. Ciris, E. Alario).  
Var. Emberyza, Emberitza, Embritza, Embriza, Emberisa, Emeberiza.   
Synon. Buscarla, Chrysophrys, Cia, Cirlus, Citrinella, Cosmospina, Cristemberiza, Crithophaga, Cynchramus, Fringillaria, Fringilloides, Glycyspina, Granativora, Hortulana, Hortulanus, Hylaespiza, Hypocentor, Latoucheornis, Melophus, Miliaria, Ocyris, Onychospina, Orospina, Pityornis, Polymitra, Pyrrhulorhyncha, Schaenicola, Schoeniclus, Spina, Spodiospina, Tisa.

cirlus
Local Italian names Zirla or Cirlo for a sort of bunting  < zirlare  to chirp (Emberiza).

Cirlus
(Emberizidae; syn. Emberiza † Cirl Bunting E. cirlus) Specific name Emberiza cirlus Linnaeus, 1766; "9.  Emberiza cirlus.   ...   9.  Zirlammer.  Cirlus.   E[ntwickelung]. Wie bei Emb. schoeniculus und Cia.   Ch[arakter]. Ammern mit grüngelblichem Gefieder und schwarzer Kehle.   L[ebensart]. Hierin ähneln sie E. schoeniculus und Cia." (Kaup 1829); "Cirlus Kaup, 1829, Skizz. Entwick.-Gesch. Natürliches System Europ. Thierwelt, p. 153.  Type, by monotypy and tautonymy, Emberiza cirlus Linnaeus, 1766." (JAJ 2021).

SUBSPECIES

Cirl Bunting (cirlus)
SCI Name: Emberiza cirlus cirlus
cirlus
Local Italian names Zirla or Cirlo for a sort of bunting  < zirlare  to chirp (Emberiza).

Cirl Bunting (nigrostriata)
SCI Name: Emberiza cirlus nigrostriata
nigrostriata / nigrostriatus
L. niger  black; striatus  striated  < striare  to striate  < stria  furrow.