Drakensberg Siskin / Crithagra symonsi

Drakensberg Siskin / Crithagra symonsi

Drakensberg Siskin

SCI Name:  Crithagra symonsi
Protonym:  Spinus symonsi Ann.TransvaalMus. 5 suppl. p.1
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Fringillidae /
Taxonomy Code:  drasis2
Type Locality:  with type locality as Sangebetu Valley.
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Publish Year:  1916
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

CRITHAGRA
(Fringillidae; Ϯ Brimstone Canary C. sulphurata) Gr. κριθη krithē  barley; αγρα agra  hunting  < αγρεω agreō  to hunt; "CRITHAGRA.  Rostrum breve, sub-conicum, crassum, integrum; culmine arcuato; tomio curvato.  Alæ subelongatæ; remigibus 1ma, 2da, 3tia, et 4ta æqualibus, longissimis.  Cauda mediocris, subfurcata. ...  Types. Lox. sulphurata, flaviventris. Lath.  Africa only?" (Swainson 1827); "Crithagra Swainson, 1827, Zool. Journ., 3, p. 348. Type, by subsequent designation (Sharpe, 1888, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 12, p. 348), Loxia sulphurata Linnaeus." (Rand in Peters, 1968, XIV, p. 208).
Var. ChrithagraGrithagra.
Synon. Bolbospiza, Buserinus, Dendrospiza, Lormarinsia, Menellia, Microserinus, Neospiza, Ochrospiza, Phaeospiza, Poliospiza, Psammospiza, Pseudochloroptila, Serinops, Spodiospina, Tephrospiza.

symonsi
Roden Edward Symons (1884-1972) South African forester, hunter, game-conservator, collector (Crithagra, syn. Guttera edouardi).