Mangrove Finch / Camarhynchus heliobates
WBN 
Mangrove Finch
SCI Name:
Protonym: Geospiza heliobates Condor 3 p.96
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Camarhynchus
Taxonomy Code: manfin1
Type Locality: Tagus Cove, Albemarle, Galapagos Islands.
Author: Snodgrass & Heller
Publish Year: 1901
IUCN Status: Critically Endangered
DEFINITIONS
Camarhynchus
(Thraupidae; syn. Geospiza Ϯ Large Tree-finch G. psittacula) Gr. καμαρα kamara arch, vault; ῥυγχος rhunkhos bill; "CAMARHYNCHUS (subgenus). CAMARHYNCHUS differt a genere Geospiza, rostro debiliore, margine mandibulæ superioris minus indentato; culmine minus elevato in frontem et plus arcuato; lateribus tumidioribus; mandibula inferiore minus in genas tendente. CAMARHYNCHUS PSITTACULA. (Spec. typ.)" (Gould 1837); "Camarhynchus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 5, p. 6, Oct. 3, 1837—type, by orig. desig., Camarhynchus psittacula Gould." (Hellmayr, 1938, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. XI, p. 137) (see Geospiza).
Var. Camarynchus, Camarorhynchus.
heliobates
Gr. ἡλιος hēlios sun; βατης batēs treader < βατεω bateō to tread < βαινω bainō to walk (cf. ἡλιοβατος hēliobatos high, huge).
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)
