Mauritius Fody

SCI Name:  Foudia rubra
Protonym:  Emberiza rubra Syst.Nat. 1 pt2 p.877
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Ploceidae / Foudia
Taxonomy Code:  maufod1
Type Locality:  Isle de France [= Mauritius].
Author:  Gmelin, JF
Publish Year:  1789
IUCN Status:  Endangered

DEFINITIONS

FOUDIA
(Ploceidae; Ϯ Red Fody F. madagascariensis) Malagasy names Foudi, Fodi or Fody for the Red Fody. Reichenbach's 1850, plate LXXIX, labelled Passerinae: Pyrrhulinae genuinae, includes a variety of thick-billed finches and other birds, and shows Foudia next to Cardinalis. "*951. Foudia, Reichenb. 1850. (Ploceus, p. Gr.)   Africa.   4.    1. LOXIA madagascariensis, L. (Cardinalis madagascariensis, Briss. - Euplectes rubra, Sw. - Ploceus ruber? Blyth. - Pl. madagascariensis et ruber, Gr.) Pl. enl. 134. 2. - Vieill. Ois. Chant. t. 53.  ex Ins. Maur. Madagascar.  ...  2. FRINGILLA erythrocephala et Emberiza rubra, Gm. (Ploceus erythrocephalus, Sw.-Pl. martineti! Gr.-Hyphantornis erythrocephalus, Blyth.) Pl. enl. 665. 1. mas. 2 faem. - Brown, Ill. Zool., t. 28. 2. - Vieill. Ois. Chant. t. 28. ex Ins. Mauritius.  ...  *3. F. eminentissimus, Bp. Mus. Paris. ex Afr. or. Zanzibar.  ...   4. PLOCEUS erythrops, Hartl. Rev. Zool. 1848. p. 109. ex Ins. S.^ti Thomae. Afr. occ." (Bonaparte 1850); "Foudia Reichenbach, 1850, Av. Syst. Nat., pl. 79. Type, by subsequent designation (Gray, 1855, Gen. Subgen. Birds, p. 70), Loxia madagascariensis Linnaeus." (Moreau in Peters, 1962, XV, p. 62).
Synon. Calyphantria, Nesacanthis, Neshyphantes.

rubra
L. ruber, rubra  red, ruddy (see also ruber).
● ex “Red Lark” of Latham 1783, and Pennant 1785 (syn. Anthus rubescens).
● ex “Martin-pêcheur de Pondichéry” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 778, fig. 2, and “Martin-pêcheur pourpré” of de Buffon 1770-1786 (syn. Ceyx erithaca).
● "89. CRAX.  ...  rubra.  2. C. rubra, capite cærulescente.  Gallina peruviana rubra. Alb. av. 3. p. 37. t. 40.  Habitat in America.  An varietas præcedentis? [Crax nigra]" (Linnaeus 1748); "Albin's figure, though pretty poor, seems to represent the female of the present species. As type locality we may regard (western) Ecuador, which, at Albin's time, formed part of Peru." (Hellmayr & Conover 1942) (Crax).
● ex “Lori de la Chine” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 519, “Lori rouge” of de Buffon 1770-1783, “Lori de Gilolo” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Molucca Lory” of Latham 1781 (syn. Eos bornea).
● ex “Moineau de l’île de France” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 665, fig. 2, and “Crimson Bunting” of Latham 1783 (Foudia).
● ex “Scarlet Creeper” of Latham 1782 (syn. Myzomela sanguinolenta).
● ex “Manakin orangé de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 302, fig. 2 (syn. Pipra aureola).
● ex “Habia punzo” (= ♂) of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 88 (syn. Piranga flava).
● ex “Cardinal de Canada” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Piranga olivacea).
● ex “Summer Red-Bird ” of Catesby 1731 (Piranga).
● ex “Traquet à Cul Roux” of Levaillant 1806, pl. 188, fig. 2 (syn. Saxicoloides fulicatus).
● ex “Suirirí roxo” of de Azara 1802-1805 (unident.).