Mountain Firetail

SCI Name:  Oreostruthus fuliginosus
Protonym:  Oreospiza fuliginosa Ibis p.389
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Estrildidae / Oreostruthus
Taxonomy Code:  moufir1
Type Locality:  Mt. Scratchley.
Author:  De Vis
Publish Year:  1897
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

OREOSTRUTHUS
(Estrildidae; Ϯ Mountain Firetail O. fuliginosus) Gr. ορος oros, ορεος oreos  mountain (see Oreospiza); στρουθος strouthos  sparrow; "It has been pointed out to me by Mr. C. W. Richmond, of the U.S. National Museum, that the term Oreospiza, which I have proposed (see Ibis, 1897, p. 338) for a new genus of Fringillidæ from New Guinea, has been previously employed in ornithology for a North-American Finch (see Ridgway, Manual N. Amer. B. ed. 2 [1896], p. 605).  I therefore wish to change this term to Oreostruthus.  The New-Guinea bird will, therefore, in future stand as Oreostruthus fuliginosus." (DeVis 1898); "Oreostruthus De Vis, 1898, Ibis, p. 175. Type, by monotypy, Oreospiza fuliginosa De Vis. New name for Oreospiza De Vis, 1897, Ibis, p. 388, preoccupied by Oreospiza Ridgway, 1896, and Oreospiza Keitel, 1857." (Mayr in Peters 1968, XIV, 355).
Synon. Oreospiza.

fuliginosa / fuliginosum / fuliginosus
Late L. fuliginosus  sooty, covered with soot  < L. fuligo, fuliginis  soot.
● ex “Soui-manga carmelite” of Audebert & Vieillot 1802 (Chalcomitra).
● ex “Grimpar Enfumé” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 28 (Dendrocincla).
● ex “Sooty Petrel” of Latham 1785 (Nesofregetta).
● ex “Sooty or Brown Albatros” of Latham 1785 (syn. Phoebetria palpebrata).
● ex “Hirondelle de Mer à grande envergure” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Sooty Tern”, “Simple Tern, var. A” and “Dusky Tern” of Latham 1785 (syn. Onychoprion fuscatus).
● ex “Gobe-mouche brun de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 574, fig. 1, and “Brown Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (unident.; has been linked with Cnemotriccus fuscatus and with Contopus cinereus).

SUBSPECIES

Mountain Firetail (pallidus)
SCI Name: Oreostruthus fuliginosus pallidus
pallidum / pallidus
L. pallidus  pallid, pale, wan, sallow  < pallere  to be pale.
● ex “Pale Thrush” of Latham 1783 (Turdus).

Mountain Firetail (hagenensis)
SCI Name: Oreostruthus fuliginosus hagenensis
hagenensis
Mt. Hagen, Central Highlands, Territory of New Guinea (= Papua New Guinea).

Mountain Firetail (fuliginosus)
SCI Name: Oreostruthus fuliginosus fuliginosus
fuliginosa / fuliginosum / fuliginosus
Late L. fuliginosus  sooty, covered with soot  < L. fuligo, fuliginis  soot.
● ex “Soui-manga carmelite” of Audebert & Vieillot 1802 (Chalcomitra).
● ex “Grimpar Enfumé” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 28 (Dendrocincla).
● ex “Sooty Petrel” of Latham 1785 (Nesofregetta).
● ex “Sooty or Brown Albatros” of Latham 1785 (syn. Phoebetria palpebrata).
● ex “Hirondelle de Mer à grande envergure” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Sooty Tern”, “Simple Tern, var. A” and “Dusky Tern” of Latham 1785 (syn. Onychoprion fuscatus).
● ex “Gobe-mouche brun de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 574, fig. 1, and “Brown Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (unident.; has been linked with Cnemotriccus fuscatus and with Contopus cinereus).