Nicaraguan Seed-Finch / Sporophila nuttingi
WBN 
Nicaraguan Seed-Finch
SCI Name:
Protonym: Oryzoborus nuttingi Proc.U.S.Natl.Mus. 6 p.401,note
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Sporophila
Taxonomy Code: nisfin1
Type Locality: Los Sabalos, Nicaragua.
Author: Ridgway
Publish Year: 1884
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
SPOROPHILA
(Thraupidae; Ϯ Temminck's Seedeater S. falcirostris) Gr. σπορος sporos seed < σπειρω speirō to sow; φιλος philos lover; "62. Gen. Sporophila 1) Cab. Pyrrhula Tem. part. Spermophila Swains. 1827. ... 1) σπορος sperma." (Cabanis 1844); "Sporophila Cabanis, 1844, Archiv f. Naturg., 10 (1), p. 291. New name for Spermophila Swainson, 1827, preoccupied by Spermophila Richardson, 1825." (Paynter in Peters 1970, XIII, 133) (see Spermophila).
Var. Sporofila, Sporoptula, Sporophilus.
Synon. Amazonica, Callyrhynchus, Dolospingus, Drepanorhynchus, Gyrinorhynchus, Microphila, Neorhynchus, Oryzoborus, Spermophila, Spermophilopsis.
nuttingi
Prof. Charles Cleveland Nutting (1858-1927) US marine biologist, ornithologist, collector (subsp. Leptotila verreauxi, Myiarchus, Sporophila).
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)
