Orange Bullfinch / Pyrrhula aurantiaca
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Orange Bullfinch
SCI Name:
Protonym: Pyrrhula aurantiaca Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1857) (1857), Pt25 no.340 p.222
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Fringillidae / Pyrrhula
Taxonomy Code: orabul1
Type Locality: Kashmir.
Author: Gould
Publish Year: 1858
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PYRRHULA
(Fringillidae; Ϯ Eurasian Bullfinch P. pyrrhula) Late Med. L. pyrrhula Bullfinch < Gr. πυρρουλας purrhoulas worm-eating bird, mentioned by Aristotle, later identified as either the Robin Erithacus or the Bullfinch; "Le genre du Bouvreuil. Genus Pyrrhulæ" (Brisson 1760): based on "Pyrrhula" and "Rubicilla" of many authors, "Rubrica" of Gessner 1555, "Fringilla sanguinea" of Schwenckfeld 1603, "Fringilla Rubecula" of Frisch 1733-1743, "Coccothraustes sanguinea" of Klein 1750, and "Loxia artubus nigris ..." of Linnaeus 1746; "Pyrrhula Brisson, 1760, Ornithologie, 1, p. 36. Type, by tautonymy, Loxia pyrrhula Linnaeus." (Paynter in Peters 1968, XIV, 293). In ornithology the combination pyrrhul- is often used for thick-billed birds, or for those with red breasts. The Eurasian Bullfinch is accused of eating cultivated fruits or nipping buds and is still persecuted in some areas.
Var. Pyhrrhula, Pyrhula, Phyrrula, Pyrrhulas, Pirrula, Pirula, Pitalla, Purrhula.
Synon. Protopyrrhula, Pyrrhia.
pyrrhula
Gr. πυρρουλας purrhoulas worm-eating bird mentioned by Aristotle, since identified as either the robin Erithacus or the bullfinch; "96. LOXIA. ... Pyrrhula. 4. L. artubus nigris, tectricibus caudæ remigumque posticarum albis. Fn. svec. 178. Rubicilla s. Pyrrhula. Gesn. av. 733. Aldr. orn. l. 17. c. 31. Jonst. av. . . t. 43. Will. ornith. 130. t. 43. Raj. av. 86. Alb. orn. I. t. 59. 60. Frisch. av. . . t. 2. f. 1. 2. Olin. av. 40. Habitat in Europæ sylvis, Sorbi disseminator. Mas subtus ruber, Femina subtus fusco-cinerea." (Linnaeus 1758) (Pyrrhula).
aurantiaca / aurantiacus
Mod. L. aurantiacus orange-coloured < Late Med. L. aurantia orange.
● ex “Manakin orangé” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Pipra aureola).
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)
