Plain-colored Seedeater

SCI Name:  Catamenia inornata
Protonym:  Linaria inornata Rev.Zool. 10 p.75
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Catamenia
Taxonomy Code:  plcsee1
Type Locality:  Bolivia.
Author:  Lafresnaye
Publish Year:  1847
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CATAMENIA
(Thraupidae; Ϯ Band-tailed Seedeater C. analis) Gr. καταμηνια katamēnia  menstrual, menstruous  < κατα kata  in relation to; μην mēn, μηνος mēnos  month; "subtus rufo-olivacea, ano rufo" (de La Fresnaye 1843); "*1022. Catamenia, Bp. (Fringilla, p. Gr. - Linaria! p. Lafr.  Amer. mer.   2.    1. LINARIA analis, Lafr. mas. (inornata? Lafr. faem. - Fringilla analis, mas et inornata, faem. Gr. sp. 43. et 73.) Orb. Voy. Am. m. t. 48. 1. Mus. Paris. ex Bolivia.  Plumbea, subtus dilutior; dorso rufo induto: crisso castaneo: alis caudaque nigris  ...   2. LINARIA analoides, Lafr. (Fringilla anatoides! Gr.) Rev. Zool. 1847. p. 75. Mus. Paris. ex Peru, Lima.  Similis praecedenti; sed minor, magis plumbea, crisso rufo dilutiore" (Bonaparte 1850); "Catamenia Bonaparte, 1851?, Consp. Avium, 1 (1850), p. 493. Type, by subsequent designation, G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds, p. 78, Linaria analis d'Orbigny and Lafresnaye." (Paynter in Peters, 1970, XIII, p. 152).
Var. Catamentia.
Synon. Duncanula, Idiospiza.

inornata / inornatum / inornatus
L. inornatus  plain, unadorned  < in-  not; ornatus  adorned, decorated  < ornare  to adorn.
● See: mavornata

SUBSPECIES

Plain-colored Seedeater (minor)
SCI Name: Catamenia inornata minor
minor
L. minor  smaller  < comp. parvus  small. “Comparative names ... Specific names expressive of comparative size are also to be avoided, as they may be rendered inaccurate by the after-discovery of additional species. The names ... maximus, minor, minimus, etc. are examples of this objectionable practice” (Strickland Code 1842).
● ex “Short-eared Owl” of Pennant 1761 (syn. Asio flammeus).
● ex “Little Thrush” of Catesby 1731-1743, Edwards 1758-1764, Latham 1783, and Pennant 1785, “Turdus iliacus carolinensis” of Brisson 1760, and “Grivette de l’Amérique” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Catharus fuscescens).
● ex “Whip-poor-will” of Catesby 1731 (Chordeiles).
● ex “Coucou des palétuviers de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 813, “Petit Vieillard” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Mangrove Cuckow” of Latham 1782 (Coccyzus).
● "54. PICUS.  ...  minor.  12. P. albo nigroque varius vertice rubro, ano albido.  Picus albo nigroque varius, rectricibus tribus lateralibus seminigris. Fn. svec. 83. Hasselqv. iter. 242.  Picus varius tertius. Raj. av. 43.  Picus varius minor. Alb. av. I. p. 20. t. 20.  Habitat in Europa.” (Linnaeus 1758) (Dryobates).
● ex “Fregata minor” of Brisson 1760, “Petite Frégate” of de Buffon 1770-1783, “Man of War Bird” of Edwards 1760, and “Lesser Frigate Pelican” of Latham 1785 (Fregata).
● ex “Petit Indicateur” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 242 (Indicator).
● ex “Pie-grièsche d’Italie” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 32, fig. 1 (Lanius).
● ex “Perruche à ailes noires” of de Buffon 1770-1783, “Petite perruche de l’isle de Luçon, 4ème ésp.” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Luzonian Parrakeet” of Latham 1781 (syn. Loriculus philippensis).
● ex “Apiaster Philippensis minor” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Merops viridis americanus).
● ex “Little Woodcock” of Pennant 1785, and Latham 1785 (Microptera).
● ex “Troupiale de la Caroline” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 606, fig. 1, “Petit Troupiale noir” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Lesser black Oriole” of Latham 1782 (syn. Molothrus ater).
● ex “Lesser Bird of Paradise” of Latham 1783 (Paradisaea).
● ex “Barbican à ventre rose” of Levaillant 1806 (Pogonornis).
● ex “Porphyrio minor” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Porphyrula martinica).
● ex “Colymbus fluviatilis” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Tachybaptus ruficollis).
● ex “Huppe d’Afrique” of Audebert & Vieillot 1800-1802 (syn. Upupa africana).
● ex “Ringvia” of Brünnich 1764, and “Lesser Guillemot” of Pennant 1785 (syn. Uria aalge).

Plain-colored Seedeater (mucuchiesi)
SCI Name: Catamenia inornata mucuchiesi
mucuchiesi
Páramo de Mucuchíes, Mérida, Venezuela.

Plain-colored Seedeater (inornata)
SCI Name: Catamenia inornata inornata
inornata / inornatum / inornatus
L. inornatus  plain, unadorned  < in-  not; ornatus  adorned, decorated  < ornare  to adorn.
● See: mavornata