Red-cowled Cardinal

SCI Name:  Paroaria dominicana
Protonym:  Loxia dominicana Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.172
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Paroaria
Taxonomy Code:  reccar2
Type Locality:  Brazil.
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1758
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

PAROARIA
(Thraupidae; Ϯ Red-crested Cardinal P. coronata) Tupí name Tiéguacú paroára for a small yellow, red and grey bird; de Buffon 1770-1783, selected 'Paroare' from the Tupí autochthonym (mentioned by Marcgrave) because, where possible, he preferred to retain local names. Brisson 1760, had given the Red-cowled Cardinal P. dominicana the name “Cardinal Dominiquain,” in allusion to its red head and black and white plumage; "19. Paroaria, Nob. (typ. Fringilla cucullata, Vieill.)  Am. m." (Bonaparte 1832); "Paroaria Bonaparte, 1831 [= 1832], Giorn. Arcad. Sci. Lett. Arti [Rome], 52, p. 206. Type, by original designation, Fringilla cucullata Vieillot = Loxia coronata Miller." (Paynter in Peters 1970, XIII, 212).
Var. Paroria.
Synon. Calyptrophorus, Coccopsis.

dominicana
Dominican, Jacobin, or Black Friars, in allusion to their black and white habits or robes.
● "96. LOXIA.  ...  Dominicana.  6. L. nigra, capite gulaque coccineis, pectore abdomine remigumque margine albis. Chin. Lagerstr. 14.  Rubicilla americana. Will. orn. 180. Raj. av. 86.  Cardinalis dominicanus. Edw. av. 127. t. 127.  Gviralivica. Marcgr. bras. 211.  Habitat in Brasilia." (Linnaeus 1758) (Paroaria).
● ex “Merle dominicain des Philippines” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl.627, fig. 2 (syn. Sturnia philippensis).
● ex “Dominican Thrush” of Latham 1783 (syn. Sturnia sturnina).
● Dominica, Lesser Antilles (subsp. Loxigilla noctis).