Red-faced Warbler / Cardellina rubrifrons
WBN 
Red-faced Warbler
SCI Name:
Protonym: Muscicapa rubrifrons Descr.SixteenNewSp.N.Am.Birds pl.7 fig.1,text
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Parulidae / Cardellina
Taxonomy Code: refwar
Type Locality: Texas ierrore - Mexico, vide, e.g.. Stone, 1919, Auk, 36, p. 467].
Author: Giraud
Publish Year: 1841
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CARDELLINA
(Parulidae; Ϯ Red-faced Warbler C. rubrifrons) Dim. < Italian dialect name Cardella for a Goldfinch < L. cardella or cardellus Goldfinch (in allusion to the red face) (see Carduelis); "*665. Cardellina, Dubus. Rostrum breve, subulatum, robustum, basi valde plumatum, vibrissis rigidis: pedes graciles, digitis brevibus: alae longae, subrotundatae; remige prima quintam subaequante; secunda tertia et quarta omnium longissimis: cauda longula, emarginata. Ad Tanagrinas quam maxime accedit et potius pertinet! Mexico. 2. *1. Cardellina amicta, Dubus. (Parus erythropis, Licht.) Esq. Orn. 1850. t.25. Mus. Bruxell. et Berol. ex Mexico. ... 2. SETOPHAGA rubra, Sw. 1827. (miniata, Lafr. - Sylvia argyrotis, Illig.) Mag. Zool. 1836. Ois. t. 54. ex Mexic." (Bonaparte 1850); "Cardellina Bonaparte (ex Du Bus MS), 1851?, Consp. Avium, 1 (1850), p. 312. Type, by subsequent designation (Baird, 1865, Rev. Amer. Birds, 1, p. 263), Cardellina amicta Du Bus = Muscicapa rubrifrons Giraud." (Lowery & Monroe in Peters, 1968, XIV, p. 51).
Synon. Ergaticus.
rubrifrons
L. ruber red; frons, frontis forehead, brow.
● ex “Perruche à bandeau rouge” of Levaillant 1801-1805 (syn. Glossopsitta concinna).
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)
