Slaty Finch

SCI Name:  Spodiornis rusticus
Protonym:  Phrygilus rusticus Arch.Naturgesch. 10 p.290
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Spodiornis
Taxonomy Code:  slafin1
Type Locality:  Peru.
Author:  von Tschudi
Publish Year:  1844
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

SPODIORNIS
(Thraupidae; Ϯ Slaty Finch S. rusticus) Gr. σποδιος spodios  ash-coloured  < σποδος spodos  ashes; ορνις ornis, ορνιθος ornithos  bird; "SPODIORNIS JARDINII, gen. et sp. nov.  Spodiornis, genus novum ex familia Cœrebidarum, affine generi Conirostro, sed rostro valde crassiore, alis caudaque brevioribus et pedibus fortioribus distinguendum.  ... Typus et sp. unica S. jardinii.  ... The whole plumage of Spodiornis is plumbeous or dark cinereous, the wings and tail being blackish, edged, except in the primaries and outer rectrices, with plumbeous" (P. Sclater 1866); "Spodiornis Sclater, 1866, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 322. Type, by original designation, Spodiornis jardinii Sclater = Phrygilus rusticus Tschudi." (Paynter in Peters 1970, XIII, 110).

rusticus
L. rusticus  rural, rustic  < rus, ruris  country.

SUBSPECIES

Slaty Finch (uniformis)
SCI Name: Spodiornis rusticus uniformis
uniformis
L. uniformis  simple, plain, uniform  < uni-  only-  < unus  one; formis  shaped, formed  < forma  likeness, type.
● ex “Uniform Sandpiper” of Latham 1785, and Pennant 1785 (unident.).

Slaty Finch (barrilesensis)
SCI Name: Spodiornis rusticus barrilesensis
barrilesensis
Barriles, Chiriquí, Panama.

Slaty Finch (rusticus)
SCI Name: Spodiornis rusticus rusticus
rusticus
L. rusticus  rural, rustic  < rus, ruris  country.

Slaty Finch (arcanus)
SCI Name: Spodiornis rusticus arcanus
arcanum / arcanus
L. arcanus  secret, hidden  < arca  money-box  < arcere  to shut.