Sulphur-rumped Tanager / Heterospingus rubrifrons
WBN 
Sulphur-rumped Tanager
SCI Name:
Protonym: Tachyphonus rubrifrons Proc.Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia 17 p.106
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Heterospingus
Taxonomy Code: surtan1
Type Locality: line of Panama Railroad, near Lion Hill Station.
Author: Lawrence
Publish Year: 1865
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
HETEROSPINGUS
(Thraupidae; † Sulphur-rumped Tanager H. rubrifrons) Gr. ἑτερος heteros different, another; σπιγγος spingos finch < σπιζω spizō to chirp; "Genus Heterospingus. (Type, Tachyphonus rubrifrons Lawrence.) Similar to Tachyphonus Vieillot, but nasal fossæ densely feathered, concealing the nostrils; tail relatively much shorter, wing more pointed, tarsus shorter (scarcely exceeding middle toe with claw), and sexes alike in color or nearly so in pattern of coloration." (Ridgway 1898); "Heterospingus Ridgway, Auk, 15, p. 225, 1898—type, by orig. desig., Tachyphonus rubrifrons Lawrence." (Hellmayr, 1936, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. IX, p. 344).
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)
