Tamarugo Conebill / Conirostrum tamarugense
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Tamarugo Conebill
SCI Name:
Protonym: Conirostrum tamarugense Suppl.BirdsChileArgent.Boliv.Peru p.6
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Conirostrum
Taxonomy Code: tamcon1
Type Locality:
Author: Johnson & Millie
Publish Year: 1972
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CONIROSTRUM
(Thraupidae; Ϯ Cinereous Conebill C. cinereum) L. conus cone; rostrum bill; "G. CONIROSTRUM. Nob. Hoc novum genus a duobus præcedentibus [Serrirostrum, Coereba], rostro rectissimo, conico, compresso valde discrepans, attamen pedibus, alis, moribusque mellivoris illis affine videtur generisque Dacnis æque vicinum est. 1. Conirostrum cinereum, Nob. ... Rostrum rectissimum compresso-conicum acutissimum ... Habit. Yungas, rep. Boliviana; Tacna, rep. Peruviana." (d'Orbigny & de La Fresnaye 1838); "Conirostrum Lafresnaye and d'Orbigny, 1838, Mag. Zool. [Paris], 8, cl. 2, p. 25. Type, by monotypy, Conirostrum cinereum Lafresnaye and d'Orbigny." (Lowery & Monroe in Peters, 1968, XIV, p. 82).
Var. Conirostra.
Synon. Ateleodacnis, Oreomanes.
tamarugense
Tamarugo Prosopis tamarugo, drought-resistant native tree of Chile.
● Tamarugo plantations on either side of the Panamerican Highway in Lat. 20º 30´ S, Chile (Conirostrum).
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)
