Vegetarian Finch / Platyspiza crassirostris
WBN 
Vegetarian Finch
SCI Name:
Protonym: Camarhynchus crassirostris Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt5 no.49 p.6
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Platyspiza
Taxonomy Code: vegfin2
Type Locality: Galapagos Islands.
Author: Gould
Publish Year: 1837
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PLATYSPIZA
(Thraupidae; Ϯ Vegetarian Finch P. crassirostris) Gr. πλατυς platus wide; σπιζα spiza finch < σπιζω spizō to chirp; "[Key] Tomia strongly angulated and basal width of mandible greatly exceeding length of gonys. (Platyspiza 1) ... 1 New subgenus: Type, Camarhynchus variegatus, Sclater and Salvin." (Ridgway 1897); "Platyspiza Ridgway, 1897, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 19 (1896), p. 545. Type, by original designation, Camarhynchus variegatus Sclater and Salvin = C. crassirostris Gould." (Paynter in Peters 1970, XIII, 164).
crassirostra / crassirostre / crassirostris
L. crassus thick, heavy; -rostris -billed < rostrum beak.
● ex “Coucou à Gros Bec” of Levaillant 1806, pl. 214 (syn. Eudynamys scolopaceus).
● ex “Alouette à Gros Bec” of Levaillant 1806, pl. 193 (syn. Galerida magnirostris).
● ex “Thick-billed Grosbeak” of Latham 1783 (Oryzoborus).
● ex “Thick-billed Thrush” of Latham 1783 (‡syn. Turnagra capensis).
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)
