White-bellied Canary

SCI Name:  Crithagra dorsostriata
Protonym:  Crithagra dorsostriata J.Orn. 35 p.72
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Fringillidae / Crithagra
Taxonomy Code:  whbcan1
Type Locality:  Kagehi, Wembaere, Niansa and Schasche ; type from Wembere, Tabora, Tanganyika, fide W. L. Sclater, 1930, Syst. Av. Aethiop., p. 815.
Author:  Reichenow
Publish Year:  1887
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CRITHAGRA
(Fringillidae; Ϯ Brimstone Canary C. sulphurata) Gr. κριθη krithē  barley; αγρα agra  hunting  < αγρεω agreō  to hunt; "CRITHAGRA.  Rostrum breve, sub-conicum, crassum, integrum; culmine arcuato; tomio curvato.  Alæ subelongatæ; remigibus 1^ma, 2^da, 3^tia, et 4^ta æqualibus, longissimis.  Cauda mediocris, subfurcata. ...  Types. Lox. sulphurata, flaviventris. Lath.  Africa only?" (Swainson 1827); "Crithagra Swainson, 1827, Zool. Journ., 3, p. 348. Type, by subsequent designation (Sharpe, 1888, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 12, p. 348), Loxia sulphurata Linnaeus." (Rand in Peters, 1968, XIV, p. 208).
Var. Chrithagra, Grithagra.
Synon. Bolbospiza, Buserinus, Dendrospiza, Lormarinsia, Menellia, Microserinus, Neospiza, Ochrospiza, Phaeospiza, Poliospiza, Psammospiza, Pseudochloroptila, Serinops, Spodiospina, Tephrospiza.

dorsostriata / dorsostriatus
L. dorsum  back; striatus  striated  < striare  to striate  < stria  furrow.

SUBSPECIES

White-bellied Canary (maculicollis)
SCI Name: Crithagra dorsostriata maculicollis
maculicollis
L. macula spot; Mod. L. -collis -throated, -necked < L. collum neck.

White-bellied Canary (dorsostriata)
SCI Name: Crithagra dorsostriata dorsostriata
dorsostriata / dorsostriatus
L. dorsum  back; striatus  striated  < striare  to striate  < stria  furrow.

White-bellied Canary (taruensis)
SCI Name: Crithagra dorsostriata taruensis
taruensis
Taru Desert, south-eastern Kenya.