White-rumped Seedeater / Crithagra leucopygia
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White-rumped Seedeater
SCI Name:
Protonym: Crithagra leucopygia Oefv.Vet.-Akad.Forh. 7 p.127
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Fringillidae / Crithagra
Taxonomy Code: whrsee
Type Locality: Sennar (by inference).
Author: Sundevall
Publish Year: 1850
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 1ma, 2da, 3tia, et 4ta 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.
leucopygia / leucopygialis / leucopygius
Gr. λευκος leukos white; -πυγιος -pugios -rumped < πυγη pugē rump.
Leucopygia
(syn. Cypsnagra Ϯ White-rumped Tanager C. hirundinacea) Gr. λευκος leukos white; -πυγιος -pugios -rumped < πυγη pugē rump; "Leucopygia, Sw. Bill entire, neiother mandible being notched; somewhat sledner, much compressed. Commissure slightly or not at all sinuated. Rictus smooth. Nostrils naked. Wings moderate. Tail rounded. Feet very strong. Lateral toes equal. Claws fully curved. L. ruficollis. Part. 5. No. 97" (Swainson 1837).
SUBSPECIES
White-rumped Seedeater (riggenbachi)
SCI Name: Crithagra leucopygia riggenbachi
riggenbachi
Fritz Wilhelm Riggenbach (1864-1944) Swiss collector in north-west Africa and tropical West Africa (syn. Accipiter badius, syn. Campethera punctuligera, subsp. Crithagra leucopygia, subsp. Galerida cristata, subsp. Indicator minor, subsp. Oenanthe leucura, subsp. Phalacrocorax aristotelis, syn. Salpornis salvadori emini).
White-rumped Seedeater (leucopygia)
SCI Name: Crithagra leucopygia leucopygia
leucopygia / leucopygialis / leucopygius
Gr. λευκος leukos white; -πυγιος -pugios -rumped < πυγη pugē rump.
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)
