Apurimac Brushfinch / Atlapetes forbesi
Apurimac Brushfinch
SCI Name:
Protonym: Atlapetes rufigenis forbesi Bull.Br.Orn.Club 67 p.88
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Passerellidae / Atlapetes
Taxonomy Code: apubrf1
Type Locality: Pomayaco, 9,100 ft., Pampas River valley, 80 mi. southeast of Ayacucho, Apurimac, Peru.
Author: Morrison
Publish Year: 1947
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
ATLAPETES
(Passerellidae; Ϯ Rufous-capped Brushfinch A. pileatus) Gr. myth. Atlas, a Titan king who was changed into a mountain; πετης petēs flier < πετομαι petomai to fly; "Genus Atlapetes, Flatterfink. (Genus novum.) 43. Atlapetes pileatus. (Species nova.) ... Eine sehr characteristische Sippe; ihre Gattung ein Gemisch von Fringilla, Pipra, Euphone, Sylvia und Malurus. Der Schnabel gänzlich der unsere Fringilla montana, mit kleinem Zahn, (daher auch dem Schnabel der Tanagra mexicana ähnlich), die Flügel der Pipra Manacus (so kurz, stumpf und concav, daß der Vogel das mit gewiß nur flatteru [sic] kann), * die Füße durch ihre Länge, Gestalt, Krallen, gänzlich durch ihre Bedeckungsweise und den Bau der Zehen, ja selbst durch ihre Färbung die eines Malurus, der längliche Schwanz und das Gefieder einer Sylvia, vorzüglich der Sylv. atricapilla! Die Flügel reichen kaum bis zur Wurzel des Schwanzes. ... *Ganz ähnlich gebildete, nur zum Flattern dienliche Flügel haben die Gattungen der merkwürdigen Sippe "Pteroptochos" des Herrn. von Kittlitz." (Wagler 1831); "Atlapetes Wagler, 1831, Isis, p.[= col.] 526. Type, by monotypy, Atlapetes pileatus Wagler." (Paynter in Peters, 1970, XIII, p. 190).
Synon. Atlantopetes, Carenochrous, Chrysopoga, Pipilopsis, Pogonospiza.
forbesi
● William Alexander Forbes (1855-1883) British zoologist, collector in tropical Africa and Brazil (Anumara, syn. Aplopelia simplex, Charadrius, syn. Emberiza affinis, subsp. Halcyon malimbica, subsp. Lagonosticta rara, Leptodon).
● "This new geographical race of the Striped Owl is named for Mr. Dyfrig McH. Forbes, of Potrero Viejo, Veracruz, who, along with his family, has contributed greatly to scientific knowledge by making extensive collections of natural history objects and by assisting personnel connected with various museum expeditions. In the latter regard, the Hacienda Potrero has served as headquarters or temporary abode for numerous field parties of diverse zoological interest" (Lowery & Dalquest 1951) (subsp. Asio clamator).
● Sir Victor Courtenay Walter Forbes (1889-1958) British diplomat in Mexico, Spain and Peru (Atlapetes).
● Henry Ogg Forbes (1851-1932) Scottish botanist, ethnologist, explorer in the East Indies and New Guinea, Director of the Canterbury Mus., New Zealand, 1890-1893, Director of the Liverpool Museums 1894-1911 (Cyanoramphus, syn. Erythrura tricolor, Lonchura, subsp. Myzomela nigrita, Ninox, Rallicula).
● William Cameron Forbes (1870-1959) US banker, diplomat, Commissioner of Philippine Commerce & Police 1904-1908, Vice-Gov. and Gov.-Gen. of the Philippines 1908-1913, Ambassador to Japan 1930-1932 (subsp. Megalurus palustris, syn. Zosterops everetti basilanicus).
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)