Black-faced Firefinch

SCI Name:  Lagonosticta larvata
Protonym:  Amadina larvata NeueWirbelth.Vog. p.97 pl.36 fig.1
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Estrildidae / Lagonosticta
Taxonomy Code:  bkffir1
Type Locality:  Simen, Abyssinia.
Author:  Rüppell
Publish Year:  1840
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

LAGONOSTICTA
(Estrildidae; Ϯ African Firefinch L. rubricata) Gr. λαγων lagōn, λαγονος lagonos  flank; στικτος stiktos  spotted  < στιζω stizō  to tattoo; "Gen. LAGONOSTICTA  n. gen. ***)  Blut-Astrild.   843.  1. L. rubricata Nob. — Fringilla rubricata Licht. Doubl. p. 27. No. 277. — Estrelda rufopicta Fras. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1843. p. 27.?  Estrelda rubricata Gray Gen. B. No. 15 et E. rufopectus l. c. No. 12.   ...   844.  2. L. minima Nob. — Petit Senegali rouge Vieill. Ois. chant. tab. 10. — Fringilla minima Vieill. Encycl. méth. p. 991. No. 137.  Fringilla senegala Licht. Doubl. p. 27. No. 275. 276.  Estrilda minima Rüpp. Syst. Uebers. Vög. N. O. Afr. pag. 77. No. 276.  Estrelda minima Gray Gen. B. No. 39.   ...   ***) Von λαγων, ονος, ἡ die Weichen und στικτος, punktirt. Die Gruppe unterscheidet sich von Habropyga durch gestreckteren, verhältnissmässig längeren, seitlich zusammengedrückten Schnabel und den nicht stufigen, sondern abgerundeten Schwanz und nähert sich in diesen Beziehungen der folgenden Gattung [Zonogastris]. Das Gefieder oder wenigstens der Schwanz trägt einen röthlichen Anflug; die Weichen sind fein weiss punktirt    Hierher, nicht zu Habropyga, gehört: L. coerulescens. — Fringilla coerulescens Vieill." (Cabanis 1853); "Lagonosticta Cabanis, 1851 [= 1853], Mus. Heineanum, 1, p. 171. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds, p. 76), Fringilla rubricata Lichtenstein." (Traylor in Peters 1968, XIV, 325).
Var. Lagonsticta.
Synon. Hypargoides, Lychnidospiza, Mormolycia, Rhodopyga.

larvata
L. larvatus  masked  < larva  mask, ghost, spectre.
● ex “Tourterelle à masque blanc” of Levaillant 1808 (Aplopelia).
● ex “Cardinal Dominicain” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 55, fig. 2 (syn. Paroaria dominicana).

SUBSPECIES

Black-faced Firefinch (Vinaceous)
SCI Name: Lagonosticta larvata vinacea
vinacea
L. vinaceus  of wine, vinaceous  < vinum, vini  wine.
● ex “Loro garganta roxa” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 286 (Amazona).
● ex “Turtur torquatus Senegalensis” of Brisson 1760, “Tourterelle à collier du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-7181, pl. 161, and “Collared Senegal Turtle” of Latham 1783 (Streptopelia).

Black-faced Firefinch (Gray)
SCI Name: Lagonosticta larvata nigricollis
nigricollis
L. niger  black; Mod. L. -collis  -necked, -throated  < L. collum  neck.
● ex “Plastron noir” of Audebert & Vieillot 1801 (Anthracothorax).
● ex “Blacknecked Falcon” of Latham 1787 (Busarellus).
● ex “Coliou Rayé à Gorge Noire” of Levaillant 1808, pl. 259 (Colius).
● ex “Blacknecked Swan” of Latham 1785 (syn. Cygnus melancoryphus).
● ex “Black-necked Thrush” of Latham 1783 (syn. Gracupica nigricollis).
● ex “Tangara olive à gorge noire de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 720, fig. 1, “Tangara à gorge noire” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Black-throated Tanager” of Latham 1783 (syn. Hemithraupis guira nigrigula).
● ex Ampelis carnifex von Spix, 1825 (Phoenicircus).
● ex “Coturnix madagascariensis” of Brisson 1760, “Caille de Madagascar” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 171, and “Blacknecked Quail” of Latham 1783 (Turnix).
● ex “Black-throated Manakin” of Latham 1783 (unident.).
● ex “Blacknecked Warbler” of Latham 1787 (unident.; ?Timaliidae).

Black-faced Firefinch (Reddish)
SCI Name: Lagonosticta larvata larvata
larvata
L. larvatus  masked  < larva  mask, ghost, spectre.
● ex “Tourterelle à masque blanc” of Levaillant 1808 (Aplopelia).
● ex “Cardinal Dominicain” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 55, fig. 2 (syn. Paroaria dominicana).