Black-hooded Sierra-Finch / Phrygilus atriceps
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Black-hooded Sierra-Finch
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Protonym: Emberiza atriceps Mag.Zool. 7 cl.2 p.76
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Phrygilus
Taxonomy Code: bhsfin1
Type Locality: in Peruvia, in summis Andibus, prope Tacora [=Tacora, Arica (Tarapaca), Chile].
Author: d''Orbigny & Lafresnaye
Publish Year: 1837
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PHRYGILUS
(Thraupidae; Ϯ Grey-hooded Sierrafinch P. gayi) Gr. φρυγιλος phrugilos unidentified bird mentioned by Aristophanes, perhaps some sort of finch or sparrow; "Gen. Phrygilus 1) Cab. Genus inter Euspizas et Fringillas (Struthus Boje) locum habens. Differt ab illis statura graciliore, rostro longiore, magis compresso, maxilla basi parum sinuata, ab his vero maxilla minus sinuata, tuberculo palati nullo; alis brevioribus; cauda breviore, minus emarginata, rectricibus emarginatis. Typus: Fr. Gayi Eyd. Gerv. — Emberiza guttata Meyen. ... 1) φρυγιλος Aristotel." (Cabanis 1844).
● (syn. Pyrrhula Ϯ Eurasian Bullfinch P. pyrrhula) "Phrygilus vulgaris, Bullfinch. Phrygilus enucleator, Pine Bullfinch." (Morris 1837) (OD per Björn Bergenholtz).
atriceps
L. ater black; -ceps -capped, -headed < caput, capitis head.
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)
