Black-throated Finch

SCI Name:  Poephila cincta
Protonym:  Amadina cincta Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1836) (1836), Pt4 no.46 p.105
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Estrildidae / Poephila
Taxonomy Code:  bltfin1
Type Locality:  interior of New South Wales (upper Hunter River district).
Author:  Gould
Publish Year:  1837
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

POEPHILA
(Estrildidae; Ϯ Long-tailed Finch P. acuticauda) Gr. ποιη poiē  grass; φιλος philos  lover; "inhabit the open plains bordering streams, and feed on the seeds of various grasses and other plants" (Gould 1865); "Genus POËPHILA.  Gen. char.— Rostrum ad basin tumidum, et igitur fere tam latum et profundum quam longum.  Alæ mediocres, remige prima parvula, secunda tertia quarta et quinta inter se fere æqualibus; digitis gracilibus, medio externis longiore, illis inter se æqualibus; digito postico, medio valde breviore.  Cauda cuneiformis, rectricibus duabus intermediis productis.  This form is nearly allied to Erythura and Estrelda.  Type, P. acuticauda (Amadina acuticauda, Gould in Proc. Zool. Soc., Part VII. p. 143)." (Gould 1842).
Synon. Alisteranus, Neopoephila.

cincta
L. cinctus  girdled, belted, wreathed, banded  < cingere  to encircle.
● ex “Soui-manga à ceinture orangée” of Audebert & Vieillot 1802 (syn. Cinnyris asiaticus).
● ex “Cotinga du Brésil” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 188 (syn. Cotinga maculata).
● ex “Figuier cendré de Canada” of Brisson 1760, “Figuier à ceinture” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Belted Warbler” of Latham 1783 and Pennant 1785 (syn. Dendroica coronata).
● ex “Hirondelle brune à collier du Cap de Bonne Espérance” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 723, fig. 1 (Neophedina).
● ex "Philédon à écharpe" of Dubus de Ghisignies 1839 (Notiomystis).

SUBSPECIES

Black-throated Finch (Black-rumped)
SCI Name: Poephila cincta atropygialis
atropygialis
L. ater black; Gr. -πυγιος -pugios -rumped < πυγη pugē rump.

Black-throated Finch (White-rumped)
SCI Name: Poephila cincta cincta
cincta
L. cinctus  girdled, belted, wreathed, banded  < cingere  to encircle.
● ex “Soui-manga à ceinture orangée” of Audebert & Vieillot 1802 (syn. Cinnyris asiaticus).
● ex “Cotinga du Brésil” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 188 (syn. Cotinga maculata).
● ex “Figuier cendré de Canada” of Brisson 1760, “Figuier à ceinture” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Belted Warbler” of Latham 1783 and Pennant 1785 (syn. Dendroica coronata).
● ex “Hirondelle brune à collier du Cap de Bonne Espérance” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 723, fig. 1 (Neophedina).
● ex "Philédon à écharpe" of Dubus de Ghisignies 1839 (Notiomystis).