Blue-black Grassquit / Volatinia jacarina
Blue-black Grassquit
SCI Name:
Protonym: Tanagra jacarina Syst.Nat.ed.12 ed.12 p.314
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Volatinia
Taxonomy Code: blbgra1
Type Locality: northeastern Brazil.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1766
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
VOLATINIA
(Thraupidae; Ϯ Blue-black Grassquit V. jacarina) Spanish volatín acrobatic; "NÚM. CXXXVIII. DEL VOLATIN. Así le llamo, por una de sus costumbres que se reduce á posarse en lo alto de algun matorralito secarron, y saltar verticalmente como tres quartas, dexándose caer con presteza en el mismo lugar, repitiendo lo propio muchas veces sin perder momento, y en cada ascenso canta chi chi con tonó agudo y expresivo, que se oye de muy léjos." (de Azara 1802). Reichenbach's 1850, plate LXXIX, labelled Passerinae: Pyrrhulinae genuinae, shows the head, bill, foot, tail and wing of this small black finch. "Volatinia Reichenbach, 1850, Av. Syst. Nat., pl. 79. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds, p. 78), Tanagra jacarinia (sic) Linnaeus." (Paynter in Peters 1970, XIII, 132).
jacarina / jacarini / jacarinia
Tupí name Jacarini she who flies up and down, for a type of finch; "die Brasilianer nennen ihn Jacarini, unter welchem Namen ihn auch Lichtenstein aufgestellt hat" (Burmeister 1853); "111. TANAGRA. ... Jacarina. 4. T. atro-violacea, alis subtus albicantibus, cauda divaricato-bifurca. Tangara brasiliensis nigra. Briss. av. 3. p. 28. Jacarini. Marcgr. bras. 210. Will. orn. 210. Edw. av. 2. t. 306. f. 2. Habitat in Brasilia." (Linnaeus 1766) (Volatinia).
SUBSPECIES
Blue-black Grassquit (splendens)
SCI Name: Volatinia jacarina splendens
splendens
L. splendens, splendentis brilliant, glittering < splendere to shine.
● ex “Moineau de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 224, fig. 3 (subsp. Volatinia jacarini).
● ex “Eclatant” of Levaillant 1801, pl. 85 (Pica artefact).
Blue-black Grassquit (peruviensis)
SCI Name: Volatinia jacarina peruviensis
peruana / peruanum / peruanus / peruvia / peruviana / peruvianus / peruviensis
Peru. Said to be named after Biru, a local Inca encountered by the conquistadores (although the name is also accredited to a Panamanian cazique). Until the early 18th century the Viceroyalty of Peru included all Spanish possessions in South America.
● ex “Geai du Pérou” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 625, and de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Peruvian Jay” of Latham 1781 (syn. Cyanocorax yncas).
● ex “Coq de Roche du Pérou” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 745, and de Buffon 1770-1783 (Rupicola).
● Erroneous TL. Peru (= Brazil) (Tangara).
● Erroneous TL. Peru (= Tahiti) (Vini).
Blue-black Grassquit (jacarina)
SCI Name: Volatinia jacarina jacarina
jacarina / jacarini / jacarinia
Tupí name Jacarini she who flies up and down, for a type of finch; "die Brasilianer nennen ihn Jacarini, unter welchem Namen ihn auch Lichtenstein aufgestellt hat" (Burmeister 1853); "111. TANAGRA. ... Jacarina. 4. T. atro-violacea, alis subtus albicantibus, cauda divaricato-bifurca. Tangara brasiliensis nigra. Briss. av. 3. p. 28. Jacarini. Marcgr. bras. 210. Will. orn. 210. Edw. av. 2. t. 306. f. 2. Habitat in Brasilia." (Linnaeus 1766) (Volatinia).
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)