Cape Canary / Serinus canicollis
Cape Canary
SCI Name:
Protonym: Crithagra canicollis Anim.Menag. p.317
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Fringillidae / Serinus
Taxonomy Code: capcan1
Type Locality: Africa; restricted to Cape of Good Hope by Vincent, 1952, Check List Birds South Africa, p. 115.
Author: Swainson
Publish Year: 1838
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
SERINUS
(Fringillidae; Ϯ European Serin S. serinus) Specific names Loxia Serinus Scopoli, 1769, and Fringilla Serinus J. Gmelin, 1789; "LIII. Gattung. Girlitz. Serinus. (Tab. VI. A. Fig. 50.) ... Ein niedliches Vögelchen mit dickem weichfederigem Kopfe, etwas leichtem Körper, langen etwas breiten Flügeln und einem ziemlich kurzen, breiten, gabelförmigen Schwanze. Die sehr kurzen, schwachen Füße sind zum Hüpfen, die vier Zehen mit schwachen gebogenen Nägeln versehen. Seine Nahrung besteht in allerlei Samen. Eine Art. 143. Gelbbrüstiger Girlitz. Serinus hortulanus. Grüngelb; der Oberleib schwärzlich und rost-grau gefleckt; Kehle und Brust bis fast in die Mitte des Bauchs schön grüngelb. Loxia serinus. Gmel. Lin. S. I. p. 908. n.17. = Meyers und Wolfs t. p. 146. Fringilla citrinella. Bechst. orn. T. p. 123." (Koch 1816); "Serinus Koch, 1816, Syst. Baierischen Zool., Säug. Vögel, 1, p. 228, pl. 6A, fig. 50. Type, by monotypy, Serinus hortulanus Koch = Fringilla serinus Linnaeus." (Rand in Peters 1968, XIV, 208). In ornithology this name has been associated with a variety of European finches.
Var. Serinsu.
Synon. Alario, Canaria, Chlorindus, Crithologus, Dryospiza, Metoponia, Oraegithus, Pronospiza.
serinus
French Serin canary, serin (origin obscure; said to be a corruption from L. citrinus citron-coloured, or cerinus waxy-yellow, but Cabard & Chauvet 2003, refer to Med. Provençale Serena bird that feeds on bees < Gr. σειρην seirēn, σειρηνος seirēnos unknown small singing bird; Gessner 1555, gives the Italian names of this bird as Serin and Scartzerino).
● ex “Serin” of Brisson 1760 (Serinus).
canicollis
L. canus grey, hoary; Mod. L. -collis -necked, -throated < L. collum neck.
● ex “Yacú-caraguatá” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 336 (Ortalis).
SUBSPECIES
Cape Canary (griseitergum)
SCI Name: Serinus canicollis griseitergum
griseitergum
Med. L. griseum grey; L. tergum back.
Cape Canary (thompsonae)
SCI Name: Serinus canicollis thompsonae
thompsonae
Edith Awdry "Googoo" Thompson née Eastwood (1895-1991) English botanist resident in South Africa, collector, wife of Dr L. C. Thompson (Paul Scofield in litt.) (subsp. Serinus canicollis).
Cape Canary (canicollis)
SCI Name: Serinus canicollis canicollis
canicollis
L. canus grey, hoary; Mod. L. -collis -necked, -throated < L. collum neck.
● ex “Yacú-caraguatá” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 336 (Ortalis).
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)