Chestnut Seedeater / Sporophila cinnamomea
Chestnut Seedeater
SCI Name:
Protonym: Pyrrhula cinnamomea Rev.Zool. 2 p.96
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Sporophila
Taxonomy Code: chesee1
Type Locality: Rio Grande [= Rio Araguaia, Goias], Brazil.
Author: Lafresnaye
Publish Year: 1839
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
SPOROPHILA
(Thraupidae; Ϯ Temminck's Seedeater S. falcirostris) Gr. σπορος sporos seed < σπειρω speirō to sow; φιλος philos lover; "62. Gen. Sporophila 1) Cab. Pyrrhula Tem. part. Spermophila Swains. 1827. ... 1) σπορος sperma." (Cabanis 1844); "Sporophila Cabanis, 1844, Archiv f. Naturg., 10 (1), p. 291. New name for Spermophila Swainson, 1827, preoccupied by Spermophila Richardson, 1825." (Paynter in Peters 1970, XIII, 133) (see Spermophila).
Var. Sporofila, Sporoptula, Sporophilus.
Synon. Amazonica, Callyrhynchus, Dolospingus, Drepanorhynchus, Gyrinorhynchus, Microphila, Neorhynchus, Oryzoborus, Spermophila, Spermophilopsis.
cinnamomea
Mod. L. cinnamomeus cinnamon-coloured, cinnamomeus < L. cinnamomum or cinnamum cinnamon < Gr. κινναμωμον kinnamōmon or κινναμον kinnamon cinnamon.
● ex “Merle à cravate de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 560, fig. 2, and “Black-breasted Thrush” of Latham 1783 (syn. Myrmoderus ferrugineus).
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)