Collared Warbling-Finch / Poospiza hispaniolensis
Collared Warbling-Finch
SCI Name:
Protonym: Poospiza hispaniolensis Consp.Gen.Av. 1 p.473 ydP
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Poospiza
Taxonomy Code: cowfin1
Type Locality: 'ex Ins. Sti. Domin.''; error, type labeled ''Perou (?)'', vide Hellmayr, 1938, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 11, p. 620.
Author: Bonaparte
Publish Year: 1850
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
POOSPIZA
(Thraupidae; Ϯ Black-and-rufous Warblingfinch P. nigrorufa) Gr. ποα poa, ποας poas grass, meadow; σπιζα spiza finch < σπιζω spizō to chirp; "Poospiza nov. gen. Einige der Chipiu Azara's, welche bisher, wie die folgenden Synonyme zeigen, bald hier bald dort untergebracht wurden, bilden die hier zu begründende Gattung Poospiza. ... Ausser einigen in Bezug auf die Synonymie noch nicht gehörig festgestellten Arten stellen wir zu Poospiza: 1. P. nigrorufa. ... 2. P. thoracica. ... 3. P. lateralis." (Cabanis 1847); "Poospiza Cabanis, 1847, Archiv. f. Naturg., 13, p. 349. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds, p. 75), Emberiza nigrorufa d'Orbigny and Lafresnaye." (Paynter in Peters 1970, XIII, 117).
Var. Paospiza, Poaspiza, Poespiza.
Synon. Compsospiza, Orospingus.
hispaniolensis
Mod. L. Hispaniolensis Spanish or Hispaniolan < L. Hispania Spain.
● San Domingo (= Isla Española = Hispaniola) (Contopus, ?syn. Vireo olivaceus (ex “Merula olivacea dominicensis” of Brisson, “Merle olive de St. Domingue” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 273, fig. 1, and “Hispaniola Thrush” of Latham 1783)).
● Spain (Passer).
● Erroneous TL. San Domingo (= Peru) (Poospiza).
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)