Crimson-breasted Finch / Rhodospingus cruentus
WBN 
Crimson-breasted Finch
SCI Name:
Protonym: Tiaris cruentus Rev.Zool. 7 p.435
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Rhodospingus
Taxonomy Code: crbfin1
Type Locality: 'les provinces baignees par l''Ocean Pacifique et notamment celle de Guayaquil,'' Ecuador.
Author: Lesson
Publish Year: 1844
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
RHODOSPINGUS
(Thraupidae; Ϯ Crimson-breasted Finch R. cruentus) Gr. ῥοδον rhodon rose; σπιγγος spingos finch < σπιζω spizō to chirp; "c7. With the back uniform, not streaked. c8. Bill very long; culmen exceeding length of middle toe and claw. 97. RHODOSPINGUS, p. 808. ... 97. RHODOSPINGUS. Coryphospingus, pt., auct. recent. (nec Cab.). Range. Ecuador to Peru. 1. Rhodospingus cruentus. (Plate XV. fig. 1.) Tiaris cruenta, Less. ... Tiaris comptus, Licht. ... Adult male. General colour above glossy black ... crown of head black, with a large sincipital mark of crimson ... the fore part of the cheeks crimson like the throat and under surface of the body ... 2. Rhodospingus mentalis. (Plate XV. fig. 2.) Adult male. Similar to R. cruentus, but distinguished by the black spot on the chin." (Sharpe 1888); "Rhodospingus Sharpe, 1888, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 12, p. [471 (in key),] 808. Type, by virtual monotypy, Tiaris cruenta [sic] Lesson." (Paynter in Peters 1970, XIII, 212).
cruentus
L. cruentus bloody, stained with blood < cruor, cruoris blood.
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)
