Desert Finch / Rhodospiza obsoleta
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Desert Finch
SCI Name:
Protonym: Fringilla obsoleta ReisevonOrenburgBuchara[Eversmann] p.132
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Fringillidae / Rhodospiza
Taxonomy Code: desfin2
Type Locality: Kara-ata spring, near Bokhara [reference not verified].
Author: Lichtenstein, MHC
Publish Year: 1823
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
RHODOSPIZA
(Fringillidae; Ϯ Desert Finch R. obsoleta) Gr. ῥοδον rhodon rose; σπιζα spiza finch < σπιζω spizō to chirp; "Identification ... flight-feathers mostly black with pronounced white edgings and pink panel on coverts and base of secondaries ... flight pattern above shows white primary patch with rose-pink on secondaries and greater coverts." (Hollom et al. 1988); "c'". Bill stout, and like that of a Grosbeak. ... b4. No culminal ridge; angles of the culmen and gonys about equal. 35. RHODOSPIZA, p. 282. ... 35. RHODOSPIZA. Erythrospiza, auct. recent. (nec Bp.). ... 1. Rhodospiza obsoleta. Fringilla obsoleta, Licht. in Eversm. Reis., Anhang, p. 132 (1823)." (Sharpe 1888); "Rhodospiza Sharpe, 1888, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 12, p. [169 (in key),] 282. Type, by monotypy, Fringilla obsoleta Lichtenstein." (Paynter in Peters 1968, XIV, 263).
Var. Rhosdospina, Rhodospina (Gr. σπινος spinos finch < σπιζω spizō to chirp).
obsoleta / obsoletum / obsoletus
L. obsoletus plain, worn out, forgotten < obsolescere to wear out.
● ex “Plain Falcon” of Pennant 1785 (syn. Falco rusticolus).
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)
