Dusky Twinspot / Euschistospiza cinereovinacea
Dusky Twinspot
SCI Name:
Protonym: Lagonosticta cinereo-vinacea J.Sci.Math.Phys.Nat.Lisboa(2), 1 p.49
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Estrildidae / Euschistospiza
Taxonomy Code: dustwi1
Type Locality: Quindumbo, Angola highlands.
Author: de Sousa
Publish Year: 1889
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
EUSCHISTOSPIZA
(Estrildidae; Ϯ Dusky Twinspot E. cinereovinacea) Gr. ευ eu fine; Late L. schistus slate < L. lapis schistos type of fissile stone < Gr. σχιστος skhistos cloven < σχιζω skhizō to split; Gr. σπιζα spiza finch; "Die SOUSAs Lagonosticta cinereovinacea ohne allen Zweifel nächstverwandte Art, die Lagonosticta dybowskii OUSTALET, teilte mit dieser das Schicksal, bald in dieses, bald in jenes Genus eingereiht zu werden. Wir sind der Ansicht, daß diese beiden Arten die morphologisch (ob auch phylogenetisch, bleibe dahingestellt) Clytospiza mit Brunhilda (bzw. Estrilda) verbinden, generische Sonderung verdienen und sondern sie deshalb als Euschistospiza gen. nov. Typus (hier bezeichnet): Lagonosticta cinereovinacea SOUSA, J. Sci. Ac. Lisboa 1, 2. ser., 49 (1890)." (Wolters 1943) (OD per Björn Bergenholtz); "Euschistospiza Wolters, 1943, Zoologischer Anzeiger, 143 (7/8), p. 189. Type, by original designation, Lagonosticta cinereovinacea Sousa, 1890." (JAJ 2021).
Synon. Didymosticta.
cinereovinacea
L. cinereus ash-coloured < cinis, cineris ashes; vinaceus vinaceous < vinum wine.
SUBSPECIES
Dusky Twinspot (Angolan)
SCI Name: Euschistospiza cinereovinacea cinereovinacea
cinereovinacea
L. cinereus ash-coloured < cinis, cineris ashes; vinaceus vinaceous < vinum wine.
Dusky Twinspot (Grauer's)
SCI Name: Euschistospiza cinereovinacea graueri
graueri
Rudolf Grauer (1871-1927) Austrian ornithologist, collector in tropical Africa 1904-1911 (subsp. Asio abyssinicus, Bradypterus, Ceblepyris, subsp. Chlorophoneus multicolor, subsp. Cinnyris stuhlmanni, subsp. Crithagra striolata, subsp. Dyaphorophyia ansorgei, syn. Estrilda atricapilla kandti, subsp. Euschistospiza cinereovinacea, subsp. Geokichla camaronensis, syn. Otus senegalensis, subsp. Phyllastrephus flavostriatus, syn. Ploceus cucullatus, syn. Polyboroides typus, subsp. Prinia subflava, Pseudocalyptomena, subsp. Turdus pelios).
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)