Green-striped Brushfinch / Arremon virenticeps
Green-striped Brushfinch
SCI Name:
Protonym: Buarremon virenticeps Compt.Rend. 41 p.657
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Passerellidae / Arremon
Taxonomy Code: gsbfin1
Type Locality: Mexico ; restricted to Desierto de los Leones, near Mexico, D.F., by Moore, 1938, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 51, p. 71.
Author: Bonaparte
Publish Year: 1855
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
ARREMON
(Passerellidae; Ϯ Pectoral Sparrow A. taciturnus) Gr. αρρημων arrhēmōn, αρρημονος arrhēmonos silent, without speech < negative prefix α- a- ; ῥημων rhēmōn, ῥημονος rhēmonos speaker < ερω erō I will speak < λεγω legō to speak; “Oiseau silentieux ... il ne va pas en compagnie, on le trouve toujours seul dans le fond des grands bois fort éloignés des endroits habités, & on ne l'a jamais entendu ramager ni même jeter aucun cri" (de Buffon 1770-1783); "67. ARREMON, Arremon. Tanagra, Linn. Gm. Lath. Bec médiocre un peu fort, conico-convexe, à bords courbés en dedans, échancré et fléchi à la pointe.— Première remige plus courte que la septième. Esp. Oiseau silencieux, Buff." (Vieillot 1816); "Arremon Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 32. Type, by monotypy, "L'Oiseau Silencieux" of Buffon = Tanagra taciturna Hermann." (Paynter in Peters, 1970, XIII, p. 182).
Var. Aremon, Arrhemon, Aneman, Arremo.
Synon. Buarremon, Lysurus.
virenticeps
L. virens, virentis green < virere to be green; -ceps -capped < caput, capitis head.
SUBSPECIES
Green-striped Brushfinch (verecundus)
SCI Name: Arremon virenticeps verecundus
verecunda / verecundus
L. verecundus shy, coy, shame-faced, modest < vereri to be afraid.
Green-striped Brushfinch (virenticeps)
SCI Name: Arremon virenticeps virenticeps
virenticeps
L. virens, virentis green < virere to be green; -ceps -capped < caput, capitis head.
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)