Half-collared Sparrow / Arremon semitorquatus
Half-collared Sparrow
SCI Name:
Protonym: Arremon semitorquatus Anim.Menag. p.357
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Passerellidae / Arremon
Taxonomy Code: hacspa1
Type Locality: Brazil; restricted to Rio de Janeiro by Berlepsch, 1912, Verh. V Intern. Ornith. Kongr. Berlin, p. 1106.
Author: Swainson
Publish Year: 1838
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.
semitorquata / semitorquatus
Mod. L. semitorquatus half-collared < L. semi- half-, semi-, small < semis, semissis half < as, assis whole; torquatus collared < torques collar < torquere to twist.
● ex “Héoro-taire à collier blanc” of Audebert & Vieillot 1802 (syn. Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris).
● ex “Petit Engoulevent tacheté de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 734, and de Buffon 1770-1783, and “White-collared Goatsucker” of Latham 1783 (Lurocalis).
● ex “Esparvero faxado” (= ☼) of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 19 (Micrastur).
● ex “Figuier à demi-collier” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Half-collared Warbler” of Latham 1783 and Pennant 1785 (unident.).
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)